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Pronunciation / Transliteration: dehleez
"वह घर की दहलीज पर खड़ा था।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A strip of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorway.
"He stepped across the threshold and entered the ancient house." - 2
The magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, or result to occur.
"The company's profits surpassed the critical financial threshold this quarter."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'þrescold' or 'þrōsculd', combining 'þrescan' (to thresh or beat, referring to the threshing floor where grain was beaten) and 'cild' or an obscure second element related to wood. Historically, the word evolved to mean the wooden plank or stone forming the bottom of a doorway that retained the threshed grain inside.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Threshold" is said worldwide
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seuil
Transliteration: seuil
"Il a franchi le seuil de la porte."
Schwelle
Transliteration: Schwelle
"Sie trat über die Schwelle des Hauses."
soglia
Transliteration: soglia
"Varca la soglia e entra."
umbral
Transliteration: umbral
"Cruzó el umbral con una sonrisa."
limiar
Transliteration: limiar
"Ele cruzou o limiar da porta."
दहलीज
Transliteration: dehleez
"वह घर की दहलीज पर खड़ा था।"
门槛
Transliteration: ménkǎn
"她跨过了房间的门槛。"
문턱
Transliteration: munteok
"그는 방 안으로 문턱을 넘었다."
敷居
Transliteration: shikii
"彼は玄関の敷居をまたいだ。"
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