girl
/ɡɜːl/noun
उच्चारण गर्ल
लड़की, बालिका
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a female child; a young woman
लड़की, बालिका
- a five-year-old girl
- The girl next door won the state chess title.
- The little girl waved at the passing train.
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- Every girl in the class took part in the sports day.
- Two girls from our village won medals at the national games.
Synonyms young woman lass maiden daughter
Opposite boy
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
girl (countable noun)
Girl is countable. It refers to a female child or a young woman, and can be plural: girls.
'Girl' countable है। यह लड़की या युवती के लिए आता है और बहुवचन में 'girls' बनता है।
- The girl won the first prize in the quiz.
- Girls outperformed boys in the board exams.
girl + noun (compound)
Girl can come before another noun, as in girl student or girl guide. Girls' is used for schools and hostels.
'Girl' दूसरे noun के पहले आ सकता है, जैसे girl guide। विद्यालयों और छात्रावासों के लिए 'girls'' रूप आता है।
- She studies at a girls' school.
- The girl guides helped at the fair.
girl's / girls' possessive
Use 's for one girl and an apostrophe after s for more than one girl.
एक लड़की के लिए 's और एक से अधिक लड़कियों के लिए s के बाद apostrophe लगाया जाता है।
- The girl's bag is on the chair.
- The girls' hostel is near the library.
the girl who / that (relative clause)
For a person, who is the normal relative pronoun; that is also acceptable in informal use.
व्यक्ति के लिए सामान्यतः relative pronoun 'who' आता है; अनौपचारिक प्रयोग में 'that' भी स्वीकार्य है।
- The girl who won the race is my cousin.
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adjective + girl
littleyoungclevershyschoolvillage
- A shy village girl became the district topper.
girl + noun
friendguidescoutpowerchild
- The government runs a scheme to educate the girl child.
verb + girl
educateprotectempowerraisesupport
- Educating a girl educates the whole family.
girls' + noun
schoolhostelcollegeteamtoilet
- The girls' team won the district kabaddi title.
group + of girls
group ofclass ofteam ofbatch of
- A group of girls sang the welcome song.
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- Radhika is the brightest girl in her class.
राधिका अपनी कक्षा की सबसे होशियार लड़की है।
- The little girl held her mother's hand tightly in the crowd.
भीड़ में नन्ही बच्ची ने अपनी माँ का हाथ कसकर पकड़ रखा था।
- Girls from rural areas are now joining the army.
ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों की लड़कियाँ अब सेना में भर्ती हो रही हैं।
- The girls' hostel will be closed during Diwali.
दीवाली के दौरान छात्राओं का छात्रावास बंद रहेगा।
- That girl on the stage is my younger sister.
मंच पर खड़ी वह लड़की मेरी छोटी बहन है।
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✗ The girls hostel is very clean.
✓ The girls' hostel is very clean.
A hostel that belongs to girls needs a plural possessive: girls'.
लड़कियों से संबंधित छात्रावास के लिए बहुवचन possessive 'girls'' आता है।
✗ She is a girl of sixteen years.
✓ She is a girl of sixteen.
In the pattern a girl of sixteen, the word years is not repeated; or say a sixteen-year-old girl.
'A girl of sixteen' में 'years' नहीं दोहराते; या 'a sixteen-year-old girl' लिखिए।
✗ A girl child are very precious.
✓ A girl child is very precious.
The subject girl child is singular, so the verb is is.
Subject 'girl child' एकवचन है, इसलिए क्रिया 'is' होगी।
◇Word family
§Grammar and usage
Gender pair: boy and girl; similar pairs include son/daughter, nephew/niece, lad/lass, bachelor/spinster.
लिंग जोड़ी: boy और girl; समान जोड़ियों में son/daughter, nephew/niece, lad/lass, bachelor/spinster शामिल हैं।
Respectful usage: for adult women in formal contexts, say woman rather than girl.
सम्मानजनक प्रयोग में औपचारिक संदर्भ में वयस्क स्त्रियों के लिए girl के बजाय woman कहिए।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
24 January is National Girl Child Day in India; 11 October is the International Day of the Girl Child; the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme began in 2015.
24 जनवरी भारत में राष्ट्रीय बालिका दिवस है; 11 अक्टूबर अंतर्राष्ट्रीय बालिका दिवस है; बेटी बचाओ बेटी पढ़ाओ योजना 2015 में शुरू हुई।