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whisker meaning in Sanskrit

गुम्फ gumpha

/ʍɪskə(ɹ)/

whisker in Sanskrit: गुम्फ (gumpha). In English, whisker means that part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.

Sanskrit words for whisker

whisker, a mustachio
गुम्फ gumpha

English meaning of whisker

  1. noun That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
  2. noun A hair of the beard.
  3. noun One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
  4. noun The (very small) distance between two things.

Full definition of whisker

whisker in a sentence

  • It missed falling on your foot by a whisker.

whisker in other languages

Questions about whisker in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of whisker in Sanskrit?
Whisker in Sanskrit is गुम्फ (gumpha).
whisker इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Whisker: गुम्फ (gumpha).
What does whisker mean in English?
Whisker means that part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.

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