Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sarvodaya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
sar-vo-daya
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati સર્વોદય (sarvodya, “progress of all”), from Sanskrit सर्व (sarva) + उदय (udaya). Coined by Mahatma Gandhi in his Gujarati translation of John Ruskin's Unto This Last.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: સર્વોદય, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does sarvodaya mean?
A philosophy that emphasises socioeconomic equality, non-violence and community development.
Where does sarvodaya come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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