Adjectives - विशेषण (Visheshan) - Part II

Dear Friends,
Lets look at the hindi names of common geometric shapes and size. They are very popular adjectives to describe the structure of an object.

Shapes	In hindi	Transliteration
Round	गोल	gol
Straight	सीधा	seedha
Square	समकोण	samakon
Triangular	त्रिभुज/त्रिकोण	treebooj / treekorn
Spherical	गोलाकार	golaakar
Cone	शंकु	shanku
Rectangle	समकोण समानान्तर चतुर्भुज	samakon samaantar chaturbhuj
Pyramid	सूची स्तंभ	soochi stambh
Cylinder	बेलनाकार	belanakaar
Cube	घन	ghan

Size	In hindi	Transliteration
Big/ large	बड़ा	badaa
Deep	गहरा	geheraa
Long	लंबा / दीर्घ	lambaa/deerg
Narrow	पतला	patlaa
Short	छोटा	chotaa
Small/little	छोटा	chotaa
Tall	ऊंचा	oonchaa

Adjectives - विशेषण (Visheshan) - Part I

An adjective is often defined as a word which describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Adjectives describe nouns in terms of such qualities as size, color, number, and kind.


Adjectives agree with the nouns they qualify. Hindi adjectives are of two types: those that inflect (change their endings), and those that are invariable. Those which inflect, such as big- बड़ा (badaa), or good - अच्छा (acha) and small - छोटा (chota), end in आ (aa) in the masculine singular, ए(a) in masculine plural and ई (e) in the feminine singular and plural. The invariable adjectives, like clean- साफ (saaf), hot - गरम (garam), excellent – उत्तम (uttam), difficult – कठिन (kathin), firm – द्रुध (drudh), monthly- मासिक (masik), daily- दैनिक (dainik), strong- बलवान (balvaan), etc never change.

egs:

English	Hindi	Transliteration
Good Boy	अच्छा लड़का	Achcha ladka
Good Girl	अच्छी लड़की	Achchi ladki
Good Boys	अच्छे लड़के	Achche ladke
Good Girls	अच्छी लड़कियाँ	Achchi ladkiyam
Cold water	ठंडा पानी	Thanda paani
Small house	छोटा घर	Chota ghar
Small table	छोटी मेज़	Choti mez
Small tables	छोटी मेज़ें	Choti mezen
Small rooms	छोटे कमरे	Chote kamre
Black cat	काली बिल्ली	Kaali billi
Fat men	मोटे आदमी	Mote admi
Sweet fruits	मीठे फल	Meethe phal
Hot milk	गरम दूध	Garam doodh
This small girl is my sister	यह छोटी लड़की मेरी बहन है	Yeh choti ladki meri bahan hai
He drinks hot tea	वह गरम चाइ पीता है	Vah garam chai peeta hai
The elephant is a big animal	हाथी बड़ा जानवर है	Haathi bada janvar hai