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Dictate Meaning in Hindi: HinKhoj Dictionary
HinKhoj Dictionary, n.d.
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- What it is
- The English-to-Hindi dictionary page for the verb dictate. Its first listed Hindi meaning is हुक्म देना, to give orders.
- How much weight it carries
- A commercial bilingual dictionary. The verb dictate has several senses in English, and the first Hindi meaning listed covers only one of them, so we do not use it for the act of writing down speech.
Facts taken from this source
- The HinKhoj English-to-Hindi dictionary gives हुक्म देना, to give orders, as the first Hindi meaning of the verb dictate. That sense is different from writing down speech.
“Dictate Meaning in Hindi | हुक्म देना | HinKhoj Dictionary” (Page title and Hindi meanings list)
- The HinKhoj English-to-Hindi dictionary gives लिखवाना, to have something written down, as the second Hindi meaning of the verb dictate, with the example of a lawyer dictating a letter to a secretary.
“2. लिखवाना (verb) 🔊 English The lawyer will dictate the letter to his secretary for typing.” (Hindi Meanings list, item 2, with its example sentence)