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xenial

/ˈziːniəl/adjective

उच्चारण ज़ीनिअल

अतिथि-सत्कार संबंधी, आतिथ्यपूर्ण

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    formal

    connected with hospitality towards guests and strangers, especially foreigners

    अतिथि-सत्कार संबंधी, आतिथ्यपूर्ण

    • the xenial customs of the hill villages
    • The family showed xenial warmth to every traveller who knocked at their door.
    • The village is famous for its xenial spirit towards visitors.
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    • A xenial host always offers tea to a stranger at the door.
    • Travellers praised the xenial welcome of the mountain people.

    Synonyms hospitable welcoming friendly neighbourly convivial

    Opposite hostile inhospitable unwelcoming xenophobic

≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

xe·ni·al

?Which word?

Keep the welcoming words together: xenial, hospitable, convivial, cordial, genial.

स्वागत के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: xenial, hospitable, convivial, cordial, genial।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

'Atithi Devo Bhava' (the guest is God) expresses the xenial tradition of India.

'अतिथि देवो भव' भारत की आतिथ्य परंपरा व्यक्त करता है।

⌂Word origin and word building

Xeno- means stranger or foreign (xenophobia: fear of foreigners; xenophile: a lover of foreign things).

Xeno- का अर्थ अजनबी या विदेशी (xenophobia: विदेशियों से डर; xenophile: विदेशी चीज़ों का प्रेमी)।