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shanti

Syllables: shan·ti/ʃɑːnti/US/ʃɑnti/

shanti interjection: a call for peace, often recited three times as a prayer for peace of the soul.

Interjection

  1. (Hinduism) A call for peace, often recited three times as a prayer for peace of the soul.
    • [lines 431–432, page 49] Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. / Shantih shantih shantih […] [page 64, note 433] Shantih. Repeated as here, a formal ending to a Upanishad. "The Peace which passeth understanding" is a feeble translation of the content of this word.1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part V. What the Thunder Said.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, pages 49 and 64
    • Om Shanti Shanti Om2024 January 20, “Vrajbihariroy (Roy) Pandya”, in Winnipeg Free Press, volume 153, number 60, Winnipeg, Canada, →ISSN, Passages, page C10

Noun

shanti (uncountable)

  1. (Hinduism) Peace, tranquility.

shanti meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Sanskrit

shanti in Hindi

peace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility
शांति śānti, शान्ति śānti

shanti in Urdu

peace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility
شانتی śāntī, شانْتی śāntī

shanti in Sanskrit

peace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility
शान्ति śānti

Forms of shanti

alternative formshantih

Origin of shanti

Transliteration of Sanskrit शान्ति (śānti, “calmness, peace, tranquillity; quietness, rest”), from शम् (śam, “to exert or fatigue oneself, toil at; to become tired, come to an end, finish, stop; to be calm, contented, quiet, or satisfied; to calm, pacify, settle, soothe”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- (“to exert oneself, toil”)) + -ति (-ti, suffix denoting a state of being).

Words that rhyme with shanti

Questions about shanti

What does shanti mean?
Shanti means a call for peace, often recited three times as a prayer for peace of the soul.
What is shanti in Hindi?
Shanti in Hindi is शांति (śānti), शान्ति (śānti). See Shanti meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is shanti?
Shanti can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce shanti?
Shanti is pronounced /ʃɑːnti/ (UK).

Words near shanti in the dictionary

  1. Shantae
  2. Shantall
  3. Shantanu
  4. shantey
  5. shanteys
  6. shanti
  7. shantied
  8. shanties
  9. shantih
  10. Shantiniketan
  11. shanto

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