cardigan
/ˈkɑːdɪɡən/noun
उच्चारण कार्डिगन
कार्डिगन, बटन वाला स्वेटर
Basic word
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a knitted woollen jacket, usually with no collar and with buttons at the front
कार्डिगन, बटन वाला स्वेटर
- Radhika wore a blue cardigan over her kurta.
- Grandmother knitted a cardigan for the baby.
- He buttoned his cardigan against the cold morning air.
+ 2 more examples
- She bought a grey cardigan from the winter sale.
- A cardigan is warm enough for the evenings in October.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a cardigan (countable noun)
A cardigan is a single garment, so it is countable. Say 'a cardigan' or 'two cardigans'.
Cardigan एक अकेला वस्त्र है, इसलिए यह countable noun है; 'a cardigan' या 'two cardigans' कहा जाता है।
- Radhika wore a green cardigan over her kurta.
- My grandmother has knitted three cardigans this winter.
wear / put on / take off a cardigan
Use 'wear' for the state, 'put on' for the action of dressing, and 'take off' for removing it.
स्थिति के लिए 'wear', पहनने की क्रिया के लिए 'put on' और उतारने के लिए 'take off' प्रयोग होता है।
- She put on a cardigan because the morning was cold.
- Take off your cardigan; the room is quite warm.
cardigan + button / pocket / sleeve
Parts of the garment are named after it, with the cardigan acting as a modifier or with 'of'.
वस्त्र के भागों के नाम cardigan को modifier बनाकर या 'of' के साथ बताए जाते हैं।
- One button of her cardigan had come loose.
- He kept a handkerchief in the cardigan pocket.
cardigan in (colour / wool)
To describe colour or material, use 'in' for colour and 'made of' for material.
रंग बताने के लिए 'in' और सामग्री बताने के लिए 'made of' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The teacher came in a grey cardigan.
- It is a cardigan made of pure wool.
+Collocations 4
adjective + cardigan
woollenknittedbaggybutton-uphand-knittedwarm
- She gave him a hand-knitted cardigan for his birthday.
verb + cardigan
knitwearbutton upunbuttonfold
- He buttoned up his cardigan and went out into the fog.
cardigan + preposition
over a shirtin navy bluewith pocketsof soft wool
- A cardigan with pockets is useful on cold mornings.
winter clothing group
sweatershawlmufflerjacketpullover
- In Shimla we packed a sweater, a muffler and a cardigan.
“More examples 5
- In December the school allows students to wear a plain navy cardigan.
दिसंबर में विद्यालय विद्यार्थियों को सादा नेवी रंग का कार्डिगन पहनने की अनुमति देता है।
- Her mother knitted the cardigan in the evenings after finishing housework.
उसकी माँ ने घर का काम निपटाकर शाम को यह कार्डिगन बुना।
- He left his cardigan on the bench at the railway station.
वह अपना कार्डिगन रेलवे स्टेशन की बेंच पर भूल गया।
- The old professor always wore a baggy cardigan with leather patches on the elbows.
बूढ़े प्रोफ़ेसर हमेशा कोहनियों पर चमड़े के पैच वाला ढीला कार्डिगन पहनते थे।
- A cardigan is easier to wear than a pullover because it opens at the front.
कार्डिगन पहनना pullover से आसान होता है, क्योंकि वह आगे से खुलता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She is wearing a woollen cardigans.
✓ She is wearing a woollen cardigan.
'A' goes with a singular noun, so the plural -s is wrong.
'A' के साथ singular noun आता है, इसलिए 'cardigans' गलत है।
✗ Radhika is wearing a cardigan since morning.
✓ Radhika has been wearing a cardigan since morning.
With 'since' we use the present perfect continuous, not the present continuous.
'Since' के साथ present perfect continuous का प्रयोग होता है, present continuous का नहीं।
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Earl of Cardigan, a British army officer of the nineteenth century.
यह शब्द उन्नीसवीं सदी के एक British army officer, Earl of Cardigan के नाम से आया है।