jagganath

Questions about jagganath

What does jagganath mean?

jagganath means "an avatar of Vishnu".

How many syllables are in jagganath?

jagganath has 3 syllables and divides as jag-ga-nath under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for jagganath?

Close synonyms include Jagannath, Jagannatha, Juggernaut. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jagganath a common word?

jagganath is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.