🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

धूप सेंकना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dhoop sekna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Apricate/ˈæp.rɪ.keɪt/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"ठंड के दिनों में लोग बाहर बैठकर धूप सेकते हैं।"

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To bask in the sun; to expose oneself to the warmth of solar rays.

    "The lazy cat loved to apricate on the warm stone windowsill all afternoon."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb apricari (to bask in the sun), stemming from apricus (exposed to the sun, warm). It entered English in the 17th century as a literary and descriptive verb denoting the act of basking in the sunlight.

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