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discophile

/ˈdɪskəfaɪl/noun

उच्चारण डिस्कफ़ाइल

संगीत-रिकॉर्ड संग्रहकर्ता

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noun
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    a person who collects and studies records of music

    संगीत-रिकॉर्ड संग्रहकर्ता

    • The discophile owned more than five thousand old records.
    • The shop owner, a true discophile, collected records of old film songs.
    • The discophile spent every Sunday searching old shops for rare records.
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    • Being a discophile, he knew the year of every old song.
    • My uncle, a keen discophile, plays vinyl records on his old turntable.
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A person who collects gramophone records is a discophile, while one who collects coins is a numismatist.

ग्रामोफ़ोन रिकॉर्ड इकट्ठा करने वाले को discophile कहते हैं, जबकि सिक्के इकट्ठा करने वाले को numismatist कहते हैं।