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partisan meaning in Sanskrit

पक्ष pakṣá

UK/ˈpɑː.tɪˌzæn//ˈpɑɹ.tɪ.zən/

partisan in Sanskrit: पक्ष (pakṣá). In English, partisan means an adherent to a party or faction.

Sanskrit words for partisan

partisan, adherent, follower, friend
पक्ष pakṣá

English meaning of partisan

  1. noun An adherent to a party or faction.
  2. noun A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
  3. noun A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy lines in the ways of harassment or sabotage; a guerrilla fighter.
  4. noun The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.

Full definition of partisan

partisan in a sentence

  • partisan officer, partisan corps
  • They were blinded by partisan zeal.

Synonyms of partisan

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Questions about partisan in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of partisan in Sanskrit?
Partisan in Sanskrit is पक्ष (pakṣá).
partisan इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Partisan: पक्ष (pakṣá).
What does partisan mean in English?
Partisan means an adherent to a party or faction.

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