farmer
/ˈfɑːmə(r)/noun
उच्चारण फ़ार्मर
किसान, कृषक
Basic word
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a person who owns or manages a farm, growing crops or keeping animals
किसान, कृषक
- Farmers depend on the monsoon.
- The farmer sold his wheat at the market.
- Many farmers grow sugarcane in this region.
+ 1 more example
- A farmer's life depends on the weather.
Synonyms cultivator grower peasant agriculturist kisan
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
farmer (countable noun) + of / in
Say 'a farmer in Punjab' for place and 'a farmer of wheat' only in formal descriptions; usually you name the crop with 'a wheat farmer'.
स्थान के लिए 'a farmer in Punjab' कहें; फसल का नाम प्रायः 'a wheat farmer' के रूप में आता है।
- He is a farmer in Haryana.
- She is a wheat farmer.
noun + farmer
Farmers are named by what they grow or keep: dairy farmer, rice farmer, sugarcane farmer.
किसान का नाम उसकी फसल या पशुओं से बनता है: dairy farmer, rice farmer, sugarcane farmer।
- Dairy farmers wake up before sunrise.
- The sugarcane farmers waited for payment.
farmers' + noun / the farming community
Possessive plural before a noun: farmers' market, farmers' protest, farmers' union.
संज्ञा से पहले possessive plural: farmers' market, farmers' protest, farmers' union।
- The farmers' market opens on Sunday.
- A farmers' union met the minister.
+Collocations 4
adjective + farmer
smallmarginalorganictenantprogressivelandless
- Marginal farmers need support during droughts.
verb + farmer
helppaytrainsupportprotectcompensate
- The government compensated farmers whose crops were damaged.
farmer + noun
suicideincomeloanwelfaremarketcooperative
- Farm loans reduce farmer distress.
farmer + verb
sowharvestploughirrigatesellgrow
- The farmer sows seeds before the monsoon.
“More examples 5
- The farmer ploughed his field at dawn.
किसान ने भोर में अपना खेत जोता।
- India has millions of small and marginal farmers.
भारत में लाखों छोटे और सीमांत किसान हैं।
- Radhika interviewed a farmer for her school project.
राधिका ने अपने स्कूल प्रोजेक्ट के लिए एक किसान से बातचीत की।
- Farmers depend on timely rain for a good crop.
अच्छी फसल के लिए किसान समय पर बारिश पर निर्भर रहते हैं।
- A farmer's day starts before sunrise.
किसान का दिन सूर्योदय से पहले शुरू होता है।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The farmers is ploughing the field.
✓ The farmers are ploughing the field.
A plural subject takes 'are'.
Plural subject के साथ 'are' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words refer to people who grow crops, but the tone and range vary.
ये शब्द फसल उगाने वाले लोगों के लिए हैं, पर लहजा और दायरा अलग है।
The common word for someone who owns or runs a farm.
फ़ार्म चलाने या उसके मालिक के लिए सामान्य शब्द।
- The farmer sold his wheat.
Someone who works the land and grows crops; used in official texts.
भूमि जोतकर फसल उगाने वाला; सरकारी लेखन में प्रयुक्त।
- The census counts cultivators separately.
A poor farm worker in the past; can sound old-fashioned or rude today.
अतीत का गरीब खेतिहर; आज पुराना या अपमानजनक लग सकता है।
- The poem describes a peasant's hard life.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
cultivator grower peasant agriculturist kisan
?Which word?
Keep the farming words: farmer, peasant (a poor farmer, old use), cultivator, sharecropper (a farmer who gives part of the crop as rent), landlord, agriculture, horticulture.
खेती के शब्द याद रखिए: farmer, peasant (गरीब किसान, पुराना प्रयोग), cultivator, sharecropper (किराये के रूप में फ़सल का भाग देने वाला किसान, बटाईदार), landlord, agriculture, horticulture।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
23 December (Chaudhary Charan Singh's birthday) is Kisan Diwas (National Farmers' Day); PM-KISAN (2019) gives farmers 6,000 rupees a year; the Kisan Credit Card (1998) gives farmers easy loans; Lal Bahadur Shastri gave the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' (1965).
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: 23 दिसंबर (चौधरी चरण सिंह का जन्मदिन) किसान दिवस है; PM-KISAN (2019) किसानों को वर्ष में 6,000 रुपये देता है; किसान क्रेडिट कार्ड (1998) किसानों को आसान ऋण देता है; लाल बहादुर शास्त्री ने 'जय जवान, जय किसान' नारा दिया (1965)।