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surprise meaning in Sanskrit

कुह् kuh

/sɚˈpɹaɪ̯z/UK/sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/

surprise in Sanskrit: कुह् (kuh), अद्भुत (adbhuta), डमरु (ḍamaru), विचित्र (vicitra). In English, surprise means something unexpected.

Sanskrit words for surprise

to surprise or astonish or cheat by trickery or jugglery
कुह् kuh
surprise
अद्भुत adbhuta, डमरु ḍamaru, विचित्र vicitra

English meaning of surprise

  1. noun Something unexpected.
  2. noun A mess of feces, left by a pet or small child in an unexpected place or at an unexpected time.
  3. noun The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
  4. verb To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.

Full definition of surprise

surprise in a sentence

  • It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought.
  • It came as a surprise when he succeed.
  • After the housecleaners drove off, the cat left a surprise for us on the carpet.

Synonyms of surprise

All synonyms of surprise

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Questions about surprise in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of surprise in Sanskrit?
Surprise in Sanskrit is कुह् (kuh), अद्भुत (adbhuta), डमरु (ḍamaru), विचित्र (vicitra).
surprise इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Surprise: कुह् (kuh), अद्भुत (adbhuta), डमरु (ḍamaru), विचित्र (vicitra).
What does surprise mean in English?
Surprise means something unexpected.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “surprise”: अद्भुत, कुह्, डमरु, विचित्र. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: surprise (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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