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curlew meaning in Sanskrit

क्रौञ्च krauñca

/ˈkɜːlju/US/ˈkɝlu/

curlew in Sanskrit: क्रौञ्च (krauñca). In English, curlew means any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.

Sanskrit words for curlew

a curlew
क्रौञ्च krauñca

English meaning of curlew

  1. noun Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
  2. noun A stone curlew (Burhinidae spp.).

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Questions about curlew in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of curlew in Sanskrit?
Curlew in Sanskrit is क्रौञ्च (krauñca).
curlew इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Curlew: क्रौञ्च (krauñca).
What does curlew mean in English?
Curlew means any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.

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