shraddha

[ shrah-duh ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. one of several funeral rites performed at intervals after a death.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shraddha¹

1780–90; < Sanskrit śrāddha, derivative of śraddhā faith

Example Sentences

Aaftab Poonawala, a 28-year-old chef and food blogger, was being tried for allegedly killing his 27-year-old girlfriend, Shraddha Walkar — the IT saleswoman whom he had met on the dating app Bumble in 2019 — and sawing her body into 35 pieces.

From Washington Post

They allege that Mr Poonawala murdered 27-year-old Shraddha Walkar in May, chopped up her body into dozens of pieces, stored them in his home fridge and, over the past few months, went around disposing them off - a piece at a time - in different parts of the city.

From BBC

Senior police official Ankit Chauhan told ANI that Shraddha started putting pressure on Mr Poonawala to marry her and that "on 18 May, he lost his temper and strangled her".

From BBC

Shraddha Walkar was killed in May, allegedly by her live-in partner, who has been arrested and charged with murder.

From BBC

A ginormous tree and Miyazaki’s connection to nature were among the ideas Niebel and Guzmán brought with them when they first met with Shraddha Aryal, the Academy Museum’s vice president of exhibition design and production, who oversaw the design of the retrospective.

From Los Angeles Times