sand meaning in Sanskrit
सिकता sikatā
[seənd] ~ [sɛənd]UK/sænd/
sand in Sanskrit: सिकता (sikatā), वालुका (vālukā), शीतला (śītalā), वालक (vālaka). In English, sand means rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
Sanskrit words for sand
- finely ground rock
- सिकता sikatā, वालुका vālukā, शीतला śītalā, वालक vālaka, रेणु reṇu
English meaning of sand
- noun Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
- noun A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
- noun A beach or other mass of sand.
- noun Personal courage.
sand in a sentence
- The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.
- Cf. sands of time (idiom)
- Cf. Sandman, a mythical character in European folklore who puts people to sleep and encourages and inspires beautiful dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto their eyes.
Synonyms of sand
sand in other languages
- sand in Hindi
- sand in Tamil
- sand in Marathi
- sand in Urdu
- sand in Bengali
- sand in Telugu
- sand in Malayalam
- sand in Kannada
- sand in Punjabi
- sand in Gujarati
- sand in Odia
- sand in Sinhala
- sand in Assamese
- sand in Nepali
- sand in Pashto
- sand in Tagalog
- sand in Arabic
- sand in Malay
- sand in Indonesian
- sand in Thai
- sand in Vietnamese
- sand in Myanmar
Questions about sand in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of sand in Sanskrit?
- Sand in Sanskrit is सिकता (sikatā), वालुका (vālukā), शीतला (śītalā), वालक (vālaka).
- sand इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Sand: सिकता (sikatā), वालुका (vālukā), शीतला (śītalā), वालक (vālaka).
- What does sand mean in English?
- Sand means rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sand (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. 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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