shanti

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shanti

/ʃɑːnti/ UK
/ʃɑnti/ US
[-ɾi] US
/ˈʃaːnt̪i/ India

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Transliteration of Sanskrit शान्ति (śānti, “calmness, peace, tranquillity; quietness, rest”), from शम् (śam, “to exert or fatigue oneself, toil at; to become tired, come to an end, finish, stop; to be calm, contented, quiet, or satisfied; to calm, pacify, settle, soothe”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- (“to exert oneself, toil”)) + -ति (-ti, suffix denoting a state of being).

interjection shantih

Hinduism A call for peace, often recited three times as a prayer for peace of the soul. [lines 431–432, page 49] Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. / Shantih shantih shantih […] [page 64, note 433] Shantih. Repeated as here, a formal ending to a Upanishad. "The Peace which passeth understanding" is a feeble translation of the content of this word.

noun shantih

Hinduism, uncountable Peace, tranquility.

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noun peace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility

日本語	シャンティ
हिन्दी	शांति śānti, शान्ति śānti
Deutsch	Shanti
Русский	шанти šanti
עברית	שַׁנְטִי shánti

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@misc{shanti_2026,
  title = {shanti},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shanti},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}