संत

Hindi

Alternative forms

सन्त (sant)

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sənt̪/, [s̪ə̃n̪t̪]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit सन्त (santa).

Noun

संत • (sant) m (Urdu spelling سنت‎)

(religion) a saint
- 2017 December 17, “नगर में पधारे श्वेताम्बर संत मुनि अमोधकीर्ति”, in Dainik Jagran‎:
  
  नगर में आज जैन श्वेताम्बर सम्प्रदाय के संत अमोधकीर्ति मुनि का नगर में आगमन हुआ।
  nagar mẽ āj jain śvetāmbar sampradāy ke sant amodhkīrti muni kā nagar mẽ āgman huā.
  Today Saint Amogh Kirti Muni of the Shvetambar sect of Jainism arrived in town.
a revered or venerated person
Synonym: महात्मा (mahātmā)

Declension

Declension of संत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	संत sant	संत sant
oblique	संत sant	संतों santõ
vocative	संत sant	संतो santo

Adjective

संत • (sant) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سنت‎)

existent
good, virtuous, pious

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit शान्त (śānta).

Noun

संत • (sant) m

(obsolete) Alternative spelling of शांत (śānt)

Declension

Declension of संत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	संत sant	संत sant
oblique	संत sant	संतों santõ
vocative	संत sant	संतो santo

Further reading

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “संत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “संत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
“संत”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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