Rishi wanted to study civil engineering, despite his parents wishing he'd become a doctor.
Source: tatoeba (8681130)
Rishi
//ˈrɪʃi//
Synonyms for "rishi" (24 found)
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Translations
37 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- رِيشِي noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Assamese
1 entries- ঋষি noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Bengali
2 entries- ঋষি name (South Asian given name)
- ঋষি noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Burmese
1 entries- ရသေ့ noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 仙人 noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
French
1 entries- rishi noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
German
1 entries- Rishi noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Gujarati
2 entries- ઋષિ name (South Asian given name)
- ઋષિ noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Hindi
3 entries- ऋषि name (South Asian surname)
- ऋषि name (South Asian given name)
- ऋषि noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Japanese
2 entries- リシ name (South Asian given name)
- リシ noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Kannada
1 entries- ಋಷಿ noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Korean
1 entries- 리쉬 noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Lao
1 entries- ລືສີ noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഋഷി noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Marathi
2 entries- ऋषी name (South Asian given name)
- ऋषी noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Persian
1 entries- ریشی noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਰਿਸ਼ੀ name (South Asian given name)
- ਰਿਸ਼ੀ noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Russian
1 entries- ри́ши noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ऋषि noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Santali
1 entries- ᱨᱤᱥᱤ name (South Asian given name)
Tamil
4 entries- ரிசி name (South Asian given name)
- ரிஷி name (South Asian surname)
- ரிஷி name (South Asian given name)
- ரிஷி noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Telugu
3 entries- ఋషి name (South Asian surname)
- ఋషి name (South Asian given name)
- ఋషి noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Thai
1 entries- ฤๅษี noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Urdu
1 entries- رِشی noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tiên nhân noun ((post-Vedic) a Hindu sage or saint)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The UK under Rishi Sunak is eliminating gender-neutral single-stall restrooms for no reason other than to hurt trans people.
Source: tatoeba (11997752)
The rishi asked one unfathomable question after another, until both he and his audience were reduced to the silence of unknowing.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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