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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

जगाना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jagānā

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rouse/raʊz/
verbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"जोर शोर से बाहर की आवाज़ ने उसे गहरी नींद से जगाने के लिए काफी था।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To awaken or stir from sleep.

    "The loud noise outside was enough to rouse him from his deep slumber."
  2. 2

    To cause to become active or alert.

    "The coach's speech was meant to rouse the team before the big game."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word originates from Middle English 'rousen', likely of uncertain Germanic origin, or potentially an apocopated form of Old French 'reuser' meaning to drive back or repulse in falconry. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a hunting term describing a hawk shaking its feathers to general senses of awakening, stirring, or provoking human emotions and activity.

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