🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

खराबी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kharabi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Malfunction/mælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"मशीन में तकनीकी खराबी आ गई है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A failure to function normally or properly.

    "A computer malfunction caused the entire network to crash."
As verb
  1. 1

    To fail to function properly.

    "The automatic doors began to malfunction during the power outage."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix mal- (meaning bad or badly, from Latin male) combined with function, which traces back to Latin functio (performance, execution), entering use in the late 19th century to describe mechanical or systemic failure.

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