संत

Hindi

Alternative forms

• सन्त (sant)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit सन्त (santa).

Noun

संत • (sant) m (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)

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)

1. existent
2. good, virtuous, pious

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit शान्त (śānta).

Noun

संत • (sant) m

1. (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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.