🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

पुराना होना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: purana hona

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Date back/deɪt bæk/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"यह मंदिर बारहवीं शताब्दी का है।"

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To have its origin in a particular time in the past; to begin to exist at a certain time.

    "This ancient manuscript dates back to the fourteenth century."
  2. 2

    To trace the origin or beginning of something back to a specific period.

    "Historians date back the foundation of the city to the Roman era."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'date' (originating from Latin 'data', meaning given or assigned point in time) combined with the directional adverb 'back'. The phrasal verb emerged in the late 19th century to describe origins extending into a preceding time period.

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