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yoni en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /joː.n̪i/ (South-Asia)
  • /joː.niː/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈjəʊni/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /jɐw.ni/ (South-Asia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योनि (yoni).

Meanings

  1. (Hinduism) The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
    • Stroke your partner's thighs and caress her breasts as you make love to her yoni with your mouth and tongue. 2004, Johanna Wikoff, Deborah Romaine, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Kama Sutra, Alpha Books, published 2004, page 242:
    • The goddess blesses him by placing his liṅgam in her yoni. 1997, David R Kinsley, Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine, University of California, published 1997, page 235:
    • In Hinduism [...] and Tantrism [...], the yoni is the generative organ of the Goddess. 2001, David Adams Leeming, A Dictionary of Asian Mythology, Oxford, page 205:

Forms

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yonis Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

phallus · lingam

Deriveds

yonic · yoni egg · yoni massage

Translations (27)

sa योनि (Translations) · lt joni (Translations) · cmn 約尼 /约尼 (Translations) · pl joni (Translations) · id yoni (Translations) · de Yoni (Translations) · hu jóni (Translations) · fi yoni (Translations) · lo ໂຍນີ (Translations) · hi योनि (Translations) · tr yoni (Translations) · fa یونی (Translations) · ta யோனி (Translations) · fr yoni (Translations) · uk йо́ні (Translations) · km យោនី (Translations) · pt iôni (Translations) · it yoni (Translations) · el γιονί (Translations) · ja ヨーニ (Translations) · es ioni (Translations) · te యోని (Translations) · ml യോനി (Translations) · cs joni (Translations) · bn যোনি (Translations) · th โยนี (Translations) · my ယောနိ (Translations)