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Native Script:हमशक्ल
Pronunciation / Transliteration: shakal milne wala
"उसने भीड़ में अपने हमशक्ल को देखा।"
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An apparition or double of a living person.
"He felt as though he had caught a glimpse of his own doppelganger in the crowded street."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the German compound word 'Doppelgänger', combining 'doppel' (double) and 'gänger' (goer). Coined in the late 18th century by German romantic authors like Jean Paul, it originally denoted a ghostly double or paranormal apparition of a living person, later evolving to describe any remarkably similar physical look-alike.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Doppelganger" is said worldwide
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sosie
Transliteration: sosie
"Il a rencontré son sosie dans le métro."
Doppelgänger
Transliteration: Doppelgaenger
"Man sagt, dass jeder Mensch einen Doppelgänger auf der Welt hat."
sosia
Transliteration: sosia
"L'attore ha assunto un sosia per le scene pericolose."
sosias
Transliteration: sosias
"Dicen que todos tenemos un doppelgänger en alguna parte del mundo."
sósia
Transliteration: sosia
"Ele encontrou o seu sósia na festa de ontem."
शक्ल
Transliteration: shakal milne wala
Script: हमशक्ल
"उसने भीड़ में अपने हमशक्ल को देखा।"
替身
Transliteration: tìshēn
"他仿佛在镜子里看到了自己的替身。"
도플갱어
Transliteration: dopeulgaeng-eo
"그는 거리에서 자신의 도플갱어를 보았다고 믿었다."
ドッペルゲンガー
Transliteration: dopperugengā
"ドッペルゲンガーを見ると死期が近いという言い伝えがある。"
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