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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

पहले

Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pahile

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Earlier/ˈɜːr.li.ər/
adjectiveadverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"मैंने उसे आज पहले देखा था।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    At a time in the past before now, or before a particular point in time.

    "I spoke to her earlier this morning."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Existing or happening before another time, event, or person.

    "An earlier version of the software had several bugs."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the comparative form of the Middle English 'erli', originating from Old English 'ǣrlīce', combining 'ǣr' (before, previously) and '-līce' (adverbial suffix). Historically, it evolved from Proto-Germanic roots denoting precedence in time.

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