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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

शानदार

Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shaandaar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Smashing/ˈsmæʃ.ɪŋ/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"हमने पार्टी में शानदार समय बिताया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Excellent, wonderful, or extremely impressive.

    "We had a smashing time at the seaside party."
As verb
  1. 1

    Present participle of smash; breaking violently into pieces.

    "The wave came crashing and smashing against the wooden pier."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'smash', which likely originates from a blend of Scandinavian roots (such as Old Norse 'smella' meaning to smack) and Middle English 'mash'. The adjectival sense developed in British slang during the mid-19th century, originally meaning overwhelmingly impressive or excellent.

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