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rishi

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈrɪʃi/Sorted hiirsStarts with REnds with I0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character.

Word origin

From Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš (whence Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬴𐬌𐬴 (ərəṣ̌iṣ̌, “seer”)), probably related to अर्षति (árṣati, “to flow, pour”).

Used in a sentence

  • The rishi asked one unfathomable question after another, until both he and his audience were reduced to the silence of unknowing.
  • In the beginning Max had no idea she was even a film actress, this girl with the skin the colour of scorched earth, the well-concealed body and the demure manner of a disciple walking in the footsteps of a great rishi.

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