भरती होना (bhartii honaa)
verb
A compound verb meaning 'to get admitted/enrolled' (hospital, school, army, job) or 'to be recruited/enlisted'; भरती (bhartii) itself means 'filling up/recruitment' and pairs with होना (honaa) to describe the process from the person's side.
Sense
1
:
to be admitted (hospital, school, institution)
verb, intransitive
Synonyms: दाखिल होना (daakhil honaa), प्रवेश लेना (pravesh lenaa, formal)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the everyday phrase you'll hear when someone's grandfather has been hospitalized (अस्पताल में भरती हो गए, asptaal men bhartii ho gae, 'he got admitted to the hospital') or when a child starts school (स्कूल में भरती होना, skool men bhartii honaa). Also spelled भर्ती होना (bhartii honaa) with the added र् -- both spellings are extremely common in Delhi-NCR speech and print, so don't be surprised to see either.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often say में भरती होना (men bhartii honaa) with the institution unmarked or wrongly postposed; the standard frame is X में भरती होना (men bhartii honaa, 'to be admitted into X'), e.g. अस्पताल में भरती होना (asptaal men bhartii honaa, 'to be admitted to the hospital'). 2) Because होना (honaa) is intransitive, the subject takes no ने (ne) even though 'admit' feels like an action the person undergoes -- Hindi frames it as something that happens to them, not something they do.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादा जी कल रात अस्पताल में भरती हो गए।
My grandfather got admitted to the hospital last night.
(mere daadaa jii kal raat asptaal men bhartii ho gae।)
मेरा बेटा इस साल पहली कक्षा में भरती हो गया।
My son got admitted to first grade this year.
(meraa betaa is saal pahlii kakshaa men bhartii ho gayaa।)
अगर तबीयत ज़्यादा बिगड़ी, तो उसे भरती होना पड़ेगा।
If his health worsens further, he will have to get admitted.
(agar tabiiyat zyaadaa bigdii, to use bhartii honaa padegaa।)
वह पिछले तीन दिनों से अस्पताल में भरती है।
He has been admitted in the hospital for the last three days.
(vah pichhle tiin dinon se asptaal men bhartii hai।)
अगर उस समय डॉक्टर न मिलता, तो वह भरती न हो पाता।
If a doctor hadn't been available then, he wouldn't have been able to get admitted.
(agar us samay doktar n miltaa, to vah bhartii n ho paataa।)
कृपया मरीज़ को जल्दी से भरती कीजिए, हालत गंभीर है।
Please get the patient admitted quickly, his condition is serious.
(kripyaa mariiz ko jaldii se bhartii kiijie, haalat gambhiir hai।)
बच्चों को अच्छे स्कूल में भरती करवाने के लिए माँ-बाप बहुत मेहनत करते हैं।
Parents work very hard to get their children admitted to a good school.
(bachchon ko achchhe skool men bhartii karvaane ke lie maan-baap bahut mehnat karte hain।)
मरीज़ को उसी वक़्त भरती कर लिया गया था।
The patient was admitted right at that moment.
(mariiz ko usii vaqt bhartii kar liyaa gayaa thaa।)
शायद उसे कल भरती कर दिया जाए।
Perhaps he will be admitted tomorrow.
(shaayad use kal bhartii kar diyaa jaae।)
जैसे ही रिपोर्ट आई, उसे भरती कर दिया गया।
As soon as the report came, he was admitted.
(jaise hii riport aaii, use bhartii kar diyaa gayaa।)
दादी हमेशा कहती हैं कि अस्पताल में भरती होना उन्हें बिल्कुल पसंद नहीं।
Grandma always says she absolutely hates getting admitted to a hospital.
(daadii hameshaa kahtii hain ki asptaal men bhartii honaa unhen bilkul pasand nahiin।)
Sense
2
:
to be recruited/enlisted (job, army, police)
verb, intransitive
Synonyms: नौकरी लगना (naukrii lagnaa, colloquial), भर्ती होना (bhartii honaa, variant spelling)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Common in the context of सेना में भरती होना (senaa men bhartii honaa, 'to join/enlist in the army') or पुलिस में भरती होना (pulis men bhartii honaa, 'to be recruited into the police') -- you'll see this phrase on recruitment posters and hear it in news reports about army/police bharti drives, a major event in many small towns and villages.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse this with भरती करना (bhartii karnaa), which is the transitive counterpart used by the institution doing the recruiting (e.g. सेना ने उसे भरती किया, senaa ne use bhartii kiyaa, 'the army recruited him') -- भरती होना (bhartii honaa) is what happens from the recruit's own side.
