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singhara

singhara noun: the water caltrop.

Noun

singhara (plural singharas)

  1. (India) The water caltrop.

singhara meaning in Sanskrit

singhara in Sanskrit

singhara
जलकण्टक jalakaṇṭaka

Forms of singhara

pluralsingharas
alternative formsingara

Origin of singhara

From Hindi सिंघाड़ा (siṅghāṛā), from Sanskrit शृङ्गाट (śṛṅgāṭa, “water caltrop”), from शृङ्ग (śṛṅga, “horn”).

Questions about singhara

What does singhara mean?
Singhara means the water caltrop.
What is singhara in Sanskrit?
Singhara in Sanskrit is जलकण्टक (jalakaṇṭaka). See Singhara meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is singhara?
Singhara is a noun.
What is the plural of singhara?
The plural of singhara is singharas.

Words near singhara in the dictionary

  1. Singh
  2. Singhal
  3. Singhala
  4. Singhalese
  5. Singhals
  6. singhara
  7. singharas
  8. Singhbonga
  9. Singida
  10. Singida tilapia
  11. singin'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: singhara (page history and authors); जलकण्टक (Sanskrit) (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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