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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

निधन

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nidhan

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Indigent/ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒənt/
adjectivenounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"सरकार ने निधन लोगों के लिए सहायता की घोषणा की।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Poor; needy; lacking the means of subsistence.

    "The charity provides food and shelter for indigent families."
As noun
  1. 1

    A needy or destitute person.

    "The city established a special fund to provide legal representation for indigents."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late 15th-century Latin word 'indigent-', stemming from 'indigere', meaning 'to need or lack'. It combines 'indu-' (an old form of in-) with 'egere' (to need, want). Over time, it evolved from expressing general lack or deficiency to specifically describing extreme poverty and destitution.

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