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snare meaning in Sanskrit

प्लव plavá

UK/snɛə//snɛ(ə)ɹ/

snare in Sanskrit: प्लव (plavá). In English, snare means a trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).

Sanskrit words for snare

a snare or basket of wicker-work for catching fish
प्लव plavá

English meaning of snare

  1. noun A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
  2. noun A mental or psychological trap.
  3. noun A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
  4. noun A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.

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Questions about snare in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of snare in Sanskrit?
Snare in Sanskrit is प्लव (plavá).
snare इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Snare: प्लव (plavá).
What does snare mean in English?
Snare means a trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).

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