What does “daldal” mean in Hindi?
2000 साल पुराना शव और मिट्टी में विघटन
B2 Hindi listening practice · Hindi · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
A 2,000-year-old body turns up in England, and the clip explains why: «एक दलदल में एक शव मिला» (“a corpse was found in a bog”). दलदल (daldal) means swamp, bog, or marsh, the airless, acidic ground that mummifies what falls in.
Like English “quagmire,” it goes figurative fast: कर्ज़ का दलदल (the swamp of debt), दलदल में फंसना (“to get stuck in a quagmire”), a mess that pulls you deeper the more you struggle. The video’s real subject, how a spoonful of soil teems with more life than there are humans on Earth, is the science beneath the word.
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Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
- ▸Hindi science explainers on soil, ecosystems, and decay.
- ▸Figuratively: a “दलदल” of debt, corruption, or addiction.
- ▸In Hindi news and films about getting trapped in a situation.
- ▸In Indian discussions of wetlands and conservation.