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quarry meaning in Sanskrit

खनि khaní

UK/ˈkwɒɹ.i//ˈk(w)ɔɹ.i/

quarry in Sanskrit: खनि (khaní). In English, quarry means a site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.

Sanskrit words for quarry

a quarry, cave
खनि khaní

English meaning of quarry

  1. noun A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
  2. verb To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
  3. verb To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
  4. noun A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.

Full definition of quarry

quarry in a sentence

  • Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.
  • They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.

Synonyms of quarry

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Questions about quarry in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of quarry in Sanskrit?
Quarry in Sanskrit is खनि (khaní).
quarry इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Quarry: खनि (khaní).
What does quarry mean in English?
Quarry means a site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.

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