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consumption meaning in Sanskrit

क्षय kṣayá

/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/

consumption in Sanskrit: क्षय (kṣayá). In English, consumption means the act of eating, drinking or using.

Sanskrit words for consumption

consumption, phthisis pulmonalis
क्षय kṣayá

English meaning of consumption

  1. noun The act of eating, drinking or using.
  2. noun The amount consumed.
  3. noun The act of consuming or destroying.
  4. noun The wasting away of the human body through disease.

Full definition of consumption

consumption in a sentence

  • The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.
  • gross national consumption
  • The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.

consumption in other languages

Questions about consumption in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of consumption in Sanskrit?
Consumption in Sanskrit is क्षय (kṣayá).
consumption इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Consumption: क्षय (kṣayá).
What does consumption mean in English?
Consumption means the act of eating, drinking or using.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “consumption”: क्षय. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: consumption (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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