🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

डकार लेना

Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dakaar lena

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Burp/bɜːrp/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #9500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"खाना खाने के बाद डकार लेना आम है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To expel air from the stomach through the mouth with a sound; to belch.

    "He politely covered his mouth when he happened to burp after dinner."
As noun
  1. 1

    The act or sound of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth.

    "The baby let out a tiny burp after finishing her milk."

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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, the word is an onomatopoeic creation mimicking the sound of gas escaping from the stomach through the mouth. It emerged as a variant of 'belch' and has been used colloquially since the early modern period.

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