"yoni" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjəʊni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yoni.wav Forms: yonis [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊni Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit योनि (yoni). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sa|योनि}} Sanskrit योनि (yoni) Head templates: {{en-noun}} yoni (plural yonis)
  1. The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures. Wikipedia link: yoni Categories (topical): Anatomy, Genitalia Derived forms: yonic, yoni egg, yoni massage Coordinate_terms: phallus Translations (Translations): যোনি (jōni) (Bengali), ယောနိ (yau:ni.) (Burmese), 約尼 /约尼 (yuēní) (Chinese Mandarin), joni [feminine] (Czech), yoni (Finnish), yoni [masculine] (French), Yoni [feminine] (German), γιονί (gioní) (Greek), יוני (Hebrew), योनि (yoni) [feminine] (Hindi), jóni (Hungarian), yoni (Indonesian), yoni [masculine] (Italian), ヨーニ (yōni) (Japanese), យោនី (younii) (Khmer), ໂຍນີ (nyō nī) (Lao), joni (Lithuanian), യോനി (yōni) (Malayalam), یونی (yoni) (Persian), joni [feminine] (Polish), iôni [masculine] (Portuguese), योनि (yoni) [feminine] (Sanskrit), ioni [masculine] (Spanish), யோனி (yōṉi) (Tamil), యోని (yōni) (Telugu), โยนี (yoo-nii) (Thai), yoni (Turkish), йо́ні (jóni) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ໂຍນີ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "joni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "yōni",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "യോനി"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "yoni",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "یونی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "joni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iôni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "yoni",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "योनि"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "yōṉi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "யோனி"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "yōni",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "యోని"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yoo-nii",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "โยนี"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "yoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jóni",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "йо́ні"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yoni"
}

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