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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

शौचालय

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shauchalay

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Latrine/ˈlæt.riːn/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #6500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"छावनी के पास एक शौचालय बनाया गया था।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A toilet or outhouse, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks.

    "The soldiers were ordered to dig a new trench latrine at the edge of the campsite."
  2. 2

    A primitive or makeshift sanitation facility.

    "During the trek, they had to rely on a simple pit latrine."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin lavatrina, meaning 'bath' or 'washplace', stemming from lavare ('to wash'). Over centuries in Middle French and English, the meaning shifted from a washing place to a communal or camp toilet facility.

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