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English to Gujarati translations [PRO] Science - Medical (general) | | English term or phrase: Second hand smoke | | This is the smoke that the smokers exhale. The dictionary meaning for second hand is vaparayel which does not obviously fit here. |
| | | Dhumra Uchwas /Dhumrochwas, Uchwasit Dhumra | Explanation: Asker: I seek to describe not what people inhale but what is exhaled. Actually it is described in English as SHS or second hand smoke. I want to describe it just before it is inhaled.
Given your above explanation, looks like you may need to coin such a phrase - some examples given above. |
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58 mins confidence:  | second hand smoke ઈરાદા વિના શ્વાસમાં ગયેલો તમાકુનો ધુમાડો
Explanation: It means tobacco smoke unintentionally inhaled by people who do not smoke.
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It can also be termed as: અજાણતાં શ્વાસમાં ગયેલો તમાકુનો ધુમાડો
| Nehal Mehta India Local time: 10:50 Specializes in field Native speaker of: Gujarati
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Asker: I seek to describe not what people inhale but what is exhaled. Actually it is described in English as SHS or second hand smoke. I want to describe it just before it is inhaled.
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