innkeeper
/ˈɪnkiːpə(r)/noun
उच्चारण इन्कीपर
सराय का मालिक, भटियारा
Core word
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[C] old-fashioned
a person who owns or manages an inn
सराय का मालिक, भटियारा
- The innkeeper gave the travellers a room for the night.
- The innkeeper welcomed us with hot soup after our long journey through the snow.
- The innkeeper lit a fire for his tired guests.
+ 3 more examples
- In the story, an old innkeeper tells travellers about the haunted house.
- The innkeeper offered us rooms at a fair price.
- Medieval innkeepers fed horses as well as travellers.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
innkeeper of / at + inn
Use of or at to name the inn that the person runs.
व्यक्ति जिस सराय को चलाता है, उसे बताने के लिए 'of' या 'at' आता है।
- He was the innkeeper of the Wayside Inn.
- The innkeeper at the village inn gave us tea.
countable noun, one word
Innkeeper is written as one word and is countable: innkeeper, innkeepers.
Innkeeper एक शब्द के रूप में लिखा जाता है और countable है: innkeeper, innkeepers।
- The innkeepers of the town met to fix rates.
- A kind innkeeper offered the travellers shelter.
the innkeeper + verb of service
The innkeeper is the person who welcomes guests, serves food and collects payment.
Innkeeper वह व्यक्ति है जो अतिथियों का स्वागत करता है, भोजन परोसता है और भुगतान लेता है।
- The innkeeper showed us to our rooms and served supper.
innkeeper in stories
The word is common in old stories and historical writing, where modern English would say hotel owner or manager.
यह शब्द पुरानी कहानियों और ऐतिहासिक लेखन में आम है, जहाँ आज hotel owner या manager कहा जाता है।
- In the tale, the innkeeper hid the stranger from the soldiers.
+Collocations 4
adjective + innkeeper
kindgreedyfriendlyoldhonestcunning
- The honest innkeeper returned the lost purse.
verb + innkeeper
payaskthankcallmeetbribe
- We paid the innkeeper before leaving at dawn.
innkeeper + verb
welcomeservechargerefuselock upwarn
- The innkeeper warned the travellers about the dangerous forest road.
innkeeper and guests
innkeeper and his wifeinnkeeper and guestsinnkeeper's daughter
- The innkeeper's daughter carried hot milk to the guests.
“More examples 5
- The innkeeper lit a lamp and gave the tired travellers a warm meal.
सराय के मालिक ने दीया जलाया और थके यात्रियों को गरम भोजन दिया।
- In the story, a greedy innkeeper tried to cheat the merchant.
कहानी में एक लालची सराय-मालिक ने व्यापारी को ठगने की कोशिश की।
- Radhika's grandfather was the innkeeper of a sarai on the old trade road.
राधिका के दादाजी पुराने व्यापार-मार्ग पर एक सराय के मालिक थे।
- The innkeeper kept a record of every guest who stayed.
सराय के मालिक ने ठहरने वाले हर अतिथि का रिकॉर्ड रखा।
- The pilgrims thanked the innkeeper for the free bed.
तीर्थयात्रियों ने मुफ़्त बिस्तर के लिए सराय के मालिक को धन्यवाद दिया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He is an inn keeper in Agra.
✓ He is an innkeeper in Agra.
Innkeeper is spelt as one word.
'Innkeeper' एक ही शब्द के रूप में लिखा जाता है।
✗ The innkeeper welcomed to us warmly.
✓ The innkeeper welcomed us warmly.
Welcome is transitive and takes the object directly.
'Welcome' सकर्मक क्रिया है और object सीधे लेती है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Innkeeper, landlord and hotelier all run a place for guests, but in different settings.
Innkeeper, landlord और hotelier सभी अतिथियों के स्थान को चलाते हैं, पर अलग-अलग परिवेश में।
The owner or manager of an inn, mostly in older or historical contexts.
सराय का मालिक या प्रबंधक, मुख्यतः पुराने या ऐतिहासिक संदर्भों में।
- The innkeeper locked the gate at night.
A person who owns a pub or rents out a house or room; in Britain, the manager of a pub.
पब का मालिक या मकान या कमरा किराये पर देने वाला; ब्रिटेन में पब का संचालक।
- The landlord asked for the rent.
A person who owns or manages a hotel as a business, a formal modern word.
होटल का मालिक या प्रबंधक, औपचारिक आधुनिक शब्द।
- The hotelier opened a new hotel in Goa.