name
Meaning 1
A male given name from Sanskrit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sadhu
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Pronunciation
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/ˈsɑːduː/
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/ˈsæduː/
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/-djuː/
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rhymes with -ɑːduː
noun
Meaning 2
An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism
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noun
Meaning 3
(Hinduism) an ascetic holy man
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: saddhu
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Hindu, Hindoo
History
Etymology
From Sanskrit साधु (sādhú, “good; good man, holy man”).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Assamese: সাধু (xadhu) — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Bengali: সাধু (śadhu) — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Chinese Mandarin: 苦行僧 (kǔxíngsēng) — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Esperanto: saduo — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Finnish: sadhu — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Gujarati: સાધુ (sādhu) — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Hindi: साधु (sādhu) — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Kannada: ಸಾಧು (sādhu) — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Marathi: साधू (sādhū) — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Nepali: साधु (sādhu) — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Persian: مرتاض (mortâz) — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Polish: sadhu — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Russian: са́дху (sádxu) — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Sanskrit: साधु (sādhu) — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Tamil: சாதுக்கள் (cātukkaḷ) — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
- Turkish: sadhu — ascetic or practitioner of yoga
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