shaft meaning in Sanskrit
पुङ्ख puṅkha
UK/ˈʃɑːft/
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shaft in Sanskrit: पुङ्ख (puṅkha). In English, shaft means the entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
Sanskrit words for shaft
- the shaft or feathered part of an arrow
- पुङ्ख puṅkha
English meaning of shaft
- noun The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
- noun The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- noun Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
- noun One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
shaft in a sentence
- Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered.
- Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!
- Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?
Synonyms of shaft
shaft in other languages
Questions about shaft in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of shaft in Sanskrit?
- Shaft in Sanskrit is पुङ्ख (puṅkha).
- shaft इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Shaft: पुङ्ख (puṅkha).
- What does shaft mean in English?
- Shaft means the entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
Source and license
Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “shaft”: पुङ्ख. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: shaft (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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