different between yoni vs yonic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ???? (yoni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j??ni/
• Rhymes: -??ni

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.
   • 2004, Johanna Wikoff, Deborah Romaine, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Kama Sutra, Alpha Books 2004, p. 242:

     Stroke your partner's thighs and caress her breasts as you make love to her yoni with your mouth and tongue.

   • 2001, David Adams Leeming, A Dictionary of Asian Mythology, Oxford 2001, p. 205:

     In Hinduism [...] and Tantrism [...], the yoni is the generative organ of the Goddess.

   • 1997, David R Kinsley, Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine, University of California 1997, p. 235:

     The goddess blesses him by placing his li?gam in her yoni.

Derived terms

• yonic
• yoni egg
• yoni massage

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?.ni/

Noun

yoni m (plural yonis)

1. yoni

Javanese

Romanization

yoni

1. Romanization of ?????

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

yoni ?

1. womb
2. origin

English

Etymology

yoni +? -ic, from Sanskrit ???? (yoni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jo?n?k/

Adjective

yonic (comparative more yonic, superlative most yonic)

1. In the shape of a vulva or yoni.
   • 1999, Perry Bathous, Clarissa Flanders, Swell-Wimp, page 107:

     Many orchids are yonic.

   • 2011, Manly P. Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, page 226:

     The Garden of Eden, the Ark, the Gate of the Temple, the Veil of the Mysteries, the vesica piscis or oval nimbus, and the Holy Grail are important yonic symbols […]

   • 2012, Debora Cordeiro Rosa, Trauma, Memory and Identity in Five Jewish Novels:

     Porzecanski employs two recurrent phallic and yonic symbols in the narrative.

2. Of or relating to the yoni.

   yonic energy

Synonyms

• vulvar

See also

• penile
• phallic