Obituary

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/oʊbˈɪtʃuːɛriː/ · अबिचुअरी

Meaning

A news article that reports a person's recent death

a notice of a person's death with a short life story

हिंदी अर्थ

शोक सूचना, मृत्यु पर लिखा संक्षिप्त जीवन वृत्तांत

शोक-समाचार, मृत्यु-सूचना

Example sentences

The obituary ran to half a column.

He wrote the obituary for his old teacher.

The newspaper printed an obituary of the great singer.

Daily use: Obituary padhi thi akhbar mein.

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Obituary में 'अब तू नहीं रहा' सुनिए। अख़बार का वह column जो बताए कि कोई अब नहीं रहा — obituary यानी शोक समाचार।

Hear 'ab tu nahin raha' (now you are no more) in OBITUARY. The newspaper column that says someone is no more is the obituary.

Exam note

Death family साथ पूछी जाती है: obituary (अख़बार में), epitaph (कब्र पर), elegy (शोक कविता), eulogy (प्रशंसा भाषण)।

The death family is asked together: obituary (newspaper notice), epitaph (words on a tomb), elegy (sad poem), eulogy (speech of praise).

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