noun
/naʊn/noun
उच्चारण नाउन
संज्ञा
Basic word
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[C] grammar
a word that refers to a person (such as Radhika or teacher), a place (such as Delhi), a thing (such as book), a quality (such as honesty) or an activity (such as swimming)
संज्ञा
- 'Book' is a noun.
- The word 'honesty' is an abstract noun.
- In the sentence 'Delhi is crowded', Delhi is a proper noun.
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- Most nouns form their plural by adding -s.
Synonyms naming word substantive sangya
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
naming word substantive sangya
§Grammar and usage
The types of nouns are proper (a particular name: 'Radhika', 'India'), common ('girl', 'city'), collective (a group: 'team', 'flock', 'jury'), material ('gold', 'water') and abstract (a quality or idea: 'honesty', 'childhood'); nouns are also countable ('book', 'books') or uncountable ('advice', 'furniture').
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: noun के प्रकार proper (विशेष नाम: 'Radhika', 'India', व्यक्तिवाचक), common ('girl', 'city', जातिवाचक), collective (समूह: 'team', 'flock', 'jury', समूहवाचक), material ('gold', 'water', द्रव्यवाचक) और abstract (गुण या विचार: 'honesty', 'childhood', भाववाचक) हैं; nouns countable ('book', 'books') या uncountable ('advice', 'furniture') भी होते हैं।
Usage: a gerund (verb + -ing) can act as a noun ('Swimming is good exercise').
प्रयोग में gerund (verb + -ing) noun का काम कर सकता है ('Swimming is good exercise')।
Keep the parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection.
Parts of speech याद रखिए: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection।