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interest meaning in Sanskrit

हित hita

UK/ˈɪn.tɹɛst//ˈɪn.tɹɛst/

interest in Sanskrit: हित (hita), अर्थ (ártha). In English, interest means the price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.

Sanskrit words for interest

interest
हित hita, अर्थ ártha

English meaning of interest

  1. noun The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
  2. noun Any excess over and above an exact equivalent.
  3. noun A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
  4. noun Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.

Full definition of interest

interest in a sentence

  • Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.
  • He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
  • I have a lot of interest in doing online coding.

Synonyms of interest

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Questions about interest in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of interest in Sanskrit?
Interest in Sanskrit is हित (hita), अर्थ (ártha).
interest इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Interest: हित (hita), अर्थ (ártha).
What does interest mean in English?
Interest means the price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “interest”: अर्थ, हित. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: interest (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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