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Sanskrit
San′skrit
,Noun.
[Skr.
Samskṛta
the Sanskrit language, literally, the perfect, polished, or classical language, fr. samskṛta
prepared, wrought, made, excellent, perfect; sam
together (akin to E. same
) + kṛta
made. See Same
, Create
.] [Written also
Sanscrit
.] The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf.
Prakrit
, and Veda
. San′skrit
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit;
as, a
. Sanskrit
dictionary or inscriptionDefinition 2024
Sanskrit
Sanskrit
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Sanskrit
- A classical language of India ("Indian Latin"), a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. Member of Indo-Iranian and thus Indo-European language family.
Derived terms
Translations
language
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See also
- Classical Sanskrit
- Vedic Sanskrit
- Wiktionary's coverage of Sanskrit terms
- Appendix:Sanskrit Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Sanskrit
- Wikipedia in Sanskrit
- Wiktionary in Sanskrit
German
Pronunciation
Noun
Sanskrit n
- Sanskrit (the Sanskrit language)
Synonyms
- Altindisch
- altindische Sprache
Derived terms
- sanskritisch
sanskrit
sanskrit
Finnish
Noun
sanskrit
- The Sanskrit language.
Declension
| Inflection of sanskrit (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sanskrit | — | |
| genitive | sanskritin | — | |
| partitive | sanskritia | — | |
| illative | sanskritiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sanskrit | — | |
| accusative | nom. | sanskrit | — |
| gen. | sanskritin | ||
| genitive | sanskritin | — | |
| partitive | sanskritia | — | |
| inessive | sanskritissa | — | |
| elative | sanskritista | — | |
| illative | sanskritiin | — | |
| adessive | sanskritilla | — | |
| ablative | sanskritilta | — | |
| allative | sanskritille | — | |
| essive | sanskritina | — | |
| translative | sanskritiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | sanskrititta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Synonyms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃s.kʁi/
Noun
sanskrit m (uncountable)
- The Sanskrit language
Adjective
sanskrit m (feminine singular sanskrite, masculine plural sanskrits, feminine plural sanskrites)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
sanskrit m (definite singular sanskriten) (uncountable)
- Sanskrit (an ancient literary language)
References
- “sanskrit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
sanskrit m (definite singular sanskriten) (uncountable)
- Sanskrit (an ancient literary language)
References
- “sanskrit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.