Today, I will show you the qualitative adjective in Hindi. Qualitative adjectives are one from four types of adjectives in Hindi. Qualitative adjective is called गुणवाचक विशेषण (Gudvachak Visheshad).

These adjectives tell us a qualitative attribute of a noun.

Qualitative adjectives are further divided into 6 different types:

1. गुणबोधक (Gunbodhak – Quality)
examples: अच्छा (accha – good, nice), बुरा (bura – bad), ईमानदार (imandar – honest), सच्चा (saccha – true)

2. आकारबोधक (Aakarbodak – Shape)
examples: लम्बा (lamba – long), छोटा (chota – short), मोटा (mota – thick, fat), गोल (gol – round)

3. स्थानबोधक (Sthanbodak – Place)
examples: जापानी (japani – Japanese), बाहरी (bahari – outsider), उच्चा (uccha – upper), नीचा (nicha – down)

4. रंगबोधक (Rangbodak – Color)
examples: लाल (lal – red), पीला (pila – yellow), सफ़ेद (safed – white),काला (kala – black)

5. स्वाद/गंद बोधक (Svad/Gand bodak – Taste/Smell)
examples: मीठा (mitha – sweet), फ़ीखा (fikha – tasteless), खट्टा (khatta – sour), सुघंदित (sughandit – perfumed)

6. अन्य (Any – Miscellaneous)
Examples: मुलायम (mulayam – soft), जंगली (jangali – wild), पालतू (paltu – domestic)