# Sanskrit

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsænskɹɪt/ · frequency rank #19,449

## Definitions
1. A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संस्कृत (saṃskṛtá, “perfected, prepared, constructed, refined”). First use appears c. 1617 in the publications of Samuel Purchas.

## Common misspellings (13)
`asnskrit`, `sanksrit`, `sannskrit`, `sanskirt`, `sanskkrit`, `sanskritt`, `sanskrrit`, `sanskrti`, `sansrkit`, `sansskrit`, `sasnkrit`, `snaskrit`, `ssanskrit`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sanskrit