mandi
/ˈmʌndi/noun
उच्चारण मन्डी
मंडी, अनाज मंडी
Core word
- 1
[C] Indian English
a market, especially a large wholesale market where farmers sell grain, fruit and vegetables
मंडी, अनाज मंडी
- Farmers brought their wheat to the mandi in tractors.
- Onion prices rose sharply in the Lasalgaon mandi.
- The farmer sold his tomatoes at the mandi early in the morning.
+ 2 more examples
- Prices at the mandi change every day depending on supply.
- Trucks lined up outside the mandi to unload sacks of rice.
Synonyms market
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
the mandi (countable noun, Indian English)
A mandi is a large market where farmers and traders sell grain, fruit and vegetables, often by auction. It is used as a countable noun and keeps its Hindi form in English.
Mandi वह बड़ा बाज़ार है जहाँ किसान और व्यापारी अनाज, फल और सब्ज़ियाँ बेचते हैं, प्रायः नीलामी के द्वारा। यह countable noun है और अंग्रेज़ी में भी इसका हिंदी रूप चलता है।
- Farmers bring their wheat to the mandi at dawn.
- The vegetable mandi in our city opens before sunrise.
in / at the mandi
Use at when you mean the place as a point of activity and in when you mean being inside its yard.
गतिविधि के स्थान के रूप में 'at' और परिसर के भीतर होने के अर्थ में 'in' का प्रयोग होता है।
- Prices at the mandi fell sharply after the heavy arrivals.
- There was a long queue of trucks in the mandi.
mandi + noun
Mandi often works as a modifier before nouns such as price, rate, tax or yard.
Mandi प्रायः price, rate, tax या yard जैसे nouns से पहले modifier की तरह आता है।
- The mandi price of onions rose this week.
- Traders must pay mandi tax on every sale.
mandi vs APMC market
In official writing, a mandi is often called an agricultural produce market committee (APMC) market.
आधिकारिक लेखन में mandi को प्रायः कृषि उपज बाज़ार समिति (APMC) बाज़ार कहा जाता है।
- The government plans to link each APMC mandi to an online platform.
+Collocations 4
adjective + mandi
wholesalegrainvegetablefruitlocalregulated
- The wholesale grain mandi is the busiest place in town in October.
verb + mandi
sell intake toreachsupplyvisit
- Farmers take their harvest to the mandi in tractors.
mandi + noun
priceratetaxarrivaltraderyard
- Daily mandi arrivals of tomatoes doubled after the rains.
noun + of + mandi
prices at the mandirates in the mandiarrival at the mandiclosing of the mandi
- The closing of the mandi for two days upset the farmers.
“More examples 7
- Radhika's uncle sells his mangoes in the Azadpur mandi.
राधिका के चाचा अपने आम आज़ादपुर मंडी में बेचते हैं।
- The price of potatoes in the mandi has fallen by half.
मंडी में आलू के दाम आधे रह गए हैं।
- The new law allows farmers to sell outside the mandi.
नया कानून किसानों को मंडी के बाहर बेचने की अनुमति देता है।
- Commission agents in the mandi fix the price by auction.
मंडी के कमीशन एजेंट नीलामी से दाम तय करते हैं।
- After the bumper harvest the mandi was full of wheat sacks.
बंपर फसल के बाद मंडी गेहूँ की बोरियों से भरी थी।
- Students of economics visited a mandi to study how prices are formed.
अर्थशास्त्र के विद्यार्थियों ने यह समझने के लिए एक मंडी का दौरा किया कि दाम कैसे तय होते हैं।
- Rain delayed the trucks, and the mandi remained half empty all morning.
वर्षा से ट्रक देर से पहुँचे और पूरी सुबह मंडी आधी ख़ाली रही।