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Gandhi
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gandhi
English
Alternative forms
en Gandhy Ghandi Ghandy misspelling
Etymology
en gu ગાંધી gāndhī grocer, merchant, from en sa गन्ध perfume. Originally, a trader in perfume.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡɑːndi/ /ˈɡæ-/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gandhi.wav Southern England
en /ˈɡɑndi/ GA
en /ˈɡændi/ Southern US
en /ɡɑːn̪.d̪ʱiː/ [ɡä̃ːn̪.d̪ʱiː] India,Pakistan,Nepal,Bangladesh,Sri Lanka,Indic
en ændi 2
en Gan dhi
Proper noun
~
en countable India South Asia en India used by Hindu, Jain, Parsi and Sikh people throughout India.
en Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, and proponent of nonviolence.
en 2008 1935 w:Kim Il Sung With the Conviction of Independence Kim Il Sung Works https://archive.org/details/kimilsungworks/48/ 48 Pyongyang Foreign Languages Publishing House (North Korea) Foreign Languages Publishing House 8532530 101 https://archive.org/details/kimilsungworks/48/page/n106/ No young Koreans in Jilin accepted Gandhi’s theory. No one was foolish enough to imagine that the outrageous and rapacious Japanese imperialists would hand independence to people on a silver plate, to those who advocated nonviolent disobedience.
Derived terms
en Gandhian Gandhiesque Gandhism Gandhist
Related terms
en Gandhigiri
Translations
surname Gandhi
Arabic: ar غَانْدِي
Armenian: hy Գանդի
Assamese: as গান্ধী
Bengali: bn গান্ধী or bn গাঁধী
Bihari: bh गाँधी gā̃dhī
Bulgarian: bg Га́нди m f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 甘地 Gāndì
Finnish: fi Gandhi
German: de Gandhi
Greek: el Γκάντι
Gujarati: gu ગાંધી
Hindi: hi गांधी
Japanese: ja ガンディー Gandī
Kannada: kn ಗಾಂಧಿ
Khmer: km គន្ធី kɔɔntʰii
Korean: ko 간디
Maithili: mai गान्धी
Malayalam: ml ഗാന്ധി
Manipuri:
Bishnupriya Manipuri: bpy গান্ধী
Marathi: mr गांधी
Nepali: ne गान्धी
Newar: new गान्धी
Odia: or ଗାନ୍ଧୀ
Pashto: ps گاندي
Persian: fa گاندی gândi
Portuguese: pt Gandhi m
Punjabi: pa ਗਾਂਧੀ
Western Punjabi: pnb گاندھی gāndhī
Romanian: ro Gandhi
Russian: ru Га́нди m f, ru Га́ндхи m f
Sanskrit: sa गान्धी
Sinhalese: si ගාන්ධි
Tamil: ta காந்தி
Telugu: te గాంధీ
Thai: th คานธี
Tulu: tcy ಗಾಂಧಿ
Ukrainian: uk Га́нді m
Urdu: ur گاندھی gāndhī
Noun
any major political leader who is a proponent of nonviolence
en figurative someone living in accordance with the lifestyle or ethical principles of Mahatma Gandhi.
en 2019 Matteo Pistono Arun Senkuttuvan Roar: Sulak Sivaraksa and the Path of Socially Engaged Buddhism North Atlantic Books 168 Sulak is eminently qualified to be a Gandhi in terms of his ideas, but not his lifestyle.
Anagrams
en adghin hading
en Individuals
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt gandhi as a common noun
pt Gandhy Ghandi Ghandy misspelling
Etymology
pt gu ગાંધી gāndhī grocer, merchant, from pt sa गन्ध perfume. Originally, a trader in perfume.
Pronunciation
Gândi
Proper noun
m
pt countable India pt India used by Hindu, Jain, Parsi and Sikh people throughout India.
pt Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, and proponent of nonviolence.
Noun
m
en Gandhi any major political leader who is a proponent of nonviolence
pt figurative someone living in accordance with the lifestyle or ethical principles of Mahatma Gandhi.