source
/sɔːs/noun
उच्चारण सॉर्स
स्रोत, उद्गम
Basic word
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a place, person or thing that you get something from; the cause of something, especially of a problem, or the place where it starts; a person, book or document that provides information; the place where a river or stream starts
स्रोत, उद्गम
- a source of income
- a reliable source
- the source of the Ganga
+ 3 more examples
- Tourism is the main source of income in the region.
- Journalists must protect their sources.
- Scientists traced the source of the smell to a broken pipe.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
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Homophone: source (origin) and sauce (a liquid eaten with food) are both /sɔːs/ in British English.
Homophone: British English में source (स्रोत) और sauce (भोजन के साथ खाया जाने वाला तरल, चटनी) दोनों /sɔːs/ हैं।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
A source of income, energy or information, reliable sources, at source (at the place where something starts: 'tax deducted at source', TDS), open source, outsource (get work done by people outside your company).
Collocations: a source of income, energy या information, reliable sources (विश्वसनीय स्रोत), at source (जहाँ से शुरू हो वहीं: 'tax deducted at source', TDS, स्रोत पर कर कटौती), open source, outsource (अपनी कंपनी के बाहर के लोगों से काम कराना)।
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General knowledge
The Ganga starts at Gangotri Glacier (Gaumukh, Uttarakhand), where it is called the Bhagirathi; it becomes the Ganga at Devprayag after joining the Alaknanda; the Yamuna starts at Yamunotri; the Brahmaputra (Tsangpo) starts near Lake Mansarovar in Tibet.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: गंगा गंगोत्री ग्लेशियर (गौमुख, उत्तराखंड) से निकलती है, जहाँ इसे भागीरथी कहते हैं; अलकनंदा से मिलने के बाद देवप्रयाग में यह गंगा बनती है; यमुना यमुनोत्री से निकलती है; ब्रह्मपुत्र (त्सांगपो) तिब्बत में मानसरोवर झील के पास से निकलती है।