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moonshine meaning in Sanskrit

आतप ātapa

/ˈmuːnʃaɪn/

moonshine in Sanskrit: आतप (ātapa). In English, moonshine means the light of the moon.

Sanskrit words for moonshine

moonshine
आतप ātapa

English meaning of moonshine

  1. noun The light of the moon.
  2. noun The light reflected off Earth's Moon.
  3. noun The light reflected off a moon.
  4. noun High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.

Full definition of moonshine

moonshine in a sentence

  • They watered down the moonshine.
  • He was talking moonshine.
  • His grandfather started to moonshine when things got really bad in 1933; when he got caught moonshining, he did a bit of time.

Synonyms of moonshine

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Questions about moonshine in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of moonshine in Sanskrit?
Moonshine in Sanskrit is आतप (ātapa).
moonshine इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Moonshine: आतप (ātapa).
What does moonshine mean in English?
Moonshine means the light of the moon.

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