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Hindi
Pronunciation
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.
- a revered or venerated person
- Synonym: महात्मा (mahātmā)
Declension
Declension of संत (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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संत sant
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संत sant
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oblique
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संत sant
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संतों santõ
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vocative
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संत sant
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संतो santo
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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)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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संत sant
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संत sant
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oblique
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संत sant
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संतों santõ
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vocative
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संत sant
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संतो santo
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Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “संत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “संत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “संत”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.