sphinx meaning in Odia
ସ୍ଫିଂକ୍ସ
/ˈsfɪŋks/
sphinx in Odia: ସ୍ଫିଂକ୍ସ, ସ୍ଫିନ୍କ୍ସ, ସ୍ଫିଙ୍କସ୍. In English, sphinx means a creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
Odia words for sphinx
- ସ୍ଫିଂକ୍ସ, ସ୍ଫିନ୍କ୍ସ, ସ୍ଫିଙ୍କସ୍
English meaning of sphinx
- noun A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
- noun A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
- noun A mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), formerly classified as a baboon, and called sphinx baboon.
- noun A sphinx moth.
sphinx in a sentence
- a marble sphinxed chimney-piece
- A hot lion with a very bloated stomach … will adopt either a sphinxed or a squatting posture which takes some of the weight off its belly.
- Several animals maintained either a crouched … or a sphinxing posture (abdomen on the floor)
Synonyms of sphinx
- enigma
- the Great Sphinx
- the Great Sphinx of Giza
- the Theban Sphinx
- the Thebean Sphinx
- the Sphinx of Thebes
sphinx in other languages
Questions about sphinx in Odia
- What is the meaning of sphinx in Odia?
- Sphinx in Odia is ସ୍ଫିଂକ୍ସ, ସ୍ଫିନ୍କ୍ସ, ସ୍ଫିଙ୍କସ୍.
- sphinx ର ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅର୍ଥ କଣ?
- Sphinx: ସ୍ଫିଂକ୍ସ, ସ୍ଫିନ୍କ୍ସ, ସ୍ଫିଙ୍କସ୍.
- What does sphinx mean in English?
- Sphinx means a creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
Source and license
Odia words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “sphinx”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: sphinx (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Odia words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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