shraddha
UK/ˈʃɹɑːdə/
shraddha noun: a Hindu ceremony performed in commemoration of one's deceased relatives, especially a parent.
Noun
shraddha (countable and uncountable, plural shraddhas)
- A Hindu ceremony performed in commemoration of one's deceased relatives, especially a parent.
- After returning, I went to Benares with my parents, for my father was to perform a shraddha ceremony there.1989, Shudha Mazumdar, Memoirs of an Indian Woman, page 94
- But the thought that he would finally be able to complete his mother's shraadha would make the son emotional.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 110
Proper noun capitalized: Shraddha
Shraddha
- A female given name from Sanskrit used in India and Nepal
shraddha meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
shraddha in Hindi
- Hindu ceremony in commemoration of deceased relatives
- श्राद्ध śrāddh
shraddha in Tamil
- Hindu ceremony in commemoration of deceased relatives
- சிரார்த்தம் cirārttam
shraddha in Marathi
- Hindu ceremony in commemoration of deceased relatives
- श्राद्ध śrāddha
shraddha in Urdu
- shraddha
- شردھا śaraddhā
More languagesFewer languages
- shraddha in Bengali
- শ্রাদ্ধ sraddho
- shraddha in Gujarati
- શ્રાદ્ધ śrāddh
- shraddha in Odia
- ଶ୍ରାଦ୍ଧ śrāddha
- shraddha in Sanskrit
- श्राद्ध śrāddha
- shraddha in Nepali
- श्राद्ध śrāddha
- shraddha in Myanmar
- သဒ္ဒါ sadda
Forms of shraddha
| plural | shraddhas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | shraadh |
| alternative form | shraadha |
| alternative form | sraddha |
| alternative form | sradha |
Origin of shraddha
Borrowed from Sanskrit श्राद्ध (śrāddha).
Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā, “faith”).
Questions about shraddha
- What does shraddha mean?
- Shraddha means a Hindu ceremony performed in commemoration of one's deceased relatives, especially a parent.
- What is shraddha in Hindi?
- Shraddha in Hindi is श्राद्ध (śrāddh). See Shraddha meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shraddha?
- Shraddha can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce shraddha?
- Shraddha is pronounced /ˈʃɹɑːdə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of shraddha?
- The plural of shraddha is shraddhas.
Words near shraddha in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shraddha (page history and authors); Shraddha (page history and authors); شردھا (Urdu) (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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