Bury the hatchet in Hindi
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The meaning of “bury the hatchet” in Hindi is झगड़ा ख़त्म करना, pronounced jhagaDaa khatm karana — it is a verb. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
To cease fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce.
The phrase is an allusion to the figurative or literal practice of putting away the tomahawk at the cessation of hostilities among or by Native Americans in the Eastern United States, specifically during the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy, and in Iroquois custom in general. Weapons were to be buried or otherwise cached in time of peace.
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