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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

भारी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Bhaari

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Heavy/ˈhɛv.i/
adjectivenounadverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #350 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"बॉक्स उसके लिए उठाने के लिए बहुत भारी था।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

    "The box was too heavy for her to carry alone."
  2. 2

    Having a great amount or degree; intense.

    "He felt a heavy sadness after hearing the news."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'hefig', from Old English 'hēfig', meaning burdensome, oppressive, or of great weight. It shares roots with the Proto-Germanic '*habg-' and is cognate with Old Saxon 'hēbig' and Old Norse 'hefr'. Over centuries, the meaning expanded from strictly physical weight to abstract concepts like emotional intensity, degree of weather, and industrial scale.

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