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