🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

खाली

Pronunciation / Transliteration: khaali

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Empty/ˈɛmpti/
adjectiveverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"बॉक्स खाली था जब सभी खिलौने निकाल दिए गए।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.

    "The box was empty after all the toys were taken out."
As verb
  1. 1

    To remove the contents from something.

    "She decided to empty the trash can before the guests arrived."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'empty' originates from the Old English 'æmtig', which means 'void' or 'lacking'. It is derived from Proto-Germanic *aimtiga, which is related to similar words in other Germanic languages, reflecting a long-standing concept of absence or void since the early medieval period.

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