🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

मायावी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mayavi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Phantasmal/fænˈtæz.məl/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"अंधेरे में एक मायावी छाया दिखाई दी।"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Of the nature of a phantasm; illusory, spectral, or dreamlike.

    "The travelers caught a glimpse of phantasmal lights flickering across the dark moor."
  2. 2

    Existing only in the imagination; unreal or deceptive.

    "He chased phantasmal ambitions that vanished the moment he tried to grasp them."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek word 'phantasma', meaning apparition or ghost, via Late Latin and French. It entered the English language in the early 17th century to describe things relating to illusions, phantoms, or dreamlike unrealities.

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