hero meaning in Sanskrit
वीर vīra
UK/ˈhɪə.ɹəʊ//ˈhɪɹ.oʊ/
hero in Sanskrit: वीर (vīra), प्रवीर (pravīra). In English, hero means somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
Sanskrit words for hero
- person of great bravery
- वीर vīra, प्रवीर pravīra
English meaning of hero
- noun Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
- noun A role model.
- noun The protagonist in a work of fiction.
- noun The current player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: villain (“any opponent player”). Not to be confused with hero call (“a weak call against a supposed bluff”).
hero in a sentence
- My mom died a hero on duty.
- Let's discuss how to play if the hero has KK, and there's an ace on board.
Synonyms of hero
- hero sandwich
- more at submarine sandwich
- the brave
- daredevil
- good guy
- goodie
- Hector
- knight in shining armor
- lion
- lionheart
- thunderbolt
- tiger
hero in other languages
- hero in Hindi
- hero in Tamil
- hero in Marathi
- hero in Urdu
- hero in Bengali
- hero in Telugu
- hero in Malayalam
- hero in Kannada
- hero in Punjabi
- hero in Gujarati
- hero in Odia
- hero in Sinhala
- hero in Nepali
- hero in Pashto
- hero in Tagalog
- hero in Arabic
- hero in Malay
- hero in Indonesian
- hero in Thai
- hero in Vietnamese
- hero in Myanmar
Questions about hero in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of hero in Sanskrit?
- Hero in Sanskrit is वीर (vīra), प्रवीर (pravīra).
- hero इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Hero: वीर (vīra), प्रवीर (pravīra).
- What does hero mean in English?
- Hero means somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hero (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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