inhabitant
/ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/noun
उच्चारण इन्हैबिटन्ट
निवासी, रहने वाला
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a person or an animal that lives in a particular place
निवासी, रहने वाला
- The town has about fifty thousand inhabitants.
- The earliest inhabitants of the islands came by boat.
- Every inhabitant of the village joined the clean-up drive.
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- The inhabitants of the hill station welcomed the tourists.
- Rats are common inhabitants of old buildings.
- The city has over a million inhabitants.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
inhabitant of + place
Use of to say where a person or animal lives.
कोई व्यक्ति या जीव कहाँ रहता है, यह बताने के लिए 'of' का प्रयोग होता है।
- Every inhabitant of the village joined the clean-up drive.
- The inhabitants of the island depend on fishing.
countable noun, usually plural
It is countable and is most often used in the plural when talking about the population of a place.
यह countable noun है और किसी स्थान की आबादी के लिए प्रायः बहुवचन में आता है।
- The town has about ten thousand inhabitants.
number + inhabitants / per inhabitant
Inhabitant is used with numbers in statistics about population and in per-person calculations.
जनसंख्या के आँकड़ों और प्रति व्यक्ति गणना में 'inhabitant' संख्याओं के साथ आता है।
- The city has one doctor for every thousand inhabitants.
- The water supply is only fifty litres per inhabitant.
possessive: the village's inhabitants
A possessive form or the of-phrase can be used to link the people with their place.
लोगों को उनके स्थान से जोड़ने के लिए possessive रूप या of-phrase का प्रयोग किया जा सकता है।
- The village's inhabitants have always celebrated Holi together.
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adjective + inhabitant
originalearlylocalpermanentoldestnative
- The original inhabitants of the valley were hunters and gatherers.
inhabitant + of
a villagea citya countrythe hillsan island
- He is a proud inhabitant of Varanasi.
verb + inhabitants
evacuateprotectcountwarnhouse
- The officers evacuated the inhabitants before the cyclone hit the coast.
inhabitants + verb
fleecomplaingatherdepend onsuffer
- The inhabitants complained about the lack of clean drinking water.
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- The oldest inhabitant of the village remembers the great flood of 1978.
गाँव का सबसे बुज़ुर्ग निवासी 1978 की भीषण बाढ़ को याद करता है।
- Camels are the main animal inhabitants of the Thar desert.
ऊँट थार रेगिस्तान के प्रमुख पशु-निवासी हैं।
- Radhika interviewed several inhabitants of the old city for her project.
राधिका ने अपनी परियोजना के लिए पुराने शहर के कई निवासियों से बात की।
- The census counted every inhabitant of the district.
जनगणना में ज़िले के हर निवासी की गिनती की गई।
- The hotel gave the inhabitants of the flooded area free meals.
होटल ने बाढ़-ग्रस्त क्षेत्र के निवासियों को मुफ़्त भोजन दिया।
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✗ He is an inhabitant in Pune.
✓ He is an inhabitant of Pune.
The preposition after inhabitant is of, not in.
'Inhabitant' के बाद preposition 'of' आता है, 'in' नहीं।
✗ The inhabitant of the colony are protesting.
✓ The inhabitants of the colony are protesting.
Many people are meant, so the noun must be plural to match the plural verb.
यहाँ कई लोग अभिप्रेत हैं, इसलिए noun बहुवचन में होना चाहिए ताकि बहुवचन क्रिया से मेल खाए।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Inhabitant, resident and native all name people connected with a place, but the connection is different.
Inhabitant, resident और native तीनों किसी स्थान से जुड़े लोगों को बताते हैं, पर जुड़ाव का रूप अलग है।
Anyone, including an animal, who lives in a place; neutral and often used for populations.
कोई भी, पशु सहित, जो किसी स्थान पर रहता है; तटस्थ और प्रायः आबादी के लिए।
- The island has only forty inhabitants.
A person with a home in a place, often officially registered; used in notices and forms.
किसी स्थान पर घर रखने वाला व्यक्ति, प्रायः आधिकारिक रूप से दर्ज; सूचनाओं और फ़ॉर्मों में प्रयुक्त।
- Residents must park their cars inside the gate.
A person born in a place, whether or not they still live there.
किसी स्थान पर जन्मा व्यक्ति, चाहे वह अब वहाँ रहता हो या नहीं।
- She is a native of Lucknow but works in Delhi.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
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in·hab·i·tant
?Which word?
inhabit, inhabited, uninhabited and inhabitable
Inhabit means live in: 'Tigers inhabit the forest' (no preposition; not 'inhabit in'). Inhabited means lived in; uninhabited means not lived in: 'an uninhabited island'. Note the trap: inhabitable and habitable both mean fit to live in; the opposite is uninhabitable. The in- of inhabit is not negative.
Inhabit का अर्थ 'में रहना' है: 'Tigers inhabit the forest' (बिना preposition; 'inhabit in' नहीं)। Inhabited का अर्थ 'जिसमें लोग रहते हों'; uninhabited का अर्थ 'जिसमें कोई न रहता हो': 'an uninhabited island'। Trap ध्यान रखिए: inhabitable और habitable दोनों का अर्थ 'रहने योग्य' है; विपरीत uninhabitable है। Inhabit का in- नकारात्मक नहीं है।
The inhabitable/uninhabitable trap is a regular item.
Inhabitable और uninhabitable का trap नियमित item है।
§Grammar and usage
'inhabit in' is wrong; inhabit takes a direct object.
'inhabit in' गलत है; inhabit के बाद सीधा object आता है।
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One-word substitution
A person who lives in a place is an inhabitant or resident; a place where nobody lives is uninhabited; the natural home of an animal is its habitat.
'किसी स्थान पर रहने वाला' inhabitant या resident; 'जहाँ कोई न रहे' uninhabited; 'जानवर का प्राकृतिक घर' habitat।