दिन भर (din bhar)
adverb
A fixed adverbial phrase meaning 'all day long, the whole day' -- built from दिन (din, 'day') plus भर (bhar, 'full/entire'), a marker that attaches after time-words to mean 'the whole of.'
Sense
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all day long, throughout the day
adverb Functions as an adverbial time expression, placed like other time adverbs before the verb phrase; no postposition is needed.
Synonyms: पूरा दिन (pooraa din), सारा दिन (saaraa din)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You'll hear this constantly in complaints about work or weather: दिन भर काम किया (din bhar kaam kiyaa, 'worked all day long') or दिन भर गरमी रही (din bhar garmii rahii, 'it was hot all day'). The भर (bhar) pattern is productive -- you can build रात भर (raat bhar, 'all night'), साल भर (saal bhar, 'all year') the same way, so learning this one phrase unlocks a whole family of time expressions.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes add a postposition like में (men) after this phrase, saying दिन भर में (din bhar men) when they mean 'all day' -- but दिन भर में actually shifts the meaning to 'within a day/in the course of a day,' which is a different, also valid, but distinct sense. 2) Word order confusion: भर (bhar) always comes right after दिन (din), never before it.
Sample Sentences:
मैंने दिन भर काम किया।
I worked all day.
(mainne din bhar kaam kiyaa।)
आज दिन भर बहुत गरमी रही।
It was very hot all day today.
(aaj din bhar bahut garmii rahii।)
वह दिन भर सोता रहता है।
He sleeps all day long, every day.
(vah din bhar sotaa rahtaa hai।)
बच्चे दिन भर खेलते रहते हैं।
The kids keep playing all day long.
(bachche din bhar khelte rahte hain।)
कल दफ़्तर में दिन भर मीटिंग चलेगी।
There will be meetings all day tomorrow at the office.
(kal daftar men din bhar miiting chalegii।)
अगर तुम दिन भर मोबाइल चलाते रहोगे तो आँखें ख़राब हो जाएँगी।
If you keep using your phone all day, your eyes will get damaged.
(agar tum din bhar mobaail chalaate rahoge to aankhen kharaab ho jaaengii।)
काश मैं दिन भर आराम कर पाता।
I wish I could just rest all day.
(kaash main din bhar aaraam kar paataa।)
अगर बिजली न जाती तो दिन भर काम होता।
If the power hadn't gone out, work would have happened all day.
(agar bijlii n jaatii to din bhar kaam hotaa।)
उसे उम्मीद है कि यह काम दिन भर में पूरा हो जाए।
She hopes that this work gets finished within the day.
(use ummiid hai ki yah kaam din bhar men pooraa ho jaae।)
दिन भर आराम करो, कल से फिर काम शुरू करना है।
Rest all day, you have to start work again from tomorrow.
(din bhar aaraam karo, kal se phir kaam shuroo karnaa hai।)
दिन भर की मेहनत के बाद उसे नौकरी से निकाल दिया गया।
After a whole day's hard work, he was fired from the job.
(din bhar kii mehnat ke baad use naukrii se nikaal diyaa gayaa।)
दिन भर की भागदौड़ के बाद इंसान को थोड़ा सुकून तो चाहिए ही।
After a whole day's running around, a person surely needs some peace.
(din bhar kii bhaagdaud ke baad insaan ko thodaa sukoon to chaahie hii।)