🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

जलती भट्टी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jalti bhatti

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fiery Furnace/ˈfaɪəri ˈfɜrnɪs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"सैनिकों को जलती भट्टी में फेंक दिया गया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A furnace that produces intense heat, often used metaphorically to describe a place of suffering or trial.

    "The soldiers were thrown into the fiery furnace as a punishment for their beliefs."
  2. 2

    A place or situation that tests one's character or endurance.

    "The startup environment can feel like a fiery furnace for new entrepreneurs."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'fiery furnace' originates from Middle English, where 'fiery' is derived from the Old English 'fȳr' meaning fire, and 'furnace' comes from the Latin 'fornax', meaning oven. Historically, it has been used in biblical contexts to describe a place of extreme heat and punishment.

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