Gandhi
See also: gandhi
English
editEtymology
editFrom Gujarati ગાંધી (gā̃dhī, “grocer, merchant”), from Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha, “perfume”). Originally, a trader in perfume.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːndi/, /ˈɡæ-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑndi/
- (Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈɡændi/
- Rhymes: -ændi
- Hyphenation: Gan‧dhi
Proper noun
editGandhi (countable and uncountable, plural Gandhis)
- (countable, South Asia) A surname from India used by Hindu, Jain, Parsi and Sikh people throughout India.
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, and proponent of nonviolence.
- 2008 [1935], Il-sung Kim, “With the Conviction of Independence”, in Kim Il Sung Works[1], volume 48, Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House, →OCLC, page 101:
- No young Koreans in Jilin accepted Gandhi’s theory. No one was foolish enough to imagine that the outrageous and rapacious Japanese imperialists would hand independence to people on a silver plate, to those who advocated nonviolent disobedience.
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editsurname Gandhi
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Noun
editGandhi (plural Gandhis)
- Someone living in accordance with the lifestyle or ethical principles of Mahatma Gandhi.
- 2019, Matteo Pistono, quoting Arun Senkuttuvan, Roar: Sulak Sivaraksa and the Path of Socially Engaged Buddhism, North Atlantic Books, page 168:
- Sulak is eminently qualified to be a Gandhi in terms of his ideas, but not his lifestyle.
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editAlternative forms
edit- gandhi (as a common noun)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Gujarati ગાંધી (gā̃dhī).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
editGandhi m
Noun
editGandhi m (plural Gandhis)
- Gandhi (any major political leader who is a proponent of nonviolence)
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