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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesकिराया
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kirāyā
"बस का किराया बहुत बढ़ गया है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The money a passenger must pay to ride on a bus, train, ship, taxi, or other form of public transportation.
"She searched her bag for enough loose change to pay the bus fare."
- 1
To perform, progress, or get along in a specified way in a given situation or journey.
"How did you fare in your final university examinations?"
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English word 'faran', meaning 'to go, journey, travel', originating from Proto-Germanic *faraną. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from the act of traveling to the money paid for a journey, and eventually generalized to apply to ticket prices for various forms of transportation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fare" is said worldwide
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车费
Transliteration: chē fèi
"请在上车时支付车费。"
tarif
Transliteration: ta-rif
"Le tarif du métro a augmenté ce mois-ci."
Fahrpreis
Transliteration: fahr-preis
"Der Fahrpreis für den Bus muss beim Fahrer bezahlt werden."
tariffa
Transliteration: ta-rif-fa
"La tariffa del treno per Roma è piuttosto alta."
pasaje
Transliteration: pa-sa-he
"El precio del pasaje de autobús subió ayer."
passagem
Transliteration: pa-sa-zhẽ
"Comprei a passagem de trem com antecedência."
किराया
Transliteration: kirāyā
"बस का किराया बहुत बढ़ गया है।"
요금
Transliteration: yogeum
"대중교통 요금이 인상되었습니다."
運賃
Transliteration: unchin
"バスの運賃を小銭で支払った。"
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