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dactyl meaning in Sanskrit

चरण cáraṇa

/ˈdæktɪl/

dactyl in Sanskrit: चरण (cáraṇa). In English, dactyl means a metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |.

Sanskrit words for dactyl

dactyl
चरण cáraṇa

English meaning of dactyl

  1. noun A metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |.
  2. noun In qualitative metre, a foot with a stressed first syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
  3. noun In quantitative metre, a foot with a long first syllable followed by two short syllables.
  4. noun An excerpt of poetry or verse using this metre.

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Questions about dactyl in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of dactyl in Sanskrit?
Dactyl in Sanskrit is चरण (cáraṇa).
dactyl इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Dactyl: चरण (cáraṇa).
What does dactyl mean in English?
Dactyl means a metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |.

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