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Krishna en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹɪʃnə/ (UK, US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *kers- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *kr̥snós Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥šnás Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa)bor. English Krishna Borrowed from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).

Meanings

1. (Hinduism, countable, uncountable) A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism.
   • She also built a temple at Turintra under Balipatna police station. In this temple three deities Balabhadra (Ananta), Jagannath (Krishna) and Subhadra were carved separately in three chlonite stones. 2008, Orissa: An Encyclopaedia of Events, 2 edition, Sankalpa Publications, page 41:
   • The carpenter had disappeared, leaving half-finished not one but three images, as they are still today, identified as Krishna, Balarama and their sistier Subhadra. 1960, Mayadhar Mansinha, History of Oriya Literature, Sahitya Akademi, page 76:
2. (countable, uncountable) A river in southern India.
3. (countable, uncountable) A district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
4. (countable, uncountable) A male given name from Sanskrit.
5. (countable, uncountable) A surname from Sanskrit.
   • Fittingly, I enjoyed those warm and crunchy-tender Korean rice cakes beneath slightly salty ham and a drizzle of floral honey with my colleague Priya Krishna, who first put me on to the rice-cake fundido at Haenyeo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2019. 2022 October 4, Nikita Richardson, “Rice Cakes, Rice Rolls, Rice Sweets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2022:

Forms

Deriveds

Krishnaism · Krishnacore · Krishnaite · Krishnology · Krishnamurti · Krishnaist · Krishnamurthy · Krishna Janmashtami

Relateds

Hare Krishna

Translations (91)

ne कृष्ण (avatar) · cmn 克里希納 (name) · kk Кришна (avatar) · kn ಕೃಷ್ಣ (avatar) · ur کرشنا (river) · sv Krishna (avatar) · ban Kresna (avatar) · ml കണ്ണൻ (name) · hi व्रजेश (avatar) · kok कृष्ण (avatar) · gu માખણચોર (avatar) · ta கிருஷ்ணன் (avatar) · hy Կրիշնա (avatar) · sa कृष्ण (river) · ta கண்ணன் (name) · hi कृष्ण (avatar) · he קרישנה (avatar) · ta கிருஷ்ணன் (name) · hi कान्हा (avatar) · ta கிருஷ்ணா (river) · pl Kryszna (avatar) · ur کشن (avatar) · mr कृष्ण (avatar) · km ក្រស្នា (avatar) · te కృష్ణుడు (name) · fa کریشنا (river) · fa کرشن (avatar) · fa کریشنا (name) · or କୃଷ୍ଣ (avatar) · hi कृष्णा (avatar) · pl Kryszna (river) · mr कृष्ण (river) · ko 크리슈나 (avatar) · ko 크리슈나 (name) · gu યદુકુળભૂષણ (avatar) · de Krishna (avatar) · mr कृष्ण (name) · cs Kršna (avatar) · fa کریشنا (avatar) · bn কানাই (avatar) · bho कृष्ण (avatar) · gu દ્વારકેશ (avatar) · bn কৃষ্ণ (avatar) · pt Críxena (avatar) · el Κρίσνα (name) · su ᮊᮢᮨᮞ᮪ᮔ (avatar) · ru Кри́шна (avatar) · hi कृष्ण (river) · as কৃষ্ণ (avatar) · ta கண்ணன் (avatar) · sa कृष्ण (avatar) · jv ꦏꦽꦱ꧀ꦤ (name) · ta கிருட்டிணன் (avatar) · el Κρίσνα (avatar) · id Kresna (avatar) · ta கிருஷ்ணா (name) · hi कन्हैया (avatar) · mai कृष्ण (avatar) · el Κρίσνα (river) · ru Кри́шна (name) · ur کرشن (avatar) · ky Кришна (avatar) · ru Кри́шна (river) · jv ꦏꦽꦱ꧀ꦤ (avatar) · ur کنھیا (avatar) · cmn 黑天 (avatar) · th พระกฤษณะ (avatar) · my ကရစ်ရှနား (avatar) · hi माखन-चोर (avatar) · fi Krishna (avatar) · hi कृष्ण (name) · fr Krishna (avatar) · gu યદુકુળમણિ (avatar) · sk Krišna (avatar) · hi किशन (avatar) · gu કૃષ્ણ (avatar) · gu વ્રજેશ (avatar) · ar كْرِيشْنَا (avatar) · ja クリシュナ (name) · es Krishna (avatar) · pt Krishna (avatar) · hi द्वारकेश (avatar) · cs Krišna (avatar) · ml കൃഷ്ണൻ (avatar) · ml കൃഷ്ണൻ (name) · bjn Kresna (avatar) · bn কানু (avatar) · te కృష్ణానది (river) · te కృష్ణుడు (avatar) · ja クリシュナ (avatar) · pa ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ (avatar)

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