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Pronunciation / Transliteration: aansoo
"उसकी आँखों से एक आँसू बह निकला।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A drop of clear saline liquid secreted by the lacrimal glands of the eye, typically resulting from distress, pain, sorrow, or strong emotion.
"A single tear rolled down her cheek as she listened to the melancholic melody."
- 1
To pull or be pulled apart forcibly; to rip or lacerate an object or material.
"He accidentally tore the important document while opening the envelope."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English teer, from Old English tēar, tǣher, stemming from Proto-Germanic *tahr- or *tagr-, with cognates in Old High German zahar and Gothic tagr. Ultimately reconstructed back to Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, which also produced the Latin lacrima and Greek dákry.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tear" is said worldwide
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larme
Transliteration: larm
"Une larme perlait à l'coin de son œil."
Träne
Transliteration: trae-ne
"Eine Träne rollte über seine Wange."
lacrima
Transliteration: la-cri-ma
"Una lacrima rigüò il suo viso."
lágrima
Transliteration: la-gri-ma
"Una lágrima cayó por su mejilla."
lágrima
Transliteration: la-gri-ma
"Uma lágrima escorreu pelo seu rosto."
आँसू
Transliteration: aansoo
"उसकी आँखों से एक आँसू बह निकला।"
眼泪
Transliteration: yǎnlèi
"一颗眼泪顺着她的脸颊流了下来。"
눈물
Transliteration: nun-mul
"그의 뺨을 타고 눈물 한 방울이 흘렀다."
涙
Transliteration: namida
"彼女の頬を一筋の涙が伝った。"
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