Hindi

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Sanskrit सन्त (santa).

Noun

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संत (santm (Urdu spelling سنت)

  1. (religion) a saint
    • 2017 December 17, “नगर में पधारे श्वेताम्बर संत मुनि अमोधकीर्ति [nagar mẽ padhāre śvetāmbar sant muni amodhkīrti]”, in Dainik Jagran[1]:
      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.
  2. a revered or venerated person
    Synonym: महात्मा (mahātmā)
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Adjective

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संत (sant) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سنت)

  1. existent
  2. good, virtuous, pious

Etymology 2

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From Sanskrit शान्त (śānta).

Noun

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संत (santm

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of शांत (śānt)
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