cowrie meaning in Sanskrit
कपर्द kaparda
/ˈkaʊ.ɹi/
cowrie in Sanskrit: कपर्द (kaparda), वट (vaṭa). In English, cowrie means a small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
Sanskrit words for cowrie
- cowrie
- कपर्द kaparda, वट vaṭa
English meaning of cowrie
- noun A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
- noun Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
- noun Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.
Synonyms of cowrie
- money cowrie
- shell money
- wampum
cowrie in other languages
Questions about cowrie in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of cowrie in Sanskrit?
- Cowrie in Sanskrit is कपर्द (kaparda), वट (vaṭa).
- cowrie इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Cowrie: कपर्द (kaparda), वट (vaṭa).
- What does cowrie mean in English?
- Cowrie means a small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “cowrie”: कपर्द, वट. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: cowrie (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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