Gandhi
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Gandhi
- /ˈɡɑːndi/ UK
- /ˈɡæ-/ UK
- /ˈɡɑndi/ US
- /ˈɡændi/ Southern US
- /ɡɑːn̪.d̪ʱiː/ Bangladesh, India, Nepal
- [ɡä̃ːn̪.d̪ʱiː] Bangladesh, India, Nepal
Rhymes with -ændi
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Gujarati ગાંધી (gāndhī, “grocer, merchant”), from Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha, “perfume”). Originally, a trader in perfume.
proper noun Gandhis · Gandhy · Ghandi · Ghandy
- 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. 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.
noun Gandhis · Gandhy · Ghandi · Ghandy
- any major political leader who is a proponent of nonviolence
- someone living in accordance with the lifestyle or ethical principles of Mahatma Gandhi. Sulak is eminently qualified to be a Gandhi in terms of his ideas, but not his lifestyle.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mahatma gandhi, jinnah, mahatma, ghandi, bakan, bapu, pacifist, peacemaker, nonviolent, mohandas, humanitarian, saint, idealist, visionary, satyagrahi, ahimsa
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Talk about this word "Gandhi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gandhi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Gandhi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gandhi "Gandhi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gandhi.Cite this
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title = {Gandhi},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gandhi},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
