birthday
/ˈbɜːθdeɪ/noun
उच्चारण बर्थ्डे
जन्मदिन
Basic word
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the day in each year which is the same date as the one on which you were born
जन्मदिन
- Happy birthday!
- Her birthday falls in the middle of August.
- We threw a surprise party for Karan on his birthday.
+ 1 more example
- What did you get for your birthday?
Synonyms anniversary birth date janmdin jayanti
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
on your birthday / on + date
Use on for a birthday or a date: on her birthday, on 15 August. Use in for a month.
जन्मदिन या तारीख़ के लिए 'on' आता है, जैसे on her birthday; महीने के लिए 'in' आता है।
- Radhika was born on 15 August; her birthday falls on Independence Day.
- My birthday is in November.
birthday + noun
As a modifier: birthday party, birthday cake, birthday card, birthday present.
Modifier के रूप में: birthday party, birthday cake, birthday card।
- Her birthday party was held on the terrace.
Happy birthday / many happy returns
Greet with 'Happy birthday!' or 'Many happy returns of the day!'. Say 'Happy birthday to you', not 'Happy birthday on you'.
शुभकामना के लिए 'Happy birthday!' या 'Many happy returns of the day!' कहें।
- 'Happy birthday, Radhika!' shouted her friends.
your 18th birthday / turn + age
An ordinal number goes before birthday: her tenth birthday. Age is expressed with turn.
Birthday से पहले क्रमसूचक संख्या आती है: her tenth birthday। उम्र के लिए turn का प्रयोग होता है।
- He turns eighteen on his next birthday.
- She celebrated her twenty-first birthday at home.
birthday vs date of birth vs bornday
Birthday is the yearly celebration or its date. Date of birth is the full official date including the year. 'Bornday' is not English.
Birthday वार्षिक उत्सव या उसकी तारीख़ है। Date of birth वर्ष सहित पूरी सरकारी तारीख़ है। 'Bornday' English का शब्द नहीं है।
- My birthday is on 3 March; my date of birth is 3 March 2005.
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verb + birthday
celebrateforgetrememberhavespend
- He forgot his sister's birthday for the first time.
birthday + noun
partycakegiftcardwish
- She cut the birthday cake at midnight.
adjective + birthday
happybigspecialfiftiethbelated
- He sent a belated birthday wish by message.
birthday + preposition
on her birthdayfor his birthdaybefore the birthdaysince her birthday
- They bought a cycle for his birthday.
birthday + tradition
blow out the candlescut the cakemake a wishgive a treattouch the elders' feet
- On her birthday Radhika touched her grandparents' feet and received blessings.
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- Radhika invited her classmates to a small birthday lunch.
राधिका ने अपने सहपाठियों को एक छोटे जन्मदिन भोज पर बुलाया।
- It was a surprise birthday, and nobody had told her.
वह एक सरप्राइज़ जन्मदिन था, और किसी ने उसे नहीं बताया था।
- Arjun received many birthday messages on his phone.
अर्जुन को अपने फ़ोन पर बहुत से जन्मदिन संदेश मिले।
- On her sixtieth birthday, the whole family gathered in the village.
उनके साठवें जन्मदिन पर पूरा परिवार गाँव में इकट्ठा हुआ।
- Many Indian families mark a child's first birthday with a special puja.
कई भारतीय परिवार बच्चे का पहला जन्मदिन विशेष पूजा से मनाते हैं।
- My birthday falls during the exam week this year.
इस वर्ष मेरा जन्मदिन परीक्षा-सप्ताह में पड़ रहा है।
- The principal wished each child on his or her birthday in the morning assembly.
प्रधानाचार्य ने सुबह की सभा में हर बच्चे को उसके जन्मदिन पर शुभकामनाएँ दीं।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ I will celebrate my birthday in 10th July.
✓ I will celebrate my birthday on 10 July.
Use on with a date, not in.
तारीख़ के साथ 'on' आता है, 'in' नहीं।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
anniversary birth date janmdin jayanti
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
In your birthday suit (humorous, naked).
Idiom 'in your birthday suit' (मज़ाक में, नग्न)।
Birthday party, birthday cake; birth anniversary (jayanti, for a famous person who has died: 'Gandhi Jayanti').
Collocations: birthday party, birthday cake; birth anniversary (जयंती, किसी दिवंगत प्रसिद्ध व्यक्ति के लिए: 'Gandhi Jayanti')।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
GK (days marked on birthdays): 2 October (Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence), 14 November (Nehru, Children's Day), 5 September (Radhakrishnan, Teachers' Day), 12 January (Vivekananda, National Youth Day), 31 October (Sardar Patel, Rashtriya Ekta Diwas), 23 January (Subhas Chandra Bose, Parakram Diwas).
GK (जन्मदिनों पर मनाए जाने वाले दिन): 2 अक्टूबर (गांधी जयंती, अंतर्राष्ट्रीय अहिंसा दिवस), 14 नवंबर (नेहरू, बाल दिवस), 5 सितंबर (राधाकृष्णन, शिक्षक दिवस), 12 जनवरी (विवेकानंद, राष्ट्रीय युवा दिवस), 31 अक्टूबर (सरदार पटेल, राष्ट्रीय एकता दिवस), 23 जनवरी (सुभाष चंद्र बोस, पराक्रम दिवस)।