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bibliophile

/ˈbɪbliəfaɪl/noun

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noun
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    a person who loves or collects books

    पुस्तक-प्रेमी

    • A true bibliophile, she never leaves a bookshop empty-handed.
    • As a bibliophile, he owns over a thousand books.
    • The old bibliophile spent every Sunday at the second-hand book market.
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    • The library is a paradise for any bibliophile.
    • My uncle, a bibliophile, has a room full of rare books.
⌂Word origin and word building

Biblio- means book: bibliography (a list of books), Bible.

Biblio- का अर्थ किताब है, जैसे bibliography (पुस्तक-सूची) में।

The -phile ending means lover of, as in Anglophile.

-phile का अर्थ 'प्रेमी' है, जैसे Anglophile में।

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A lover of books.

'किताबों से प्रेम करने वाला' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।