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whirl meaning in Sanskrit

वर्तयति vartáyati

/ʍɜːl/UK/wɜːl/

whirl in Sanskrit: वर्तयति (vartáyati). In English, whirl means to rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

Sanskrit words for whirl

to whirl, wave, hurl, brandish, flourish
वर्तयति vartáyati

English meaning of whirl

  1. verb To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
  2. verb To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
  3. verb To make something or someone whirl.
  4. verb To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.

Full definition of whirl

whirl in a sentence

  • The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.
  • My head is whirling after all that drink.
  • The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.

Synonyms of whirl

whirl in other languages

Questions about whirl in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of whirl in Sanskrit?
Whirl in Sanskrit is वर्तयति (vartáyati).
whirl इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Whirl: वर्तयति (vartáyati).
What does whirl mean in English?
Whirl means to rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

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