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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

नवजात का रोना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: navjaat ka rona

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vagitus/vəˈdʒaɪtəs/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"अस्पताल में नवजात शिशु के रोने की आवाज़ गूंजी।"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The crying or wailing of a newborn infant.

    "The delivery room was instantly filled with the sharp vagitus of the healthy baby."
  2. 2

    A metaphorical cry or wail at the birth or inception of something new.

    "Scholars listened closely to the vagitus of the newly established literary movement."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb vagire, meaning 'to cry like a baby', which is an onomatopoeic root imitating the wailing sound of a newborn infant. The term entered English in the late 17th century as a medical and literary borrowing to specifically denote the first cry of a newborn.

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