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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

गहरा

Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gehra

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Profound/prəˈfaʊnd/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"इस बात का हमारे जीवन पर गहरा प्रभाव पड़ा।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Very great or intense; showing great insight or knowledge.

    "Her speech had a profound impact on the entire audience."
  2. 2

    At a very great depth; deep-seated or far-reaching.

    "The patient fell into a profound sleep following the procedure."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin profundus, meaning 'deep' or 'profound' (from pro- 'before, forth' + fundus 'bottom'). Entering Middle English via Old French in the late 14th century, the term initially referred to physical depth before expanding metaphorically into intellectual, emotional, and spiritual domains.

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