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guess meaning in Sanskrit

तर्कयति tarkayati

/ɡɛs/

guess in Sanskrit: तर्कयति (tarkayati), ऊहति (ūhati). In English, guess means to reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

Sanskrit words for guess

to guess, think
तर्कयति tarkayati
to guess, conjecture, suppose
ऊहति ūhati

English meaning of guess

  1. verb To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
  2. verb To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
  3. verb To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
  4. verb To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".

Full definition of guess

guess in a sentence

  • We can only guess at what was going through her mind.
  • She guessed that the delivery driver must have got stuck in traffic.
  • He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.

Synonyms of guess

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Questions about guess in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of guess in Sanskrit?
Guess in Sanskrit is तर्कयति (tarkayati), ऊहति (ūhati).
guess इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Guess: तर्कयति (tarkayati), ऊहति (ūhati).
What does guess mean in English?
Guess means to reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “guess”: ऊहति, तर्कयति. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: guess (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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