प्रोत्साहित (protsaahit)

adjective A single-sense adjective/participle meaning 'encouraged', almost always used with करना (karnaa) or होना (honaa) to mean 'to encourage' or 'to be/feel encouraged'.
Sense 1 : encouraged, motivated
adjective Functions almost exclusively as the predicate in प्रोत्साहित करना (protsaahit karnaa, 'to encourage') and प्रोत्साहित होना (protsaahit honaa, 'to feel/become encouraged') -- rarely used as a standalone attributive adjective before a noun.
Synonyms: उत्साहित (utsaahit), प्रेरित (prerit, focuses more on 'inspired' than 'encouraged')
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is a formal, somewhat Sanskritized word -- you'll hear it in schools, offices, and speeches (a teacher praising a student, a boss praising a team) more than in casual chit-chat between friends, where उत्साहित (utsaahit) or just शाबाश (shaabaash, 'well done') might do the job instead.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to use प्रोत्साहित (protsaahit) alone as a verb; remember it needs करना (karnaa) or होना (honaa) attached to actually express the action -- by itself it's just the descriptive state. 2) The person being encouraged takes को (ko): उसने मुझे प्रोत्साहित किया (usne mujhe protsaahit kiyaa, 'he encouraged me'), not से (se) as learners sometimes guess by analogy with 'by him'.
Sample Sentences:
अच्छे नतीजों से टीम बहुत प्रोत्साहित हुई। The team became very encouraged by the good results.
(achchhe natiijon se tiim bahut protsaahit huii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
शिक्षक के शब्दों से छात्र प्रोत्साहित होते हैं। Students get encouraged by the teacher's words.
(shikshak ke shabdon se chhaatr protsaahit hote hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
प्रबंधक की सराहना से कर्मचारी प्रोत्साहित हो रहे हैं। The employees are getting encouraged by the manager's appreciation.
(prabandhak kii saraahnaa se karmchaarii protsaahit ho rahe hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर हमें समय पर सहायता मिलती, तो हम और प्रोत्साहित होते। If we had gotten help on time, we would have been more encouraged.
(agar hamen samay par sahaaytaa miltii, to ham aur protsaahit hote।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
प्रधानाचार्य द्वारा उसे मंच पर प्रोत्साहित किया गया। He was encouraged on stage by the principal.
(pradhaanaachaary dvaaraa use manch par protsaahit kiyaa gayaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
नए कर्मचारियों को अगली बैठक में प्रोत्साहित किया जाएगा। The new employees will be encouraged at the next meeting.
(nae karmchaariyon ko aglii baithak men protsaahit kiyaa jaaegaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
यह ज़रूरी है कि सभी विद्यार्थी समान रूप से प्रोत्साहित हों। It is necessary that all students be equally encouraged.
(yah zaroorii hai ki sabhii vidyaarthii samaan roop se protsaahit hon।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
आदरणीय अतिथियों के आशीर्वचन से सभी उपस्थित जन अत्यंत प्रोत्साहित हुए। All those present were greatly encouraged by the honored guests' blessed words.
(aadarniiy atithiyon ke aashiirvchan se sabhii upasthit jan atyant protsaahit hue।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
बॉस ने कहा, "तुम लोगों की मेहनत देखकर मुझे बहुत प्रोत्साहित करता है।" The boss said, "Seeing your hard work encourages me a lot."
(bos ne kahaa, "tum logon kii mehnat dekhkar mujhe bahut protsaahit kartaa hai।")
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant: प्रोत्साहित (protsaahit)