🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

पीछा किया

Pronunciation / Transliteration: peecha kiya

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Followed/ˈfɒl.oʊd/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उसने अपने दोस्त का पीछा किया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To go or come after a person or thing.

    "She followed her friend to the café."
  2. 2

    To act according to instructions or guidance.

    "He followed the recipe to make the cake."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'followed' is the past tense of 'follow', which originates from the Old English 'fōlgan', meaning 'to accompany or go after'. This term has Germanic roots, related to the Old High German 'folgen' and the Old Norse 'fylgja', reflecting a historical evolution from physical following to metaphorical senses of support and adherence.

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