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¨
ancient
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤āĻ¨
related or belonging to a period of history that is long gone
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Myths and legends from ancient times continue to captivate the imagination of people around the world.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The scientist discovered ancient fossils of dinosaurs in the remote desert.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŽ āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻĢāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
extremely old or old fashioned
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
That television is ancient; it still has a dial to change channels!
āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨; āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻā§!
Ancient
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The young children gathered around the ancient to hear stories of the past.
āĻā§āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ
āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
anciently
ancientness
ancient
