bookish
/ˈbʊkɪʃ/adjective
उच्चारण बुकिश
पढ़ाकू, किताबों में डूबा रहने वाला
Core word
- 1
more interested in reading and studying than in sports or other activities
पढ़ाकू, किताबों में डूबा रहने वाला
- Radhika was a quiet, bookish child who loved the school library.
- Her bookish brother preferred the library to the cricket ground.
- Kabir was a shy, bookish boy who rarely played outside.
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- The bookish girl read through the whole school library.
- He looks bookish in his round glasses.
Synonyms studious scholarly academic intellectual
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disapproving
(of knowledge or language) learned from books rather than from real life, and often too formal
किताबी (व्यावहारिक नहीं)
- His English is correct but rather bookish.
- His bookish expressions made his speech sound old-fashioned.
- Her bookish vocabulary made people smile in conversation.
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- The speech sounded bookish and stiff.
- The translation read as bookish rather than natural.
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bookish (adjective, a person)
Bookish describes a person who prefers reading and study to sports or social life.
'Bookish' उस व्यक्ति के लिए है जो खेल या मेल-जोल से अधिक पढ़ना-लिखना पसंद करता है।
- Radhika was a bookish child who loved the school library.
- He is a quiet, bookish boy.
bookish (language or knowledge)
It can also mean learnt from books rather than from real life, or too formal.
इसका अर्थ किताबों से सीखा हुआ, व्यावहारिक नहीं, या बहुत औपचारिक भी हो सकता है।
- His English is correct but bookish.
- She has only a bookish knowledge of farming.
bookish + about / in tastes
Use in, in tastes or in manner to say where the bookishness appears.
Bookishness कहाँ दिखती है, यह बताने के लिए 'in' का प्रयोग होता है।
- He is bookish in his habits.
bookish vs studious vs well-read
Bookish may be mildly critical, studious praises hard work in study, and well-read praises wide reading.
Bookish में हल्की आलोचना हो सकती है, studious पढ़ाई में मेहनत की प्रशंसा करता है, और well-read बहुत पढ़े होने की।
- A studious boy, a well-read girl and a rather bookish teacher.
bookish + noun
It is common before nouns such as type, child, girl and boy.
यह type, child, girl और boy जैसे nouns से पहले आम है।
- She was a bookish girl with thick glasses.
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bookish + noun
childtypemanairintereststastes
- She had a bookish air that suited a librarian.
adverb + bookish
ratherverya bitsomewhatoverly
- The professor sounded overly bookish.
bookish + language
Englishwordstylephraseexpression
- 'Thus' is a bookish word in everyday talk.
bookish + about
bookish about grammarbookish about historybookish in outlook
- He is a bookish person in outlook.
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- Being bookish, he spent his holidays in the town library.
पढ़ाकू होने के कारण उसने अपनी छुट्टियाँ शहर के पुस्तकालय में बिताईं।
- Her bookish friends laughed when she said she loved cricket.
उसके पढ़ाकू दोस्त हँस पड़े जब उसने कहा कि उसे क्रिकेट पसंद है।
- Bookish knowledge alone will not help you run a shop.
केवल किताबी ज्ञान दुकान चलाने में मदद नहीं करेगा।
- The sentence sounds too bookish for a casual chat.
यह वाक्य सामान्य बातचीत के लिए बहुत किताबी लगता है।
- Radhika's bookish brother prefers novels to video games.
राधिका का पढ़ाकू भाई video games से अधिक उपन्यास पसंद करता है।
- Radhika's teacher advised her to balance her bookish habits with sports.
राधिका के शिक्षक ने उसे अपनी पढ़ाकू आदतों को खेल के साथ संतुलित करने की सलाह दी।
- His bookish speech made the audience feel they were in a class.
उसके किताबी भाषण से श्रोताओं को लगा कि वे कक्षा में बैठे हैं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These describe people who read and study, with different feelings.
ये शब्द पढ़ने-लिखने वाले लोगों का वर्णन करते हैं, पर भाव अलग हैं।
Fond of books, sometimes cut off from real life.
किताबों का शौकीन, कभी-कभी व्यावहारिक जीवन से कटा हुआ।
- A bookish type.
Careful and hard-working in studying; praise.
पढ़ाई में सावधान और मेहनती; प्रशंसा।
- A studious student.
Having read many good books and learnt much.
बहुत अच्छी किताबें पढ़कर ज्ञान पाया हुआ।
- A well-read scholar.
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who is very fond of reading is a bookworm or a bibliophile.
पढ़ने के बहुत शौक़ीन व्यक्ति को bookworm या bibliophile कहते हैं।