empress
/ˈemprəs/noun
उच्चारण एम्प्रस
साम्राज्ञी
Core word
- 1
[C]
a woman who rules an empire; the wife of an emperor
साम्राज्ञी
- Empress Nur Jahan
- The empress held a grand court in the fort every winter.
- The empress watched the festival from the balcony of the palace.
+ 2 more examples
- Queen Victoria was also named Empress of India.
- The empress ordered a garden to be built beside the river.
Opposite emperor
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
empress (countable): an empress
An empress is a woman who rules an empire, or the wife of an emperor. It begins with a vowel sound, so it takes 'an'.
Empress वह महिला है जो साम्राज्य पर शासन करती है, या सम्राट की पत्नी। यह vowel sound से शुरू होता है, इसलिए 'an' आता है।
- Victoria was an empress of India.
- The empress welcomed the guests.
Empress + name; empress of + realm
As a title before a name, use a capital letter: Empress Nur Jahan. 'Of' names the realm.
नाम से पहले उपाधि के रूप में capital letter: Empress Nur Jahan। साम्राज्य के लिए 'of' आता है।
- Empress Wu ruled China for fifteen years.
- She became the Empress of India in 1876.
empress as ruler vs as wife
An empress may rule in her own right, or be the wife of an emperor. Context tells which meaning is intended.
Empress स्वयं शासन कर सकती है, या सम्राट की पत्नी हो सकती है। संदर्भ से अर्थ पता चलता है।
- Empress Catherine ruled Russia alone.
- The empress sat beside the emperor at the court.
masculine and plural
The masculine is emperor; the plural is empresses (not empresss).
पुल्लिंग emperor है; plural empresses है (empresss नहीं)।
- Two empresses ruled in that century.
- The empress and the emperor left together.
+Collocations 4
adjective + empress
lastpowerfuldowagerfamouswisecruel
- The dowager empress controlled the court from behind a screen.
verb + empress
crownserveobeymarrysucceeddepose
- The nobles crowned the young empress in the palace.
empress + noun
dowagerconsortcourtpalacethronetitle
- The empress consort lived in a separate wing of the palace.
empress of
of Indiaof Russiaof Chinaof the eastof the seas
- Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India.
“More examples 5
- Nur Jahan was a powerful empress of the Mughal court.
नूरजहाँ मुग़ल दरबार की एक शक्तिशाली सम्राज्ञी थीं।
- The empress gave orders to open the royal granary for the poor.
सम्राज्ञी ने गरीबों के लिए शाही अन्न-भंडार खोलने का आदेश दिया।
- In the play, Radhika acted as the empress and wore a golden crown.
नाटक में राधिका ने सम्राज्ञी की भूमिका निभाई और सुनहरा मुकुट पहना।
- Catherine the Great was an empress of Russia in the eighteenth century.
कैथरीन द ग्रेट अठारहवीं शताब्दी में रूस की सम्राज्ञी थीं।
- The empress and her ladies watched the festival from the balcony.
सम्राज्ञी और उनकी सखियों ने बालकनी से उत्सव देखा।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ Many empress ruled in that century.
✓ Many empresses ruled in that century.
The plural of empress is empresses.
Empress का plural empresses है।
✗ She was a empress of India.
✓ She was an empress of India.
Use 'an' before a vowel sound.
Vowel sound से पहले 'an' आता है।
§Grammar and usage
Gender pair: emperor and empress; GK: Queen Victoria was declared Empress of India in 1877.
लिंग जोड़ी: emperor और empress; GK में महारानी विक्टोरिया को 1877 में भारत की साम्राज्ञी घोषित किया गया।