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sannyasi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
san-nyasi
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man in the stage of sannyasa; a wandering ascetic, a religious mendicant.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Via Hindi संन्यासी (sannyāsī), ultimately from Sanskrit संन्यासिन् (saṃnyāsin).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: संन्यासी, संन्यासिन्

Inflected Forms

sannyasis (plural) sanyasi (alternative) sunnyasee (alternative) sunnyasi (alternative) sunyasee (alternative) sunyasi (alternative)

Synonyms

sannyasin sanyasi

Questions

What does sannyasi mean?
A man in the stage of sannyasa; a wandering ascetic, a religious mendicant.
Where does sannyasi come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

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