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grievous meaning in Sanskrit

गुरु gurú

/ˈɡɹiː.vəs/

grievous in Sanskrit: गुरु (gurú). In English, grievous means causing grief, pain, or sorrow.

Sanskrit words for grievous

grievous
गुरु gurú

English meaning of grievous

  1. adjective Causing grief, pain, or sorrow.
  2. adjective Serious, grave, dire, or dangerous.

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Questions about grievous in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of grievous in Sanskrit?
Grievous in Sanskrit is गुरु (gurú).
grievous इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Grievous: गुरु (gurú).
What does grievous mean in English?
Grievous means causing grief, pain, or sorrow.

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