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farmer meaning in Sanskrit

कृषक kṛṣaka

/ˈfɑː.mə//ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/

farmer in Sanskrit: कृषक (kṛṣaka), कार्षीवण (kā́rṣīvaṇa). In English, farmer means a person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.

Sanskrit words for farmer

farmer, ploughman
कृषक kṛṣaka
a farmer, husbandman
कार्षीवण kā́rṣīvaṇa

English meaning of farmer

  1. noun A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
  2. noun More specifically, a farm owner, as distinguished from a farmworker or farmhand as a hired employee thereof.
  3. noun One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
  4. noun The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.

Full definition of farmer

farmer in a sentence

  • a farmer of the revenues

Synonyms of farmer

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Questions about farmer in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of farmer in Sanskrit?
Farmer in Sanskrit is कृषक (kṛṣaka), कार्षीवण (kā́rṣīvaṇa).
farmer इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Farmer: कृषक (kṛṣaka), कार्षीवण (kā́rṣīvaṇa).
What does farmer mean in English?
Farmer means a person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “farmer”: कार्षीवण, कृषक. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: farmer (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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