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proud meaning in Sanskrit

धृषु dhṛṣú

/ˈpɹæʊ̯d/UK/ˈpɹaʊ̯d/

proud in Sanskrit: धृषु (dhṛṣú), स्मेर (sméra), अहंकारिन् (ahaṃkārin), उदित (údita). In English, proud means feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.

Sanskrit words for proud

proud
धृषु dhṛṣú, स्मेर sméra
proud, haughty, vain, arrogant
अहंकारिन् ahaṃkārin
proud, boasting
उदित údita
proud, arrogant
मत्त mattá

English meaning of proud

  1. adjective Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
  2. adjective That makes one feel proud (of something one did).
  3. adjective Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
  4. adjective Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious, prideful.

Full definition of proud

proud in a sentence

  • We're proud of having won / to have won.
  • That was not the proudest thing I did but I can’t deny it.
  • I was too proud to apologise.

Synonyms of proud

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Questions about proud in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of proud in Sanskrit?
Proud in Sanskrit is धृषु (dhṛṣú), स्मेर (sméra), अहंकारिन् (ahaṃkārin), उदित (údita).
proud इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Proud: धृषु (dhṛṣú), स्मेर (sméra), अहंकारिन् (ahaṃkārin), उदित (údita).
What does proud mean in English?
Proud means feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “proud”: अहंकारिन्, उदित, धृषु, मत्त. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: proud (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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