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conch meaning in Sanskrit

अब्ज abja

/ˈkɒŋk/US/ˈkɑŋk/

conch in Sanskrit: अब्ज (abja), कम्बु (kambu). In English, conch means a marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

Sanskrit words for conch

conch
अब्ज abja, कम्बु kambu

English meaning of conch

  1. noun A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
  2. noun The shell of this sea animal.
  3. noun A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
  4. noun The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.

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Questions about conch in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of conch in Sanskrit?
Conch in Sanskrit is अब्ज (abja), कम्बु (kambu).
conch इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Conch: अब्ज (abja), कम्बु (kambu).
What does conch mean in English?
Conch means a marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “conch”: अब्ज, कम्बु. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: conch (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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