🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

सैनिक

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sainik

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Soldier/ˈsoʊl.dʒɚ/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #650 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"सैनिक ने अपने देश की बहादुरी से रक्षा की।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who serves in an army.

    "The soldier bravely defended his country during the conflict."
  2. 2

    A person engaged in military service.

    "After years of training, she became a professional soldier."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'soldour', via Old French from Medieval Latin 'solidarius', meaning 'a soldier who receives pay'. This ultimately traces back to Latin 'solidus', a Roman coin used to pay military wages.

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