amrita

amrita

See also: Amrita and amritą

English

Alternative forms

• amreeta
• amrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal, immortality”). Compare also Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “ambrosia”).

Noun

amrita (uncountable)

1. (Hinduism) The water of life; the drink of the Hindu gods.

Translations

drink of the Hindu gods

Assamese: অমিয় (omiy), অমৃত (omrit) Avestan: amrta Bengali: অমৃত (ômŕt), আমত (amôtô), অমিয় (ômiy), অমি (ômi) Chinese: Mandarin: 甘露 (zh) (gānlù) Gujarati: અમૃત (amṛt), અમી (amī) Hindi: अमृत (hi) (amŕt), अमिय (hi) (amiy) Indonesian: amerta (id) Japanese: 甘露 (ja) (かんろ, kanro) Kannada: ಅಮೃತ (kn) (amṛta) Korean: 감로(甘露) (gamno) Malay: amerta Malayalam: അമൃതം (ml) (amr̥taṃ) Marathi: अमृत (mr) (amrut) Newar: अमृत (amr̥ta) Polish: amryta f, amrita f Portuguese: Amrita m Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ (pa) (ammrit) Russian: амри́та (ru) m (amríta) Tamil: அமிர்தம் (ta) (amirtam) Telugu: అమృతము (te) (amr̥tamu) Tibetan: ཚེ་ཆུ (tshe chu) Vietnamese: cam lộ (甘露)

References

1. Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, pp. 31-32.

Anagrams

• Imatra, Marita, tamari

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Polish

Alternative forms

• amryta

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈri.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: am‧ri‧ta

Noun

amrita f

1. (Hinduism) amrita

Declension

Declension of amrita

	singular
nominative	amrita
genitive	amrity
dative	amricie
accusative	amritę
instrumental	amritą
locative	amricie
vocative	amrito

Further reading

• amrita in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• amrita in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

amrita m (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Amrita