sadi

[ sah-dee, tsah- ]

/ ˈsɑ di, ˈtsɑ- /

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noun

a variant of sadhe.

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Words nearby sadi

sadhaka, sadhana, sadhe, sadhika, sadhu, sadi, Sadie, Sadie Hawkins, sadiron, sadism, sadist

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How to use sadi in a sentence

Sadi believed that when next he slept it would be as these—eternally and without pain.
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Doleful cries from stricken houses fell upon deaf ears so far as Sadi the fiddler was concerned.
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The path was desolate—none trod it but Sadi the fiddler, and he stumbled often as he went.
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Sadi, in the presence of those who were doing something for France, asked himself what he had done.
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Quick-witted and mentally alert, Sadi guessed the fellow's business there at the first hazard.
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British Dictionary definitions for sadi

Sadi

Saadi

/ (sɑːˈdiː) /

noun

original name Sheikh Muslih Addin. ?1184–1292, Persian poet. His best-known works are Gulistān (Flower Garden) and Būstān (Tree Garden), long moralistic poems in prose and verse

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