Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

osho

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: os-ho
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A religious and spiritual leader from India.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 和(お)尚(しょう) (oshō, “priest; preceptor”); ultimately from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya). Doublet of Ojha, Upadhyaya, Khoja, Khwaja, hodja, Hoxha, and howadji.

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: उपाध्याय

Synonyms

Rajneesh

Questions

What does osho mean?: A religious and spiritual leader from India.
Where does osho come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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