🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

संगरोध

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sangarodh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Quarantine/ˈkwɔːr.ən.tiːn/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"संक्रमण रोकने के लिए उसे संगरोध में रखा गया है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.

    "The travelers returning from the outbreak zone were placed in mandatory quarantine for two weeks."
As verb
  1. 1

    To impose isolation on a person, animal, or place in order to prevent the spread of disease.

    "Health authorities decided to quarantine the entire facility after the confirmed infection."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the 17th-century Venetian language term 'quarantena', meaning 'space of forty days', stemming from 'quaranta' (forty). Historically, it referred to the 40-day isolation period enforced on ships and people arriving from plague-stricken ports to protect the public.

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