rest in peace
rest in peace phrase: a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace.
Phrase
rest in peace
Verb
rest in peace (third-person singular simple present rests in peace, present participle resting in peace, simple past and past participle rested in peace)
- To have passed away, or to have died.
- In his latter years he sought an asylum with his relatives, the O'Conors, of Belanagar, and it was probably there that he rested in peace, in 1735.1882, Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, The Dublin Review, volume 90, page 156
rest in peace meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
rest in peace in Hindi
- blessing or expression of hope
- शांति से आराम करना śānti se ārām karnā
rest in peace in Urdu
- blessing or expression of hope
- اللہ بخشے allāh baxśe
rest in peace in Bengali
- blessing or expression of hope
- শন্তিতে থাক śontite thak
rest in peace in Kannada
- ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಸು, ನೆನಪಿಗೆ ಸರಿ, ಇನ್ನಿಲ್ಲ, ಮಡಿ, ಸಾವು
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- rest in peace in Arabic
- اُرْقُد فِي سَلَام urqud fī salām, اُرْقُد بِسَلَام urqud bisalām
- rest in peace in Indonesian
- beristirahat dalam damai
- rest in peace in Thai
- หลับให้สบาย làp-hâi-sà-baai, หลับให้สบายนะ làp-hâi-sà-baai-ná, ไปที่ชอบๆ bpai-tîi-chɔ̂ɔp-tîi-chɔ̂ɔp, ไปสู่สรวงสวรรค์ bpai-sùu-sǔuang-sà-wǎn
- rest in peace in Vietnamese
- yên nghỉ
Synonyms of rest in peace
Forms of rest in peace
| third-person singular present | rests in peace |
|---|---|
| present participle | resting in peace |
| past participle | rested in peace |
| past | rested in peace |
Origin of rest in peace
Calque of Latin requiescat in pace.
Words formed from rest in peace
Questions about rest in peace
- What does rest in peace mean?
- Rest in peace means a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace.
- What is rest in peace in Hindi?
- Rest in peace in Hindi is शांति से आराम करना (śānti se ārām karnā). See Rest in peace meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rest in peace?
- Rest in peace can be a phrase or a verb.
Words near rest in peace in the dictionary
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