नींद टूटना (niind tootnaa)

verb A fixed collocation meaning 'for sleep to break', i.e. to wake up (usually unintentionally, as from a noise or disturbance); pairs with नींद आना (niind aanaa, 'to feel sleepy') and नींद खुलना (niind khulnaa), a near-synonym also common in speech.
Sense 1 : to wake up (sleep breaks, usually due to disturbance)
verb, intransitive Subject is grammatically नींद (niind, 'sleep'), not the person; the person who wakes up is marked with की (kii) as a possessor of the sleep, e.g. मेरी नींद टूट गई (merii niind toot gaii, 'my sleep broke' = 'I woke up').
Synonyms: नींद खुलना (niind khulnaa)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Hindi treats sleep almost like a fragile object that 'breaks' (tootnaa) when disturbed -- a very physical, almost audible image, as if a glass shattered. This body-as-experiencer framing is common across Hindi (compare नींद आना (niind aanaa) and दिल टूटना (dil tootnaa, 'heart breaks')), and it is why the person never directly does the waking; the sleep does it to them.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to make the person the subject, saying something like मैं टूट गया (main toot gayaa) for 'I woke up' -- but टूटना (tootnaa) here belongs to नींद (niind), so the person must appear as a possessor: मेरी नींद टूट गई (merii niind toot gaii). 2) Do not confuse this with नींद आना (niind aanaa), which means 'to feel sleepy/drowsy', not 'to wake up' -- टूटना (tootnaa) specifically marks the sleep ending, often abruptly.
Sample Sentences:
बीच रात में अचानक मेरी नींद टूट गई। In the middle of the night, my sleep suddenly broke.
(biich raat men achaanak merii niind toot gaii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
बगल वाले घर में तेज़ म्यूज़िक बज रहा था, इसलिए नींद टूट गई। Loud music was playing in the neighbor's house, so my sleep broke.
(bagal vaale ghar men tez myoozik baj rahaa thaa, islie niind toot gaii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
फ़ोन की घंटी से उसकी नींद टूटती है। His sleep breaks at the sound of the phone ringing.
(fon kii ghantii se uskii niind toottii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बच्चे की नींद बार-बार टूट रही है, शायद दाँत निकल रहे हैं। The child's sleep keeps breaking again and again, maybe he's teething.
(bachche kii niind baar-baar toot rahii hai, shaayad daant nikal rahe hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
प्लीज़ ज़ोर से मत बोलो, नींद टूट जाएगी। Please don't talk loudly, my sleep will break.
(pliiz zor se mat bolo, niind toot jaaegii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
काश उसकी नींद इतनी जल्दी न टूटती। I wish his sleep hadn't broken so soon.
(kaash uskii niind itnii jaldii n toottii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
अगर बिजली न जाती तो नींद न टूटती। If the power hadn't gone out, my sleep wouldn't have broken.
(agar bijlii n jaatii to niind n toottii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
इतना शोर मत करो कि किसी की नींद टूट जाए। Don't make so much noise that someone's sleep breaks.
(itnaa shor mat karo ki kisii kii niind toot jaae।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
सुबह-सुबह कुत्ते के भौंकने से मेरी नींद टूट जाती है। Early in the morning, my sleep breaks because of the dog barking.
(subah-subah kutte ke bhaunkne se merii niind toot jaatii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
एक अजीब सपना देखकर उसकी नींद टूट गई। Seeing a strange dream, his sleep broke.
(ek ajiib sapnaa dekhkar uskii niind toot gaii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इस मकान में इतनी दीवारें कमज़ोर हैं कि हल्की सी आवाज़ से भी नींद टूट जाती है। The walls of this house are so weak that even a faint sound breaks one's sleep.
(is makaan men itnii diivaaren kamzor hain ki halkii sii aavaaz se bhii niind toot jaatii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Verb
infinitive: नींद टूटना (niind tootnaa)
infinitive oblique: नींद टूटने (niind tootne)
habitual/simple (sg.m): नींद टूटता (niind toottaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m): नींद टूटते (niind tootte)
habitual/simple (sg.f): नींद टूटती (niind toottii)
habitual/simple (pl.f): नींद टूटतीं (niind toottiin)
continuous (sg.m): नींद टूट रहा (niind toot rahaa)
continuous (pl.m): नींद टूट रहे (niind toot rahe)
continuous (sg.f): नींद टूट रही (niind toot rahii)
continuous (pl.f): नींद टूट रहीं (niind toot rahiin)
perfective (sg.m): नींद टूटा (niind tootaa)
perfective (pl.m): नींद टूटे (niind toote)
perfective (sg.f): नींद टूटी (niind tootii)
perfective (pl.f): नींद टूटीं (niind tootiin)
imperative (informal): नींद टूट (niind toot)
imperative (neutral): नींद टूटो (niind tooto)
imperative (formal): नींद टूटिए (niind tootie)
future (1sg.m): नींद टूटूँगा (niind tootoongaa)
future (1sg.f): नींद टूटूँगी (niind tootoongii)
future (1pl.m): नींद टूटेंगे (niind tootenge)
future (1pl.f): नींद टूटेंगी (niind tootengii)
future (2sg.m): नींद टूटेगा (niind tootegaa)
future (2sg.f): नींद टूटेगी (niind tootegii)
future (2pl.m): नींद टूटोगे (niind tootoge)
future (2pl.f): नींद टूटोगी (niind tootogii)
future (3sg.m): नींद टूटेगा (niind tootegaa)
future (3sg.f): नींद टूटेगी (niind tootegii)
future (3pl.m): नींद टूटेंगे (niind tootenge)
future (3pl.f): नींद टूटेंगी (niind tootengii)
subjunctive (1sg): नींद टूटूँ (niind tootoon)
subjunctive (1pl): नींद टूटें (niind tooten)
subjunctive (2sg): नींद टूटे (niind toote)
subjunctive (2pl): नींद टूटो (niind tooto)
subjunctive (3sg): नींद टूटे (niind toote)
subjunctive (3pl): नींद टूटें (niind tooten)