omen meaning in Sanskrit
शकुन śakuna
UK/ˈəʊ̯mən//ˈoʊ̯mən/
omen in Sanskrit: शकुन (śakuna), निमित्त (nimitta). In English, omen means something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
Sanskrit words for omen
- an omen or prognostic
- शकुन śakuna
- omen
- निमित्त nimitta
English meaning of omen
- noun Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
- noun A thing of prophetic significance.
- verb To be an omen of.
- verb To divine or predict from omens.
omen in a sentence
- The ghost's appearance was an ill omen.
- A rise in imports might be an omen of economic recovery.
- The egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen.
Synonyms of omen
omen in other languages
Questions about omen in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of omen in Sanskrit?
- Omen in Sanskrit is शकुन (śakuna), निमित्त (nimitta).
- omen इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Omen: शकुन (śakuna), निमित्त (nimitta).
- What does omen mean in English?
- Omen means something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “omen”: निमित्त, शकुन. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: omen (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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