| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sann·ya·si |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s n-yä s |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or sann·ya·sin (-s n) |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. sann·ya·sis or sann·ya·sins
Hinduism A wandering mendicant and ascetic. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hindi sanny s , from Sanskrit sa nys, from sanyasyati, he renounces : sam, together; see Sanskrit + ni, down + asyati, he throws.
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