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jyotirlinga

noun

jyotirlinga is spelled J-Y-O-T-I-R-L-I-N-G-A: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jyotirlinga means “A shrine where Lord Shiva is worshipped in the form of a Jyotirlingam or "Lingam (pillar) of light."” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jyotirlinga is jyotirlingas.

How many letters and syllables are in jyotirlinga?

Letters11: J-Y-O-T-I-R-L-I-N-G-A
In writingabout once in every 93 million words; the 309,272nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is jyotirlinga?

Jyotirlinga appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of jyotirlinga

  • jyotirlingas plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does jyotirlinga mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A shrine where Lord Shiva is worshipped in the form of a Jyotirlingam or "Lingam (pillar) of light."

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does jyotirlinga come from?

Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग (jyotirliṅga).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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