pelvis meaning in Sanskrit
वस्ति vastí
/ˈpɛlvɪs/
pelvis in Sanskrit: वस्ति (vastí). In English, pelvis means the large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
Sanskrit words for pelvis
- pelvis
- वस्ति vastí
English meaning of pelvis
- noun The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
- noun The pelvic region of the human body.
- noun A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter.
pelvis in a sentence
- Meronyms: hip bone, os coxae; sacrum; coccyx
- Elvis was swinging his pelvis around and the ladies were swooning.
- Near-synonyms: infundibulum, choana, cornu
Synonyms of pelvis
pelvis in other languages
Questions about pelvis in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of pelvis in Sanskrit?
- Pelvis in Sanskrit is वस्ति (vastí).
- pelvis इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Pelvis: वस्ति (vastí).
- What does pelvis mean in English?
- Pelvis means the large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “pelvis”: वस्ति. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: pelvis (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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