जूझना (joojhnaa)
verb
One core meaning: to struggle or grapple with something difficult -- a problem, a hardship, an opponent. It is almost always used figuratively about difficulties rather than literal physical combat.
Sense
1
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to struggle, grapple, contend (with a difficulty, problem, or hardship)
verb, intransitive Takes से (se) for the thing being struggled with: समस्या से जूझना (samasyaa se joojhnaa, 'to struggle with a problem').
Synonyms: संघर्ष करना (sangharsh karnaa), लड़ना (ladnaa, can also mean literal fighting), मुक़ाबला करना (muqaablaa karnaa)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will hear this constantly in news Hindi -- किसान क़र्ज़ से जूझ रहे हैं (kisaan qarz se joojh rahe hain, 'farmers are struggling with debt') is the kind of headline register this word lives in. It carries a sense of prolonged effort against odds, so it suits describing someone battling illness, debt, or a tough exam season better than a one-off scuffle.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes reach for लड़ना (ladnaa) here, but जूझना (joojhnaa) specifically evokes an ongoing, often losing or exhausting struggle against circumstances (illness, poverty, a crisis) rather than a discrete fight against a person. 2) The struggled-with thing takes से (se), not को (ko) or से-less direct object -- बीमारी से जूझना (biimaarii se joojhnaa, 'to struggle with an illness'), not बीमारी को जूझना.
Sample Sentences:
किसान क़र्ज़ से जूझ रहे हैं।
Farmers are struggling with debt.
(kisaan qarz se joojh rahe hain।)
वह पिछले दो साल से कैंसर से जूझ रही थी।
She had been struggling with cancer for the past two years.
(vah pichhle do saal se kainsar se joojh rahii thii।)
देश अभी भी महंगाई से जूझ रहा है।
The country is still struggling with inflation.
(desh abhii bhii mahangaaii se joojh rahaa hai।)
उसे अकेले ही इस मुसीबत से जूझना पड़ा।
He had to struggle with this trouble all alone.
(use akele hii is musiibat se joojhnaa padaa।)
अगर तुम भी उस बीमारी से जूझते तो समझ पाते कि दर्द कैसा होता है।
If you too had struggled with that illness, you would have understood what the pain was like.
(agar tum bhii us biimaarii se joojhte to samajh paate ki dard kaisaa hotaa hai।)
छोटे व्यापारी नई नीतियों के असर से जूझते रहते हैं।
Small traders keep struggling with the effects of new policies.
(chhote vyaapaarii naii niitiyon ke asar se joojhte rahte hain।)
हिम्मत मत हारो, जूझते रहो, सफलता ज़रूर मिलेगी।
Don't lose heart, keep struggling, success will surely come.
(himmat mat haaro, joojhte raho, saphaltaa zaroor milegii।)
टीम पूरे मैच में थकान से जूझती रही।
The team kept struggling with fatigue throughout the match.
(tiim poore maich men thakaan se joojhtii rahii।)
शायद वह अपने अतीत से अब भी जूझ रहा हो।
Perhaps he is still struggling with his past.
(shaayad vah apne atiit se ab bhii joojh rahaa ho।)
जब पूरा शहर बाढ़ से जूझ रहा था, तब भी वह मदद के लिए निकल पड़ा।
Even when the whole city was struggling with the flood, he set out to help.
(jab pooraa shahar baadh se joojh rahaa thaa, tab bhii vah madad ke lie nikal padaa।)
उम्मीद है कि वह अपनी वित्तीय समस्याओं से जूझ कर बाहर निकल आए।
One hopes that he manages to struggle through his financial problems and come out of it.
(ummiid hai ki vah apnii vittiiy samasyaaon se joojh kar baahar nikal aae।)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
जूझना
(joojhnaa)
infinitive oblique:
जूझने
(joojhne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
जूझता
(joojhtaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
जूझते
(joojhte)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
जूझती
(joojhtii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
जूझतीं
(joojhtiin)
continuous (sg.m):
जूझ रहा
(joojh rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
जूझ रहे
(joojh rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
जूझ रही
(joojh rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
जूझ रहीं
(joojh rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
जूझा
(joojhaa)
perfective (pl.m):
जूझे
(joojhe)
perfective (sg.f):
जूझी
(joojhii)
perfective (pl.f):
जूझीं
(joojhiin)
imperative (informal):
जूझ
(joojh)
imperative (neutral):
जूझो
(joojho)
imperative (formal):
जूझिए
(joojhie)
future (1sg.m):
जूझूँगा
(joojhoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
जूझूँगी
(joojhoongii)
future (1pl.m):
जूझेंगे
(joojhenge)
future (1pl.f):
जूझेंगी
(joojhengii)
future (2sg.m):
जूझेगा
(joojhegaa)
future (2sg.f):
जूझेगी
(joojhegii)
future (2pl.m):
जूझोगे
(joojhoge)
future (2pl.f):
जूझोगी
(joojhogii)
future (3sg.m):
जूझेगा
(joojhegaa)
future (3sg.f):
जूझेगी
(joojhegii)
future (3pl.m):
जूझेंगे
(joojhenge)
future (3pl.f):
जूझेंगी
(joojhengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
जूझूँ
(joojhoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
जूझें
(joojhen)
subjunctive (2sg):
जूझे
(joojhe)
subjunctive (2pl):
जूझो
(joojho)
subjunctive (3sg):
जूझे
(joojhe)
subjunctive (3pl):
जूझें
(joojhen)