Everyone knows what emojis are. They are an important part of instant messaging and add much needed colour and thrill to texts. Also known as 'emoticons' their names are derived from the word 'emotion'. Today not just emotions; but fruits, vegetables, buildings, trees, animals and much more have found a place for themselves in the emoji roster! In fact emojis are a language by themselves!
Learning sanskrit through emojis
Learning Sanskrit is a lot of fun and today we will learn about emojis in Sanskrit! We casually call them smiley face, angry face, thinking emoji and so on. Let's find out today what these emojis would be called in Sanskrit.
What emojies would be called in Sanskrit:
हसति / laughs
hasati
रोदिति / cries
roditi
कुप्यति / gets angry
kupyati
ध्यायति / meditates
dhyāyati
स्वपिति / sleeps
svapiti
उल्लसति / Overjoyed
ullasati
चिन्तयति / thinks
chintayati
विस्मयो भवति / surprised
vismayo bhavati
Did we miss your favourite emoji? Please let us know and we'll have a Part 2 covering what we missed.
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