grasshopper meaning in Sanskrit
फडिङ्गा phaḍiṅgā
/ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə(ɹ)//ˈɡɹæsˌhɑpəɹ/
grasshopper in Sanskrit: फडिङ्गा (phaḍiṅgā), त्रिशङ्कु (triśaṅku), पुत्रक (putraka), तृणस्कन्द (tṛṇaskanda). In English, grasshopper means a mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
Sanskrit words for grasshopper
- an insect of the suborder Caelifera
- फडिङ्गा phaḍiṅgā, त्रिशङ्कु triśaṅku, पुत्रक putraka, तृणस्कन्द tṛṇaskanda, पतम patama, खग khaga
English meaning of grasshopper
- noun A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
- noun In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.
- noun In a looser sense, also includes the katydids (also known as longhorned grasshoppers or bush crickets), which are members of the family Tettigoniidae, of the suborder Ensifera.
- noun A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao.
Synonyms of grasshopper
grasshopper in other languages
- grasshopper in Hindi
- grasshopper in Tamil
- grasshopper in Marathi
- grasshopper in Urdu
- grasshopper in Bengali
- grasshopper in Telugu
- grasshopper in Malayalam
- grasshopper in Kannada
- grasshopper in Punjabi
- grasshopper in Gujarati
- grasshopper in Assamese
- grasshopper in Pashto
- grasshopper in Tagalog
- grasshopper in Arabic
- grasshopper in Malay
- grasshopper in Indonesian
- grasshopper in Thai
- grasshopper in Vietnamese
- grasshopper in Myanmar
Questions about grasshopper in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of grasshopper in Sanskrit?
- Grasshopper in Sanskrit is फडिङ्गा (phaḍiṅgā), त्रिशङ्कु (triśaṅku), पुत्रक (putraka), तृणस्कन्द (tṛṇaskanda).
- grasshopper इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Grasshopper: फडिङ्गा (phaḍiṅgā), त्रिशङ्कु (triśaṅku), पुत्रक (putraka), तृणस्कन्द (tṛṇaskanda).
- What does grasshopper mean in English?
- Grasshopper means a mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: grasshopper (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. 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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