belief meaning in Sanskrit
प्रत्यय pratyaya
/bɪˈliːf/
belief in Sanskrit: प्रत्यय (pratyaya), शङ्का (śaṅkā́). In English, belief means mental acceptance of a claim as true.
Sanskrit words for belief
- belief, firm conviction, trust, faith, assurance or certainty of
- प्रत्यय pratyaya
- belief, supposition, presumption
- शङ्का śaṅkā́
English meaning of belief
- noun Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
- noun Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
- noun Something believed.
- noun The quality or state of believing.
belief in a sentence
- It's my belief that the thief is somebody known to us.
- My belief is that there is a bear in the woods. Bill said he saw one.
- Based on this data, it is our belief that X does not occur.
Synonyms of belief
belief in other languages
Questions about belief in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of belief in Sanskrit?
- Belief in Sanskrit is प्रत्यय (pratyaya), शङ्का (śaṅkā́).
- belief इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Belief: प्रत्यय (pratyaya), शङ्का (śaṅkā́).
- What does belief mean in English?
- Belief means mental acceptance of a claim as true.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “belief”: प्रत्यय, शङ्का. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: belief (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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