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ford meaning in Sanskrit

स्थाघ sthāgha

/fɔːd//fɔɹd/

ford in Sanskrit: स्थाघ (sthāgha), गाध (gādhá). In English, ford means a location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.

Sanskrit words for ford

ford, shallow
स्थाघ sthāgha, गाध gādhá

English meaning of ford

  1. noun A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
  2. noun A stream; a current.
  3. verb To cross a stream by walking through it.
  4. verb To traverse any precarious environment.

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Questions about ford in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of ford in Sanskrit?
Ford in Sanskrit is स्थाघ (sthāgha), गाध (gādhá).
ford इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Ford: स्थाघ (sthāgha), गाध (gādhá).
What does ford mean in English?
Ford means a location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “ford”: गाध, स्थाघ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: ford (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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