Vahkiti, Vāḥkiṭi: 5 definitions

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Vahkiti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vāḥkiṭi (वाःकिटि).—m.

(-ṭiḥ) A porpoise. E. vār water, and kiṭi a hog.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vāḥkiṭi (वाःकिटि):—[=vāḥ-kiṭi] a vāḥ-puṣpa etc. See under vār, p. 943, col. 1.

2) [=vāḥ-kiṭi] [from vāḥ > vār] b m. ‘water-pig’, the Gangetic porpoise, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vāḥkiṭi (वाःकिटि):—(ṭiḥ) 2. m. A porpoise.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vahkiti in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vāḥkiṭi (ವಾಃಕಿಟಿ):—[noun] the ray-fish Raja binoculata of the genus Raja, having a pointed snout; a big skate.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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