ashram
pronunciation
How to pronounce ashram in British English: UK [ˈæʃrəm]
How to pronounce ashram in American English: US [ˈɑʃrəm]
Word Origin
- ashram (n.)
- "religious hermitage," 1917, from Sanskrit asramah, from a-, adnomial prefix, + sramah "effort, toll, fatigue."
Example
- 1. The place I chose to carry out this program was an ashram in a remote mountain area of Canada .
- 2. Haven \'t exactly been living in an ashram .
- 3. The second part ( Chapter 1 ) introduced the history of Christianity in Shihezi , the different groups of Christian and their ashram .
- 4. Well I need not have worried I was welcomed back with open arms and after three months was invited to live in the ashram .
- 5. She requested Zoe to put Carmen into an orphanage or ashram as she found it too much of a burden looking after the child .