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wilderness meaning in Sanskrit

मरु marú

UK/ˈwɪldənəs//ˈwɪldɚnəs/

wilderness in Sanskrit: मरु (marú). In English, wilderness means uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

Sanskrit words for wilderness

wilderness, sandy waste, desert
मरु marú

English meaning of wilderness

  1. noun Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
  2. noun A place other than land (for example, the air or sea) that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness.
  3. noun An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness.
  4. noun Unrefinedness; wildness.

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Questions about wilderness in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of wilderness in Sanskrit?
Wilderness in Sanskrit is मरु (marú).
wilderness इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Wilderness: मरु (marú).
What does wilderness mean in English?
Wilderness means uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

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