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salon

/ˈsælɒn/noun

उच्चारण सैलॉन

सैलून, केश-सज्जा-गृह; बैठक

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noun
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    a shop that gives customers hair or beauty treatment; a room in a large house used for entertaining guests; (in the past) a regular meeting of writers, artists

    सैलून, केश-सज्जा-गृह; बैठक

    • a beauty salon
    • Radhika booked an appointment at the salon before the wedding.
    • She works as a hairdresser in a busy salon.
    + 2 more examples
    • The salon offers facials and manicures.
    • In the old palace, guests gathered in the grand salon.

    Synonyms parlour boutique drawing room reception room

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

at / in a salon

Use at a salon when you mean going there for a service, and in a salon for being inside the building.

सेवा लेने के लिए जाने के अर्थ में 'at a salon' और भवन के अंदर होने के अर्थ में 'in a salon' आता है।

  • Radhika had her hair cut at a salon near the market.
  • There were three customers in the salon.

salon: countable noun

A salon is countable. A beauty salon, hair salon and nail salon are common compound nouns written as two words.

'Salon' countable noun है। Beauty salon, hair salon और nail salon सामान्य compound nouns हैं।

  • She runs a beauty salon in Pune.
  • Many new salons have opened in the city.

go to the salon / have sth done

To describe a service you receive, use have + object + past participle: have your hair cut, have your nails done.

जो सेवा आप लेते हैं, उसके लिए 'have + object + past participle' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • She had her hair styled for the wedding.
  • He goes to the salon once a month.

salon (older meaning): a gathering

In history and literature, a salon was a regular gathering of writers and thinkers at a private house.

इतिहास और साहित्य में 'salon' किसी निजी घर में लेखकों और विचारकों की नियमित बैठक को कहते थे।

  • The poet hosted a weekly salon at her home.
+Collocations 4

noun + salon

beautyhairnailunisexbridal

  • The unisex salon opens at nine in the morning.

verb + salon

runopenvisitbookown

  • She plans to open a salon after her training.

salon + noun

ownertreatmentappointmentchairproducts

  • She booked a salon appointment for Saturday.

salon + service

haircutfacialmanicuremassagehair spa

  • The salon offers facials at reasonable prices.
“More examples 7
  • Radhika works as a stylist at a salon in Jaipur.

राधिका जयपुर के एक salon में stylist के रूप में काम करती है।

  • The bride booked her appointment at the salon a month in advance.

दुल्हन ने salon में अपनी appointment एक महीने पहले बुक कर ली।

  • He went to the salon for a haircut before the interview.

वह interview से पहले बाल कटवाने के लिए salon गया।

  • The salon was crowded before Diwali.

दीवाली से पहले salon में भीड़ थी।

  • Many women in small towns now train and open their own salons.

छोटे शहरों की कई महिलाएँ अब प्रशिक्षण लेकर अपने salon खोल रही हैं।

  • Radhika booked a facial at the salon for Saturday evening.

राधिका ने शनिवार शाम के लिए salon में facial बुक कर लिया।

  • The salon offers a discount to students on weekdays.

salon कार्यदिवसों पर विद्यार्थियों को छूट देता है।

!Common mistakes 1

✗ I am going to the salon for to cut my hair.

✓ I am going to the salon to have my hair cut.

Do not use for to; purpose is expressed with the to-infinitive.

'For to' का प्रयोग न करें; उद्देश्य to-infinitive से बताया जाता है।

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

parlour boutique drawing room reception room

AaSpelling

sa·lon

?Which word?

Keep apart, asked often: salon (/ˈsælɒn/, a shop for hair or beauty treatment) and saloon (/səˈluːn/, a bar, especially in the American West; British English, a car with a closed body for four or more people).

इन्हें अलग रखिए, अक्सर पूछा जाता है: salon (/ˈsælɒn/, बाल या सौंदर्य उपचार की दुकान) और saloon (/səˈluːn/, बार, विशेषकर अमेरिकी पश्चिम में; British English में चार या अधिक लोगों के लिए बंद कार)।

Keep the shop words together: salon (beauty), parlour (a shop for a particular service: 'an ice-cream parlour'), boutique (a small fashionable shop), emporium (a large shop).

दुकान के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: salon (सौंदर्य), parlour (विशेष सेवा की दुकान: 'an ice-cream parlour'), boutique (छोटी फ़ैशनेबल दुकान), emporium (बड़ी दुकान)।