English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of monk

monk

/noun/ संन्यासी; साधु; मठवासी; महंत; यति; उदासी; यती; मठधारी; महन्त;

Synonym solitaire; sadhu; monastic; abbot; caesura; sadness; yeti; friar;

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English Dictionary:

1. Monk

[n.]

- A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty.
- A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.
- A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
- A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus.
- The European bullfinch.