Meanings
alternative shantih
- HinduismA call for peace, often recited three times as a prayer for peace of the soul.
Om Shanti Shanti Om
2024 January 20, “Vrajbihariroy (Roy) Pandya”, in Winnipeg Free Press, volume 153, number 60, Winnipeg, Canada, →ISSN, Passages, page C101 more example
[lines 431–432, page 49] Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. / Shantih shantih shantih […] [page 64, note 433] Shantih. Repeated as here, a formal ending to a Upanishad. "The Peace which passeth understanding" is a feeble translation of the content of this word.
1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part V. What the Thunder Said.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, pages 49 and 64
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱemh₂-“to exert oneself, toil”
- Englishshanti
Transliteration of Sanskrit शान्ति (śānti, “calmness, peace, tranquillity; quietness, rest”), from शम् (śam, “to exert or fatigue oneself, toil at; to become tired, come to an end, finish, stop; to be calm, contented, quiet, or satisfied; to calm, pacify, settle, soothe”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- (“to exert oneself, toil”)) + -ति (-ti, suffix denoting a state of being).
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German Shanti
- Shantipeace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility
Hebrew שַׁנְטִי
- שַׁנְטִי (shánti)peace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility
Hindi शांति, शान्ति
- शांति (śānti)peace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility
- शान्ति (śānti)peace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility
Japanese シャンティ
- シャンティpeace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility
Polish śanti
- śantipeace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility
Russian шанти
- шанти (šanti)peace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility
Urdu شانتی, شانْتی
- شانتی (śāntī)peace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility
- شانْتی (śāntī)peace, tranquility — see also peace, tranquility
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Cite this entry
shanti. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shanti
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