Straina, Straiṇa: 11 definitions
Introduction:
Straina means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Strain.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarystraiṇa (स्त्रैण).—a S Relating to a woman or female; feminine, female. 2 Addicted to women; intent upon women; uxorious &c.
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straiṇa (स्त्रैण).—n S Womanhood.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishstraiṇa (स्त्रैण).—n Womanhood. a Feminine; uxo- rious.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryStraiṇa (स्त्रैण).—mfn.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇī-ṇaṃ) 1. Female, feminine. 2. Being among women. 3. Suited to or good for women. n.
(-ṇaṃ) 1. Woman-hood. 2. The nature of a woman. 3. The Female sex. 4. A multitude of women. E. strī a woman, and aṇ or nañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryStraiṇa (स्त्रैण).—i. e. strī + na, I. adj. Female, Feminine. Ii. n. 1. Womanhood, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 100, 8. 2. The female sex, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] suppl. 24 (Sch., children).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryStraiṇa (स्त्रैण).—[feminine] ī female, feminine, fond of women; [neuter] womanhood, womankind, a multitude of women.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Straiṇa (स्त्रैण):—[from strī] mf(ī)n. female, feminine, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] relating or belonging to women, subject to or ruled by women, being among w°, [Kāvya literature; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] worthy of a woman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] n. womankind, the female sex, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.
5) [v.s. ...] the nature of w°, [Uttararāma-carita; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryStraiṇa (स्त्रैण):—[(ṇaḥ-ṇī-ṇaṃ) a.] Female, feminine. n. Womanhood.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryStraiṇa (स्त्रैण) [Also spelled strain]:—(a) effeminate; feminine, womanish/womanly; henpecked; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusStraiṇa (ಸ್ತ್ರೈಣ):—
1) [adjective] of or belonging or related to women or girls.
2) [adjective] having qualities regarded as characteristic of women and girls, as timidity, lack of strength or courage, etc.
3) [adjective] indulging in sexual enjoyments with women (said of a man).
4) [adjective] controlled or dominated by a woman.
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Straiṇa (ಸ್ತ್ರೈಣ):—
1) [noun] a man given to excess sexual pleasure; a debauchee.
2) [noun] the quality or state of such a man.
3) [noun] womanly qualities; womanliness.
4) [noun] women, as a class.
5) [noun] (gram.) a word that is designated as belonging to the gender of words denoting or referring to females; feminine gender.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryStraiṇa (स्त्रैण):—adj. 1. having characteristic of woman; female; feminine; 2. henpecked;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Strainagarbha, Strainasukha, Strainata, Strainatva.
Ends with: Astraina.
Full-text: Strainata, Strain, Strainatva, Astraina, Nistrainapushpaka, Snan, Idavida, Paumsna, Vandya, Strauna, Kshira, Stri, Na.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.19.95 < [Chapter 19 - The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House]
Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study) (by Sajitha. A)
Taddhita (in Sanskrit grammar) < [Chapter 3 - Vāsudevavijaya—A Grammatical Study]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Viṣṇu-sahasranāma (Garland of a Thousand Epithets of Viṣṇu) < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Shri Gaudiya Kanthahara (by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati)
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Microbial diversity and antimicrobial activity against UTI pathogens. < [2016: Volume 5, October issue 10]