SANSKRIT


Meaning of SANSKRIT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsan-ˌskrit, ˈsan(t)-skrət ]

noun

Etymology: Sanskrit saṁskṛta, literally, perfected, from sam together + karoti he makes

Date: 1696

1. : an ancient Indo-Aryan language that is the classical language of India and of Hinduism

2. : classical Sanskrit together with the older Vedic and various later modifications of classical Sanskrit — see Indo-European languages table

• Sanskrit adjective

• San·skrit·ic san-ˈskri-tik adjective

• San·skrit·ist -ˌskri-tist noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.