🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

धैर्य

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dhairya

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Patience/ˈpeɪ.ʃəns/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"कठिन समय में धैर्य रखना बहुत आवश्यक है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.

    "Losing your patience in a traffic jam will not make the cars move any faster."
  2. 2

    A card game played by one person, also commonly known as solitaire.

    "She sat by the window playing a quiet game of patience to pass the afternoon."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'patience' originates from the Latin 'patientia', meaning 'suffering' or 'endurance', which evolved through Old French 'patience' before entering Middle English. The term has shifted from a focus on enduring hardship to a broader sense of calmness and tolerance in the face of delay or adversity.

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