Reef in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “reef” in Hindi is जहाज़ के पाल को कम करना, pronounced jahaJ ke pal ko kam karana — it is a vt. 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.
one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
From earlier riff, from Middle English rif, from Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”). Dutch rif (“reef”), Low German riff, reff (“reef”), German Riff (“reef, ledge”) are also borrowed from Old Norse. Doublet of rib.
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