Sample Sentences:
मेरा भाई पिछले साल सेना में भरती हुआ था।
My brother was recruited into the army last year.
(meraa bhaaii pichhle saal senaa men bhartii huaa thaa।)
गाँव के बहुत सारे लड़के पुलिस में भरती होना चाहते हैं।
Many boys from the village want to be recruited into the police.
(gaanv ke bahut saare ladke pulis men bhartii honaa chaahte hain।)
अगली भरती में मैं सेना में भरती होने की कोशिश करूँगा।
In the next recruitment drive, I will try to get recruited into the army.
(aglii bhartii men main senaa men bhartii hone kii koshish karoongaa।)
क्या तुम भी पुलिस में भरती होना चाहते हो?
Do you also want to be recruited into the police?
(kyaa tum bhii pulis men bhartii honaa chaahte ho?)
उसकी हाइट कम होने की वजह से वह सेना में भरती नहीं हो सका।
Because his height was too short, he couldn't get recruited into the army.
(uskii haait kam hone kii vajah se vah senaa men bhartii nahiin ho sakaa।)
अगर मेरे पापा नाराज़ न होते, तो मैं सेना में भरती हो जाता।
If my father hadn't been upset, I would have gotten recruited into the army.
(agar mere paapaa naaraaz n hote, to main senaa men bhartii ho jaataa।)
सुनने में आया है कि इस साल पुलिस में भरती नहीं होगी।
It's been heard that there won't be police recruitment this year.
(sunne men aayaa hai ki is saal pulis men bhartii nahiin hogii।)
जब उसका चयन हुआ, तो वह फ़ौरन सेना में भरती हो गया।
When he was selected, he immediately got recruited into the army.
(jab uskaa chayan huaa, to vah fauran senaa men bhartii ho gayaa।)
उम्मीद है कि इस बार गाँव के दो लड़के सेना में भरती हो जाएँ।
Hopefully two boys from the village get recruited into the army this time.
(ummiid hai ki is baar gaanv ke do ladke senaa men bhartii ho jaaen।)
इस मैदान में हर साल भरती की परीक्षा होती है, जहाँ नौजवान सेना में भरती होने आते हैं।
Every year the recruitment exam is held on this ground, where young men come to be recruited into the army.
(is maidaan men har saal bhartii kii pariikshaa hotii hai, jahaan naujvaan senaa men bhartii hone aate hain।)
Morphology
Verb (irregular)
infinitive:
भरती होना
(bhartii honaa)
infinitive oblique:
भरती होने
(bhartii hone)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
भरती होता
(bhartii hotaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
भरती होते
(bhartii hote)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
भरती होती
(bhartii hotii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
भरती होतीं
(bhartii hotiin)
continuous (sg.m):
भरती हो रहा
(bhartii ho rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
भरती हो रहे
(bhartii ho rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
भरती हो रही
(bhartii ho rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
भरती हो रहीं
(bhartii ho rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
भरती हुआ
(bhartii huaa)
perfective (pl.m):
भरती हुए
(bhartii hue)
perfective (sg.f):
भरती हुई
(bhartii huii)
perfective (pl.f):
भरती हुईं
(bhartii huiin)
imperative (informal):
भरती हो
(bhartii ho)
imperative (neutral):
भरती होओ
(bhartii hoo)
imperative (formal):
भरती होइए
(bhartii hoie)
future (1sg.m):
भरती होऊँगा
(bhartii hooongaa)
future (1sg.f):
भरती होऊँगी
(bhartii hooongii)
future (1pl.m):
भरती होंगे
(bhartii honge)
future (1pl.f):
भरती होंगी
(bhartii hongii)
future (2sg.m):
भरती होगा
(bhartii hogaa)
future (2sg.f):
भरती होगी
(bhartii hogii)
future (2pl.m):
भरती होओगे
(bhartii hooge)
future (2pl.f):
भरती होओगी
(bhartii hoogii)
future (3sg.m):
भरती होगा
(bhartii hogaa)
future (3sg.f):
भरती होगी
(bhartii hogii)
future (3pl.m):
भरती होंगे
(bhartii honge)
future (3pl.f):
भरती होंगी
(bhartii hongii)
subjunctive (1sg):
भरती होऊँ
(bhartii hooon)
subjunctive (1pl):
भरती हों
(bhartii hon)
subjunctive (2sg):
भरती हो
(bhartii ho)
subjunctive (2pl):
भरती होओ
(bhartii hoo)
subjunctive (3sg):
भरती हो
(bhartii ho)
subjunctive (3pl):
भरती हों
(bhartii hon)