saga
/ˈsɑːɡə/noun
उच्चारण साग
गाथा, वीरगाथा
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[C]
a long traditional story about adventures and brave deeds, especially one from Norway or Iceland
गाथा, वीरगाथा
- the Norse sagas
- Scholars still read the Icelandic sagas to learn about Viking life.
- The sagas tell of heroes who sailed across the cold northern seas.
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- He reads Norse sagas and old legends for pleasure.
- Many sagas were first told aloud before being written down.
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a long story about events over a period of many years
(लंबी) कहानी, गाथा
- a family saga spread over three generations
- The novel is a saga following one Punjabi family through partition and the years after.
- The novel is a family saga that begins in the time of the British Raj.
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- The saga of the royal house stretches over four hundred years.
- She is writing a saga about three generations of weavers.
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[C] informal
a long series of events or adventures
(बोलचाल में) लंबा सिलसिला, किस्सा
- the saga of the delayed exam results
- The long saga of the unfinished flyover has frustrated commuters for years.
- The saga of the lost luggage continued for another week.
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- The saga of the road repairs lasted the whole monsoon.
- Fans followed the transfer saga closely for months.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
sa·ga
With one g (not 'sagga').
एक g ('sagga' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the story words together: saga (long, often over generations), epic (long poem about heroes), legend (traditional story), chronicle (record of events), tale.
कहानी के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: saga (लंबी, प्रायः पीढ़ियों तक), epic (नायकों पर लंबी कविता), legend (पारंपरिक कहानी), chronicle (घटनाओं का रिकॉर्ड), tale।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A long story of heroic deeds is a saga or epic; a written record of events in the order they happened is a chronicle.
वीरतापूर्ण कार्यों की लंबी कहानी saga या epic; घटनाओं का क्रमवार लिखित रिकॉर्ड chronicle।