novel
/ˈnɒvl/noun
उच्चारण नॉवल
उपन्यास
Core wordPYP · asked 5 times
Asked in previous papers
as antonym
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a story long enough to fill a complete book, about imaginary people and events
उपन्यास
- 'Godan' is Premchand's most famous novel.
- a historical novel
- She is writing her first novel.
+ 3 more examples
- I'm reading a novel by Rabindranath Tagore.
- The film is based on a popular detective novel.
- Radhika wrote a short novel in Hindi when she was in college.
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different from anything known before; new and unusual
नवीन, अनोखा, नया
- a novel idea for saving water
- The covid-19 illness was caused by a novel coronavirus.
- The school tried a novel approach to teaching maths.
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- The idea was novel at the time but is common now.
- She came up with a novel way of using waste paper.
Synonyms new original fresh innovative unusual
Opposite old familiar traditional conventional
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a novel (noun)
A novel is a long work of fiction; it is countable and takes a or an.
Novel कथा-साहित्य की लंबी रचना है; यह countable है और इसके साथ a/an आता है।
- Radhika is reading a novel by Premchand.
- The novel was written in 1936.
novel (adjective)
As an adjective, novel means new and original; it usually comes before a noun.
Adjective के रूप में novel का अर्थ नया और मौलिक है; यह प्रायः noun से पहले आता है।
- The teacher tried a novel method of teaching.
novel to sb
Novel to sb means new and unfamiliar to that person.
'Novel to sb' का अर्थ उस व्यक्ति के लिए नया और अपरिचित है।
- Skiing was novel to the boys from Rajasthan.
in a novel / of a novel
Use in for things inside the book, and of for the author or theme of it.
पुस्तक के भीतर की बातों के लिए in, और लेखक या विषय के लिए of आता है।
- The hero in the novel dies at the end.
novel vs. story vs. short story
A novel is a long book, a short story is a brief tale, and story is the general word for any tale.
Novel लंबी पुस्तक है, short story छोटी कथा है, और story किसी भी कथा के लिए सामान्य शब्द है।
- Premchand wrote many short stories and a few novels.
+Collocations 4
adjective + novel
historicaldetectivebest-sellinggraphicclassic
- He loves historical novels about the Mughals.
verb + novel
writereadpublishadaptfinish
- She adapted the novel into a film.
novel + noun
ideaapproachfeatureexperienceway
- It is a novel way to teach vocabulary.
novel + noun phrase
coronavirustechniquesolutiondesigninvention
- Scientists found a novel solution to the problem.
“More examples 6
- Godan is a famous Hindi novel.
गोदान एक प्रसिद्ध हिंदी उपन्यास है।
- The shop offers a novel scheme for students.
दुकान विद्यार्थियों के लिए एक अनूठी योजना देती है।
- The film is based on a best-selling novel.
फ़िल्म एक सर्वाधिक बिकने वाले उपन्यास पर आधारित है।
- Snow was a novel experience for him.
बर्फ़ उसके लिए एक नया अनुभव थी।
- She wrote her first novel at nineteen.
उसने उन्नीस वर्ष की उम्र में अपना पहला उपन्यास लिखा।
- The novel keeps readers guessing till the last page.
उपन्यास अंतिम पृष्ठ तक पाठकों को अनुमान लगाने में उलझाए रखता है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ This is a novel book of Premchand.
✓ This is a novel by Premchand.
Novel is itself a noun for a book of fiction, and the author is introduced by by.
Novel स्वयं कथा-पुस्तक का noun है, और लेखक को by से बताया जाता है।
✗ The novels is interesting.
✓ The novel is interesting.
A singular noun takes a singular verb.
Singular noun के साथ singular verb आती है।
✗ She likes to read novel.
✓ She likes to read novels.
A countable noun needs an article or a plural; here use the plural.
Countable noun को article या plural चाहिए; यहाँ plural लगाइए।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
nov·el
With -el (not 'novle' or 'nobel').
अंत में -el ('novle' या 'nobel' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Homonym, asked very often: novel (a long story) and novel (new).
Homonym में यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: novel (लंबी कहानी) और novel (नया)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A writer of novels is a novelist; a short novel is a novella; a novel about real events is historical fiction; the quality of being new is novelty.
उपन्यास लिखने वाला novelist; छोटा उपन्यास novella; वास्तविक घटनाओं पर उपन्यास historical fiction; नयेपन का गुण novelty।
General knowledge
Famous Indian novels: 'Godan' (Premchand), 'Gitanjali' is not a novel but poems, 'The God of Small Things' (Arundhati Roy, Booker Prize 1997).
प्रसिद्ध भारतीय उपन्यास: 'गोदान' (प्रेमचंद); 'गीतांजलि' उपन्यास नहीं, कविताएँ हैं; 'The God of Small Things' (अरुंधति रॉय, Booker Prize 1997)।