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Pronunciation / Transliteration: tahkhana
"तहखाना बहुत ठण्डा था।"
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A room below ground level in a house, typically used for storing wine or coal.
"They store bottles of fine vintage wine in the cool, dark cellar."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'celer', borrowed from Old French 'celier', and ultimately from the Latin 'solarium' meaning solar, solarium, or a room exposed to the sun (later shifting in Vulgar Latin to mean a subterranean room). It entered the English language during the 13th century, initially referring to a storeroom or pantry before taking on its primary modern meaning of an underground room used for storage.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cellar" is said worldwide
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cave
Transliteration: cave
"Le vin est vieilli dans la cave."
Keller
Transliteration: Keller
"Wir lagern die Kartoffeln im Keller."
cantina
Transliteration: cantina
"La cantina è fresca anche d'estate."
sótano
Transliteration: sótano
"Guardamos las cajas viejas en el sótano."
porão
Transliteration: porão
"O vinho é guardado no porão."
तहखाना
Transliteration: tahkhana
"तहखाना बहुत ठण्डा था।"
地窖
Transliteration: dìjiào
"他们在地窖里存了许多酒。"
지하실
Transliteration: jihasil
"와인은 지하실에 보관되어 있습니다."
地下室
Transliteration: chikashitsu
"その家にはワイン用の地下室があります。"
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