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gape meaning in Sanskrit

हर्मन् harman

/ˈɡeɪp/

gape in Sanskrit: हर्मन् (harman). In English, gape means to open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.

Sanskrit words for gape

gape, yawn
हर्मन् harman

English meaning of gape

  1. verb To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
  2. verb To stare in wonder.
  3. verb To open wide; to display a gap.
  4. verb To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.

Full definition of gape

gape in a sentence

  • The wound was gaping open and losing too much blood.

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Questions about gape in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of gape in Sanskrit?
Gape in Sanskrit is हर्मन् (harman).
gape इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Gape: हर्मन् (harman).
What does gape mean in English?
Gape means to open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.

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