Gayatri

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Gayatri

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Borrowed from Sanskrit गायत्री (gāyatrī).

proper noun

an ancient metre of twenty-four syllables (variously arranged, but generally as a triplet of eight syllables each), any hymn composed in the गायत्री metre RV. x, 14 ; 16 & 130, 4 VS. AV. etc.
A female given name from Sanskrit.

noun Gayatris

A composition in the Gayatri metre.

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name An ancient metre

हिन्दी	गायत्री gāyatrī

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@misc{gayatri_2026,
  title = {Gayatri},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gayatri},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}