āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
erstwhile
/ËÉËstwaâÉĒl/
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§, āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§
in the past or formerly
Old use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
John Smith, erstwhile a powerful leader, now lives in obscurity.
āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨ, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž, āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
erstwhile
01
āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§āĻ, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤āĻ¨
having once been but no longer
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The building was repurposed from its erstwhile role as a factory.
āĻāĻŦāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
erstwhile
erst
while
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
