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horde meaning in Sanskrit

शर्ध śárdha

UK/hɔːd//hɔɹd/

horde in Sanskrit: शर्ध (śárdha). In English, horde means a wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

Sanskrit words for horde

horde
शर्ध śárdha

English meaning of horde

  1. noun A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
  2. noun A large number of people or things.
  3. verb To travel en masse; to flock.

Full definition of horde

horde in a sentence

  • We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.

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Questions about horde in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of horde in Sanskrit?
Horde in Sanskrit is शर्ध (śárdha).
horde इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Horde: शर्ध (śárdha).
What does horde mean in English?
Horde means a wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

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