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shastri¹

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From Hindi शास्त्री (śāstrī).

noun shastris

  1. India Someone who teaches the shastras. Sanskrit was for him the language of the shastris, who, despite their learning, were poor and dependent.

Shastri²

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Borrowed from Hindi शास्त्री (śāstrī, “scholar”).

proper noun Shastris · Shastry · Sastry

  1. A surname from Sanskrit. Lal Bahadur Shastri

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@misc{shastri_2026,
  title = {shastri},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shastri},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}