goatherd
/ˈɡəʊthɜːd/noun
उच्चारण गोट्हर्ड
बकरियाँ चराने वाला, अजापाल
Core word
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a person whose job is to look after a group of goats
बकरियाँ चराने वाला, अजापाल
- A young goatherd led his flock down the hillside.
- The goatherd whistled to his goats as he crossed the stream.
- The goatherd counted his goats every evening.
+ 2 more examples
- An old goatherd gave us directions to the spring.
- The goatherd takes the herd up the hill each morning.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
goatherd (countable noun)
A goatherd is a person who looks after goats, usually in open country or on hills.
Goatherd वह व्यक्ति है जो प्रायः खुले मैदान या पहाड़ियों में बकरियों की देखभाल करता है।
- The goatherd led his flock to the river at noon.
- Radhika met an old goatherd on the trek to the temple.
goatherd + of + place / goatherd in + place
Say where the goatherd works with 'in' or describe the flock with 'of'.
Goatherd कहाँ काम करता है यह बताने के लिए 'in' और झुंड बताने के लिए 'of' प्रयोग होता है।
- He worked as a goatherd in the hills of Uttarakhand.
- The goatherd of the village knew every path.
look after / tend / herd + goats
The goatherd's job is expressed with verbs such as tend, herd and graze.
Goatherd के काम को tend, herd और graze जैसी क्रियाओं से व्यक्त किया जाता है।
- A goatherd tends his goats from dawn to dusk.
- The boy herded the goats back before the rain.
word family: -herd compounds
Words like cowherd, shepherd and swineherd follow the same pattern: animal + herd.
Cowherd, shepherd और swineherd जैसे शब्द एक ही pattern, यानी animal + herd, पर बने हैं।
- A cowherd looks after cattle, while a goatherd looks after goats.
+Collocations 4
adjective + goatherd
youngoldlonelybarefootvillage
- A lonely goatherd sat on a rock playing a flute.
goatherd + verb
leadtendcallwatchwhistle
- The goatherd whistled to call his goats.
work / live as a goatherd
work aslive asbe employed asgrow up as
- Her grandfather grew up as a goatherd in Rajasthan.
goatherd + with / and
with his dogwith a stickand his flockand his sons
- The goatherd and his flock crossed the bridge.
“More examples 5
- The goatherd rose before sunrise and took the flock to the high pasture.
goatherd सूर्योदय से पहले उठा और झुंड को ऊँचे चरागाह में ले गया।
- A goatherd from the next village helped the lost trekkers find the path.
अगले गाँव के एक goatherd ने भटके हुए ट्रेकरों को रास्ता खोजने में मदद की।
- Radhika's class read a story about a clever goatherd who outwitted a fox.
राधिका की कक्षा ने एक चतुर goatherd की कहानी पढ़ी जिसने लोमड़ी को मात दी।
- In winter the goatherd moves his animals to the warm valley.
सर्दियों में goatherd अपने पशुओं को गर्म घाटी में ले जाता है।
- Being a goatherd is a tough job because you must stay outdoors in all weather.
Goatherd होना कठिन काम है क्योंकि हर मौसम में बाहर रहना पड़ता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The goatherd have lost his goats.
✓ The goatherd has lost his goats.
A singular subject takes 'has'.
Singular subject के साथ 'has' आता है।
✗ He is working as goatherd in the hills.
✓ He is working as a goatherd in the hills.
A job title after 'as' takes the article 'a'.
'As' के बाद नौकरी का नाम आने पर article 'a' लगता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words name people who look after animals, and each depends on the animal.
ये शब्द पशुओं की देखभाल करने वालों के नाम हैं, और हर शब्द पशु पर निर्भर करता है।
Looks after cows or cattle.
गायों या मवेशियों की देखभाल करता है।
- The cowherd milked the cows before dawn.
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who looks after sheep is a shepherd, goats a goatherd, cattle a cowherd and pigs a swineherd.
भेड़ें चराने वाला shepherd, बकरियाँ चराने वाला goatherd, गायें चराने वाला cowherd और सूअर पालने वाला swineherd कहलाता है।