retroflex meaning in Hindi
मूर्धन्य mūrdhanya
UK/ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ.flɛks//ˈɹɛt.ɹoʊ.flɛks/
retroflex in Hindi: मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya). In English, retroflex means bent or curved backwards.
Hindi words for retroflex
- retroflex
- मूर्धन्य mūrdhanya
English meaning of retroflex
- adjective Bent or curved backwards.
- adjective Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate.
- adjective Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
- adjective Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
retroflex in a sentence
- Near-synonyms: subapical, palatal
- Near-synonyms: apical, postalveolar
- Near-synonyms: laminal, postalveolar
Synonyms of retroflex
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Questions about retroflex in Hindi
- What is the meaning of retroflex in Hindi?
- Retroflex in Hindi is मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya).
- retroflex का हिंदी में क्या अर्थ है?
- Retroflex: मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya).
- What does retroflex mean in English?
- Retroflex means bent or curved backwards.
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Hindi words from Wiktionary's Hindi entries whose English meaning is “retroflex”: मूर्धन्य. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: retroflex (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Hindi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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