Declension of Noun – III Posted by Nitin Kumar on Sep 27, 2011 in Hindi Language
As I promised for more information on our topic of declension of Noun in Hindi, here come the final post. I hope you had some good practice of previous two post.
To all new reader, please refer to two previous posts “Declension of Noun – I” & “Declension of Noun – II” for clarification. These posts can be searched in search option available at upper right corner of page.
1. लिंग – Gender
पुल्लिंग संज्ञा से स्त्रीलिंग संज्ञा – Masculine Noun to Feminine Noun
a. Adding “इन” suffix to masculine noun to make in feminine :
| Masculine | Feminine |
|
| 1. |
मालिक (Landlord) |
मालकिन(Landlady) |
| 2. |
नाग (Mas. Snake) |
नागिन (Fem. Snake) |
| 3. |
पुजारी (Priest) |
पुजारिन (Fem. Priest) |
b. Adding “आनी” suffix to masculine noun to make in feminine :
| Masculine | Feminine |
|
| 1. |
देवर (Younger Brother-in-law) |
देवरानी (Younger Daughter-in-law) |
| 2. |
सेठ (Elder Brother-in-law) |
सेठानी (Elder Daughter-in-law) |
| 3. |
नौकर (Male Servant) |
नौकरानी (Female Servant) |
c. Changing “अक” to “इका” suffix to masculine noun to make in feminine :
| Masculine | Feminine |
|
| 1. |
नायक (Actor) |
नायिका (Actress) |
| 2. |
गायक (Male Singer) |
गायिका (Female Singer) |
| 3. |
लेखक (Male Writer) |
लेखिका (Female Writer) |
d. Changing “मान” to “मती” suffix to masculine noun to make in feminine :
| Masculine | Feminine |
|
| 1. |
बुद्धिमान (Intelligent (Male)) |
बुद्धिमती (Intelligent (Female)) |
| 2. |
श्रीमान (Mister) |
श्रीमती (Mistress) |
| 3. |
गुणवान (Virtuous (Male)) |
गुणवती (Virtuous (Female)) |
e. Changing “ता ” to “त्री” suffix to masculine noun to make in feminine :
| Masculine | Feminine |
|
| 1. |
नेता (Leader (Male)) |
नेत्री (Leader (Female)) |
| 2. |
अभिनेता (Actor) |
अभिनेत्री (Actress) |
| 3. |
दाता (Donner (Male)) |
दात्री (Donner (Female)) |
2. वचन – Number
एकवचन से बहुवचन – Change of Numbers (Singular to Plural)
a. Adding ” ए ” as suffix :
| एकवचन (Singular) |
बहुवचन (Plural) | |
| 1. |
गायिका (Female Singer) |
गायिकाएं (Female Singers) |
| 2. |
माता (Mother) |
माताएं (Mothers) |
| 3. |
सेना (Army) |
सेनाएं (Armies) |
b. Adding Chandra bindu ” ँ ” as suffix :
| एकवचन (Singular) |
बहुवचन (Plural) |
|
| 1. |
चिड़िया (Sparrow) |
चिड़ियाँ (Sparrows) |
| 2. |
गुडिया (Doll) |
गुड़ियाँ (Dolls) |
| 3. |
डिबिया (Small Box) |
डिबियां (Small Boxes) |
c. Adding “ओं” as suffix :
| एकवचन (Singular) |
बहुवचन (Plural) |
|
| 1. |
घर (Home) |
घरों(Homes) |
| 2. |
घोडा (Horse) |
घोड़ों (Horses) |
| 3. |
लड़का (Boy) |
लड़कों (Boys) |
d. Changing “ई” to ” इ” and then adding यों suffix :
| एकवचन (Singular) |
बहुवचन (Plural) |
|
| 1. |
गाड़ी (Vehicle) |
गाड़ियों (Vehicles) |
| 2. |
गली (Street) |
गलियों(Streets) |
| 3. |
नदी (River) |
नदियों (Rivers) |
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About the Author: Nitin Kumar
Nitin Kumar is a native Hindi speaker from New Delhi, India. His education qualification include Masters in Robotics and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. Currently, he is working in the Research and Development in Robotics in Germany. He is avid language learner with varied level of proficiency in English, German, Spanish, and Japanese. He wish to learn French one day. His passion for languages motivated him to share his mother tongue, Hindi, and culture and traditions associated with its speakers. He has been working with Transparent Language since 2010 and has written over 430 blogs on various topics on Hindi language and India, its culture and traditions. He is also the Administrator for Hindi Facebook page which has a community of over 330,000 members.