salary
/ˈsæləri/noun
उच्चारण सैलरी
वेतन, तनख़्वाह
Basic word
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[C, U]
money that employees receive for doing their job, especially professional employees, usually paid every month
वेतन, तनख़्वाह
- a monthly salary
- She earns a good salary as a software engineer.
- My father gets his salary on the last day of the month.
+ 1 more example
- The company promised to raise our salaries next year.
Synonyms pay wages income earnings remuneration
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
AaSpelling
sal·a·ry
?Which word?
Keep apart, asked very often: salary (paid monthly to professional or office workers) and wage or wages (paid daily or weekly, usually for manual work).
इन्हें अलग रखिए, यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: salary (पेशेवर या कार्यालय कर्मचारियों को मासिक भुगतान, वेतन) और wage या wages (प्रायः शारीरिक काम के लिए दैनिक या साप्ताहिक भुगतान, मज़दूरी)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Worth your salt (good at your job, from the same root).
Idiom 'worth your salt' (अपने काम में अच्छा, उसी मूल से)।
⌂Word origin and word building
Word origin: salary comes from Latin salarium, money given to Roman soldiers to buy salt (sal).
शब्द-उत्पत्ति में salary, Latin salarium से आया है, जो रोमन सैनिकों को नमक (sal) ख़रीदने के लिए दिया जाने वाला धन था।
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General knowledge
The Pay Commission recommends salaries for central government employees; the 7th Pay Commission was implemented in 2016; the 8th Pay Commission was announced in 2025.
वेतन आयोग केंद्र सरकार के कर्मचारियों के वेतन की सिफ़ारिश करता है; 7वाँ वेतन आयोग 2016 में लागू हुआ; 8वें वेतन आयोग की घोषणा 2025 में हुई।