root meaning in Sanskrit
मूल mū́la
UK/ɹuːt/
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British/ɹʉwt/
root in Sanskrit: मूल (mū́la), तल (tala), नेम (nema). In English, root means the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
Sanskrit words for root
- root
- मूल mū́la
- the root or seed of events
- तल tala
- a root
- नेम nema
English meaning of root
- noun The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- noun A root vegetable.
- noun The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- noun The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
root in a sentence
- This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.
- Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.
- The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.
Synonyms of root
root in other languages
- root in Hindi
- root in Tamil
- root in Marathi
- root in Urdu
- root in Bengali
- root in Telugu
- root in Malayalam
- root in Kannada
- root in Punjabi
- root in Gujarati
- root in Odia
- root in Sinhala
- root in Assamese
- root in Nepali
- root in Pashto
- root in Tagalog
- root in Arabic
- root in Malay
- root in Indonesian
- root in Persian
- root in Thai
- root in Vietnamese
- root in Myanmar
Questions about root in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of root in Sanskrit?
- Root in Sanskrit is मूल (mū́la), तल (tala), नेम (nema).
- root इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Root: मूल (mū́la), तल (tala), नेम (nema).
- What does root mean in English?
- Root means the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “root”: तल, नेम, मूल. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: root (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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