🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

सूखा मेवा

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sukha mewa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dried fruit/ˌdraɪd ˈfruːt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14200 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"सर्दियों में सूखा मेवा खाना सेहत के लिए बहुत फायदेमंद होता है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Fruit from which the majority of the original water content has been removed either naturally through sun drying or through specialized dehydrators.

    "She added a handful of mixed dried fruit to her morning oatmeal."
  2. 2

    Commercially packaged edible preserved fruits such as raisins, prunes, dates, and figs.

    "The bakery specializes in holiday cakes loaded with spiced dried fruit."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of Old English 'drȳge' (free from moisture) and Old French 'fruct' / Latin 'fructus' (enjoyment of produce, fruit). Historically, drying fruits was one of the earliest methods of food preservation, dating back to the fourth millennium BC in Mesopotamia.

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