🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

गंदा करना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ganda karna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Beschmutzen/bəˈʃmʊtsn̩/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उसने अपने कपड़े गंदे कर लिए।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To make something dirty, soiled, or stained by applying mud, grease, or other impurities.

    "Die Kinder haben ihre Kleidung beim Spielen im Schlamm beschmutzt."
  2. 2

    To damage someone's reputation or honor figuratively; to blemish or sully.

    "Er versuchte, den guten Ruf seines Konkurrenten zu beschmutzen."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle High German 'besmutzen', combining the prefix 'be-' (making transitive) and 'smutzen' (to smudge, soil). It historically relates to Germanic roots associated with dirt, grime, and staining, evolving to mean both literal soiling and figurative tarnishing.

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