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Native Script:हमशक्ल
Pronunciation / Transliteration: shakal milne wala
"उसने भीड़ में अपने हमशक्ल को देखा।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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An apparition or double of a living person.
"He felt as though he had caught a glimpse of his own doppelganger in the crowded street."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed from German Doppelgänger, literally 'double-goer', from doppel ('double') + gänger ('goer').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Doppelganger" is said worldwide
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sosie
Transliteration: sosie
"Il a rencontré son sosie dans le métro."
Doppelgänger
Transliteration: Doppelgaenger
"Man sagt, dass jeder Mensch einen Doppelgänger auf der Welt hat."
sosia
Transliteration: sosia
"L'attore ha assunto un sosia per le scene pericolose."
sosias
Transliteration: sosias
"Dicen que todos tenemos un doppelgänger en alguna parte del mundo."
sósia
Transliteration: sosia
"Ele encontrou o seu sósia na festa de ontem."
शक्ल
Transliteration: shakal milne wala
Script: हमशक्ल
"उसने भीड़ में अपने हमशक्ल को देखा।"
替身
Transliteration: tìshēn
"他仿佛在镜子里看到了自己的替身。"
도플갱어
Transliteration: dopeulgaeng-eo
"그는 거리에서 자신의 도플갱어를 보았다고 믿었다."
ドッペルゲンガー
Transliteration: dopperugengā
"ドッペルゲンガーを見ると死期が近いという言い伝えがある。"
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