camel
/ˈkæml/noun
उच्चारण कैमल
ऊँट
Basic word
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an animal with a long neck and one or two humps on its back, used in desert countries for riding on or for carrying goods
ऊँट
- Camels can live without water for days.
- Tourists rode camels across the dunes near Jaisalmer.
- The camel knelt down so that the children could climb on.
+ 1 more example
- Traders once crossed the desert with long lines of camels.
Synonyms dromedary Bactrian camel
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
on a camel / by camel
Use 'on a camel' for riding and 'by camel' for the means of transport.
सवारी के लिए 'on a camel' और साधन के लिए 'by camel' आता है।
- Tourists rode on a camel across the dunes.
- They travelled by camel to the fair.
camel (animal) and dromedary
A one-humped camel is a dromedary, as seen in Rajasthan; a two-humped one is a Bactrian camel.
एक कूबड़ वाला ऊँट dromedary है, जैसा राजस्थान में दिखता है; दो कूबड़ वाला Bactrian camel होता है।
- The Bactrian camel has two humps.
camel + noun
Common: camel safari, camel fair, camel milk, camel cart, camel hair.
सामान्य: camel safari, camel fair, camel milk, camel cart, camel hair।
- We went on a camel safari in Jaisalmer.
the straw that broke the camel's back
An idiom for the last small problem that makes a situation impossible to bear.
मुहावरा: वह अंतिम छोटी समस्या जो स्थिति को असहनीय बना दे।
- The late bus was the straw that broke the camel's back, and she resigned.
camel in geography and culture
Camels are called the ship of the desert because they carry people and goods across sand. The Pushkar fair in Rajasthan is famous for camel trading.
ऊँट को रेगिस्तान का जहाज़ कहा जाता है क्योंकि वह रेत के पार लोगों और सामान को ले जाता है। राजस्थान का पुष्कर मेला ऊँटों के व्यापार के लिए प्रसिद्ध है।
- The camel is the ship of the desert.
- The Pushkar fair is famous for camels.
+Collocations 5
adjective + camel
ArabianBactrianwildthirstyloaded
- A loaded camel moved slowly across the desert.
verb + camel
rideloadmilkleadbreed
- The herder led the camel to the well.
camel + noun
safarifaircarthaircaravanmilk
- The Pushkar camel fair attracts visitors from abroad.
camel in expressions
a ship of the deserta hump of fata camel's backa camel through the eye of a needle
- The camel is called the ship of the desert.
camel + desert life
caravanoasisdunesandstorm
- A camel caravan crossed the dune at sunset.
“More examples 6
- A camel can go for days without drinking water.
ऊँट बिना पानी पिए कई दिन चल सकता है।
- Radhika rode a camel for the first time in Bikaner.
राधिका ने बीकानेर में पहली बार ऊँट की सवारी की।
- The camel stores fat, not water, in its hump.
ऊँट अपने कूबड़ में पानी नहीं, वसा जमा करता है।
- Camels pulled the carts through the narrow lanes of the old market.
ऊँट पुराने बाज़ार की संकरी गलियों में गाड़ियाँ खींच रहे थे।
- He bought a camel-hair coat for the winter.
उसने सर्दियों के लिए ऊँट के बालों का कोट खरीदा।
- Camels have thick eyelashes that keep sand out of their eyes.
ऊँटों की घनी पलकें उनकी आँखों में रेत नहीं जाने देतीं।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ They travelled by a camel to the fair.
✓ They travelled by camel to the fair.
After 'by', a means of transport takes no article.
'By' के बाद यातायात के साधन के साथ article नहीं लगता।
✗ The camels is drinking water at the well.
✓ The camels are drinking water at the well.
A plural subject takes a plural verb.
Plural subject के साथ plural verb आती है।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
dromedary Bactrian camel
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
The straw that broke the camel's back (the last of a series of problems that makes a situation unbearable), a camel is a horse designed by a committee (a joke about groups making poor decisions).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: the straw that broke the camel's back (समस्याओं की शृंखला की वह अंतिम समस्या जो स्थिति असहनीय बना दे), a camel is a horse designed by a committee (समूहों के खराब निर्णयों पर एक मज़ाक)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Science GK: the camel is called the 'ship of the desert'; the one-humped camel is the dromedary (found in Rajasthan), the two-humped one the Bactrian camel (found in Ladakh's Nubra Valley); the hump stores fat, not water.
विज्ञान GK में ऊँट को 'रेगिस्तान का जहाज़' कहा जाता है; एक कूबड़ वाला ऊँट dromedary (राजस्थान में मिलता है), दो कूबड़ वाला Bactrian camel (लद्दाख की नुब्रा घाटी में) है; कूबड़ में पानी नहीं, चर्बी जमा होती है।
The Pushkar Camel Fair is held in Rajasthan; the camel is Rajasthan's state animal.
राजस्थान में पुष्कर ऊँट मेला लगता है; ऊँट राजस्थान का राज्य पशु है।