Glossary | Compulsory English XI | Unit 4: Qin Dynasty

 

Language Development

Unit-4. History and Culture

Qin Dynasty

 

Glossary

 

adhered	to stick to something	दृढ हुनु, लागी रहनु
adherence	obedience	आज्ञाकारी
alliances	unifications	एकिकरण
ally	one state united to another by a treaty or a league for a military purpose	गठबन्धन, समूह
applauded	highly praised	प्रसिद्ध, प्रसंशनीय
aristocratic	noble, higher class	सम्पन्न, सभ्रान्त, सामन्ती
barbarian	a member of an uncivilized group of people or culture	जंगली, असभ्य, क्रुर
beheaded	apart body and head	टाउको छिनाउनु
brevity	lasting only for a short time	छनिक, छोटो अवधी
carts	cart vehicle	ठेलागाडा
chariot	an open vehicle with two wheels, pulled by horses, used in ancient times in battle	रथ
consecutively	repeatedly	बारम्बार
Contention	argument	विवाद
continent	mainland	मुख्यभूमी
contrived	illusory, unrealistic	भ्रमात्मक
decimation	massacre	नरसंहार, कत्लेआम
devised	implemented, invented	लागु गर्नु, अविस्कार गर्नु
disregard	ignore	वेवास्ता गर्नु
Dynasty	empire	सम्राज्य, राज्य
elevation	rise	उदाउनु, पैmलनु
elixir	liquid that is believed to cure all ills	अमृत
emerged	to survive from a difficult situation	उठ्नु, प्रस्फुटित हुनु
executed	killed	मार्नु
exemplifies	illustrate	वर्णन गर्नु
exert	apply	पेश गर्नु
fend off	to defend or protect	संरक्षण गर्नु
feudalism	the social system in which people were given land and protection by a nobleman/aristocrat, and had to work and fight for him in return	सामन्ती
frowned	agitated	झोक चलाउनु
glossed	reflected	प्रतिविम्वित हुनु
gorges	narrow road between the mountains	खोच
heartland	mainland	मुख्यभूमी
Imperial	royal	शाही
invasion	attack	आक्रमण
massacred	decimation, homicide, mass murder	नरसंहार
nobility	state of being noble in character, quality, or rank	भद्रभलाद्मी
obsessed	addicted, indulgent	दृढ, लागी पर्नु
overthrown	dismissed	वर्खास्त गर्नु
paramount	supreme	उच्च, सबै भन्दा ठुलो
pivotal	essential	आवश्यक, महत्वपूर्ण
populace	public	जनता
realm	territory, kingdom	राज्य, साम्रज्य
reign	control, regime	नियन्त्रण
renovated	modified	बदल्नु, परिवर्तन गर्नु
resemblance	the state of being alike	मिल्दोजुल्दो
revived	reborn, reanimate	पुनर्जागरण
ruthlessness	hard and cruel behaviour; being determined to get what you want without caring if you hurt other people	क्रुर, निर्दयी
scholarship	learning	छात्रवृत्ति, सिकाइ
seemingly	apparently	स्पष्टरुपले
serfdom	slavery, bondage	दासत्व, गुलामी
supremacy	domination	दमन, प्रभुत्व
uprisings	revolts	विद्रोह
warfare	combat	वार, युद्ध
Warring	involved in war	युद्धमा होमिनु