Yoni

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjəʊni/
• Rhymes: -əʊni

Origin

From Sanskrit योनि.

Full definition of yoni

Noun

1. The female sexual organs, 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 liá¹…gam in her yoni.

Derived terms

• yonic