विशेषण हिंदी में

Adjectives in Hindi

• Adjective, in Hindi, means विशेषण (visheṣaṇ).
• Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns.
• They modify the meaning of nouns/pronouns, not changing it entirely.
• They provide information about the quality, quantity, or state of a noun or pronoun.
• They can describe colour, shape, form, personality or other characteristics.

Examples of Adjectives in Hindi

• सबसे बड़ा तरबूज (sabse bada tarbooj) - Largest watermelon (Superlative Adjective)
• अमरुद से मीठे अनार (amrood se mithé anar) - Pomegranate sweeter than guava (Comparative Adjective)
• हजारों मधुमक्खियां (hazāro madhumkkhīyāṁ) - Thousands of bees (Quantitative Adjective)
• टूटी हुई कुर्सी (ṭūṭī huī kursi) - Broken chair (Descriptive Adjective)

Types of Adjectives

• Descriptive Adjectives: Describe nouns or pronouns (e.g., सुंदर, लाल, बड़ा)
• Quantitative Adjectives: Tell the quantity or number of nouns (e.g., कुछ, बहुत, सारे)
• Demonstrative Adjectives: Indicate which noun is being referred (e.g., यह, वो, ये, वे)
• Possessive Adjectives: Indicate ownership or possession (e.g., मेरा, तुम्हारा, उसका, उसकी)
• Interrogative Adjectives: Used in questions about nouns (e.g., कौन सा, क्या, किसका)
• Distributive Adjectives: Refer to each member of a group (e.g., प्रत्येक, हर)
• Proper Adjectives: Derived from proper nouns (e.g., हिन्दी, अंग्रेजी)
• Comparative Adjectives: Used to compare two nouns (e.g., बड़ा, छोटा, बेहतर)
• Superlative Adjectives: Used to compare three or more nouns (e.g., सबसे बड़ा, सबसे अच्छा, सबसे बुरा)

Attributes and Predicates

• Attributes: Adjectives that come before the noun
• Predicates: Adjectives that come after the verb or helping verb

Summary

• Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns.
• They provide essential information about quality, quantity, and state.