carrom
/ˈkærəm/noun
उच्चारण कैरम
कैरम
Basic word
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a game, popular in South Asia, played on a square wooden board in which players flick a heavy disc called a striker to hit smaller discs into pockets at the corners
कैरम
- Radhika beat her grandfather at carrom.
- a carrom board
- The boys played carrom on the veranda every evening.
+ 2 more examples
- He rubbed powder on the carrom board before the game.
- Carrom is popular in many Indian homes.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
play carrom (no article)
Games take 'play' and no article: play carrom, play chess. Do not say 'play the carrom' for the game in general.
खेलों के साथ 'play' आता है और article नहीं लगता: play carrom, play chess।
- Radhika plays carrom with her cousins every Sunday.
- We played carrom all through the power cut.
a game of carrom / a carrom board
To talk about one round, say 'a game of carrom'. The equipment is 'a carrom board', 'carrom men' (the discs) and a 'striker'.
एक बार खेलने के लिए 'a game of carrom' कहा जाता है; सामग्री 'carrom board', 'carrom men' (गोटियाँ) और 'striker' है।
- Let us have a game of carrom after dinner.
- The carrom board needs more powder.
pocket / sink / strike (carrom terms)
A player 'pockets' a disc when it falls into a hole. The most valuable disc is the queen, and it must be 'covered' by pocketing another disc next.
जब गोटी छेद में गिरती है तो खिलाड़ी उसे 'pocket' करता है; सबसे कीमती गोटी queen है, जिसे अगली गोटी डालकर 'cover' करना पड़ता है।
- He pocketed the queen and covered it with a white disc.
carrom as a South Asian game
Carrom is popular in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. It is a local word, so it is usually not translated in English writing.
Carrom भारत, श्रीलंका और पाकिस्तान में लोकप्रिय है; यह स्थानीय शब्द है, इसलिए English लेखन में इसका अनुवाद नहीं किया जाता।
- Carrom is played in clubs and village squares across India.
+Collocations 4
verb + carrom
playlearnwin atlose atteach
- My uncle taught me to play carrom when I was seven.
carrom + noun
boardstrikermenclubtournamentchampion
- The carrom tournament ended with a tense final.
carrom actions
pocket a disccover the queenflick the strikerbreak the boardfoul
- He flicked the striker and pocketed three discs at once.
carrom + preposition
a game of carromskill at carromgood at carromchampion in carrom
- Radhika is very good at carrom.
“More examples 5
- On hot afternoons, the children sat around the carrom board in the veranda.
गर्म दोपहरों में बच्चे बरामदे में carrom board के चारों ओर बैठ जाते थे।
- He sprinkled powder on the board so that the striker would slide smoothly.
उसने board पर पाउडर छिड़का ताकि striker आसानी से फिसले।
- The national carrom championship was held in Chennai this year.
इस वर्ष राष्ट्रीय carrom चैम्पियनशिप चेन्नई में हुई।
- My grandmother never loses a game of carrom to anyone in the family.
मेरी दादी परिवार में किसी से भी carrom का खेल नहीं हारतीं।
- If the striker falls into a pocket, it is a foul and the player loses a turn.
यदि striker छेद में गिर जाए तो यह foul है और खिलाड़ी की बारी चली जाती है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ We played the carrom after lunch.
✓ We played carrom after lunch.
A game's name has no article after 'play'.
'Play' के बाद खेल के नाम से पहले article नहीं लगता।
✗ She is expert at carroms.
✓ She is an expert at carrom.
Carrom is the name of a game and has no plural; 'expert' needs 'an'.
Carrom खेल का नाम है, इसका plural नहीं होता; 'expert' से पहले 'an' चाहिए।