agni

1. 1.

   (Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas

   BroaderHindu deity

   Sanskrit

Other forms of agni

plural

agnis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about agni

What does agni mean?

agni means "(Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas".

How many syllables are in agni?

agni has 2 syllables: ag-ni. The stress falls on "ag".

Is agni a common word?

agni is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.