orphan
/ˈɔːfn/noun
उच्चारण ऑर्फ़न
अनाथ
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a child whose parents are dead
अनाथ
- The earthquake left hundreds of children orphans.
- He was brought up in an orphanage after becoming an orphan at five.
- The charity runs a home for orphans.
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- She became an orphan when she was only six.
- Neighbours came forward to help the orphan.
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[T] ~ sb usually passive
to make a child an orphan
अनाथ कर देना
- She was orphaned at the age of three.
- The floods orphaned several children in the village.
- The accident orphaned two young sisters.
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- He was orphaned at an early age and raised by his uncle.
- Many children were orphaned by the cyclone.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
an orphan (noun)
An orphan is a child whose parents are both dead. In some contexts it includes a child who has lost one parent, but the main meaning is both.
Orphan वह बच्चा है जिसके माता-पिता दोनों की मृत्यु हो चुकी हो। कुछ संदर्भों में केवल एक माता या पिता खोने वाले बच्चे को भी कहा जाता है।
- The orphan was brought up by his uncle.
- The orphanage cared for twenty orphans.
be orphaned (passive verb)
As a verb, orphan is mostly used in the passive: to be orphaned means to lose one's parents.
क्रिया के रूप में 'orphan' प्रायः passive में आता है: to be orphaned का अर्थ माता-पिता को खो देना है।
- She was orphaned at the age of six in an accident.
orphan + noun / orphaned + noun
Orphan can work as an adjective before a noun: orphan girl, orphan boy. The form orphaned is also used: orphaned children.
'Orphan' संज्ञा से पहले विशेषण की तरह आ सकता है: orphan girl। 'Orphaned' रूप भी प्रयुक्त है: orphaned children।
- The orphaned children received free education.
orphan (figurative)
In wider use, an orphan can be anything left without support, such as an orphan drug, a medicine nobody makes.
व्यापक प्रयोग में 'orphan' उस वस्तु को भी कहते हैं जिसे समर्थन नहीं मिलता, जैसे orphan drug।
- Doctors want help for orphan drugs that treat rare diseases.
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adjective + orphan
youngwarhomelessAIDSflood
- Many war orphans found a home in the school.
verb + orphan
adoptcare forsupportraiseeducate
- The couple adopted an orphan girl.
orphan + noun
girlboychilddrugwork
- The orphan boy won a scholarship.
orphanage-related
orphanageorphan homeorphan schoolorphan fund
- The actor donated books to a local orphanage.
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- Oliver Twist is a famous novel about an orphan.
'Oliver Twist' एक अनाथ बालक के बारे में प्रसिद्ध उपन्यास है।
- Hundreds of children were orphaned by the earthquake.
भूकंप में सैकड़ों बच्चे अनाथ हो गए।
- Radhika volunteers at an orphanage every Sunday.
राधिका हर रविवार को अनाथालय में स्वयंसेवा करती है।
- An orphan needs love as much as food.
अनाथ को भोजन जितना ही प्रेम चाहिए।
- The government has launched a scheme for orphans.
सरकार ने अनाथ बच्चों के लिए एक योजना शुरू की है।
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✗ He orphaned at the age of five.
✓ He was orphaned at the age of five.
Orphan as a verb is used in the passive for the child.
क्रिया 'orphan' का बच्चे के लिए passive रूप में प्रयोग होता है।
✗ Many children have orphaned by the floods.
✓ Many children have been orphaned by the floods.
Orphan as a verb is used in the passive: have been orphaned.
क्रिया 'orphan' का प्रयोग passive में होता है: have been orphaned।
✗ The orphan are in the hostel.
✓ The orphans are in the hostel.
A plural verb needs a plural subject: orphans.
बहुवचन क्रिया के लिए बहुवचन कर्ता 'orphans' चाहिए।
AaSpelling
or·phan
§Grammar and usage
Keep the set: orphan (child without parents), widow (woman whose husband has died), widower (man whose wife has died), bachelor, spinster.
समूह याद रखिए: orphan (माता-पिता रहित बच्चा), widow (विधवा), widower (विधुर), bachelor, spinster।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A child whose parents are dead; the home for such children is an orphanage.
'जिसके माता-पिता मर चुके हों' के लिए यह शब्द आता है; ऐसे बच्चों का घर orphanage कहलाता है।