Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

n. - A Hindu religious mendicant.

edit
Usage examples (7)
  • For the next 30 years Dadaji wandered south east Asia as a penniless sannyasi.
  • A sannyasi can walk from one end of the Subcontinent to the other, with nothing but a loindoth, his staff and a begging bowl, because people will share what little they...
  • He was a sannyasi; that is, he had dedicated his whole life towards spirituality.
  • One great-sannyasi refused to receive her because she was a woman; her reply brought him humbly to her feet.
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.