shastri
shastri noun: someone who teaches the shastras.
Noun
shastri (plural shastris)
- Someone who teaches the shastras.
- Sanskrit was for him the language of the shastris, who, despite their learning, were poor and dependent.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 16
Proper noun capitalized: Shastri
Shastri (plural Shastris)
- A surname from Sanskrit.
- Lal Bahadur Shastri
shastri meaning in Bengali
shastri in Bengali
- shastri
- শাস্ত্রী śastri
Forms of shastri
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shastris |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Shastris |
| alternative form | Shastry |
| alternative form | Sastry |
Origin of shastri
From Hindi शास्त्री (śāstrī).
Borrowed from Hindi शास्त्री (śāstrī, “scholar”).
Questions about shastri
- What does shastri mean?
- Shastri means someone who teaches the shastras.
- What is shastri in Bengali?
- Shastri in Bengali is শাস্ত্রী (śastri). See Shastri meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is shastri?
- Shastri can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of shastri?
- The plural of shastri is shastris.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shastri (page history and authors); Shastri (page history and authors); শাস্ত্রী (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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