🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

प्रामाणिक

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pramaanik

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Canonical/kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"यह इस विषय का प्रामाणिक ग्रंथ है।"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Included in the list of sacred books officially accepted as genuine scripture.

    "The Gospel of Thomas is not part of the canonical New Testament."
  2. 2

    According to, sanctioned by, or conforming to a canon or general rule, standard, or accepted procedure.

    "The professor presented the canonical approach to solving the differential equation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English word 'canonical', originating from Late Latin 'canonicalis', based on Greek 'kanon' meaning a rule or standard. Historically used in ecclesiastical contexts regarding church law and scripture, its usage expanded into mathematics, literature, and general discourse to mean authoritative, conforming to a general rule, or accepted as standard.

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