Hamlet
nOne word substitutionSSC PYQ × 6/hˈæmlət/ · हैमलट
Community that is smaller than a village/A very small village
छोटा गाँव, पुरवा
The hamlet has fifteen houses and one well.
A hamlet is smaller than a village and older than a town.
Daily use: Us hamlet mein nau ghar hain.
‘ऑमलेट जितना Hamlet’ — यानी छोटा सा। ‘-let’ ending छोटेपन का भाव देती है, जैसे booklet, piglet; इसलिए Hamlet गाँव से भी छोटी बस्ती है।
Remember the rhyme ‘omelette jitna hamlet’ — a hamlet is as small as an omelette. The ending ‘-let’ means small, as in booklet and piglet, so a hamlet is a settlement even smaller than a village.
Hamlet Shakespeare का play भी है, जो GS में पूछा जाता है; vocabulary में इसका अर्थ बहुत छोटा गाँव है — village, town और metropolis से नीचे।
Hamlet is also the title of a Shakespeare play, a common General Awareness question; in vocabulary it means a very small village, ranked below village, town and metropolis.