संत
Hindi
Alternative forms
- सन्त (sant)
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sənt̪/, [s̪ə̃n̪t̪]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit सन्त (santa).
Noun
संत • (sant) m (Urdu spelling سنت)
- (religion) a saint
- 2017 December 17, “नगर में पधारे श्वेताम्बर संत मुनि अमोधकीर्ति”, in Dainik Jagran:
- नगर में आज जैन श्वेताम्बर सम्प्रदाय के संत अमोधकीर्ति मुनि का नगर में आगमन हुआ।
- nagar mẽ āj jain śvetāmbar sampradāy ke sant amodhkīrti muni kā nagar mẽ āgman huā.
- Today Saint Amogh Kirti Muni of the Shvetambar sect of Jainism arrived in town.
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- a revered or venerated person
- Synonym: महात्मा (mahātmā)
Declension
Declension of संत (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
direct | संत sant | संत sant |
oblique | संत sant | संतों santõ |
vocative | संत sant | संतो santo |
Adjective
संत • (sant) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سنت)
- existent
- good, virtuous, pious
Etymology 2
From Sanskrit शान्त (śānta).
Noun
संत • (sant) m
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of शांत (śānt)
Declension
Declension of संत (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
direct | संत sant | संत sant |
oblique | संत sant | संतों santõ |
vocative | संत sant | संतो santo |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “संत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “संत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “संत”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.