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salve meaning in Sanskrit

आलेपन ālepana

UK/sɑːv//sæ(l)v/

salve in Sanskrit: आलेपन (ālepana). In English, salve means an ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.

Sanskrit words for salve

salve, ointment, liniment
आलेपन ālepana

English meaning of salve

  1. noun An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
  2. noun Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
  3. verb To calm or assuage.
  4. verb To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.

Full definition of salve

salve in a sentence

  • Your forgiveness was a salve to my conscience and a balm to my wounded ego.

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Questions about salve in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of salve in Sanskrit?
Salve in Sanskrit is आलेपन (ālepana).
salve इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Salve: आलेपन (ālepana).
What does salve mean in English?
Salve means an ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.

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