वीरान (viiraan)
adjective
A single-sense adjective meaning 'desolate' or 'deserted' -- used for empty streets, ruined places, and lonely landscapes, and often extended to describe a lonely or barren emotional state.
Sense
1
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desolate, deserted, uninhabited
adjective
Synonyms: सुनसान (sunsaan), उजाड़ (ujaad), बियाबान (biyaabaan, literary)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You'll hear वीरान (viiraan) used for a village that has emptied out as people move to cities, or an old haveli standing alone with no one living in it -- it always carries a faint sadness, not just the fact of emptiness. It also extends easily to feelings, as in वीरान ज़िंदगी (viiraan zindgii, 'a desolate life'), where the outer bleakness mirrors an inner one -- a favorite move in Hindi film lyrics and shayari.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes reach for खाली (khaalii, 'empty') when they mean वीरान (viiraan) -- खाली (khaalii) just means unoccupied or vacant (an empty room, an empty glass), while वीरान (viiraan) carries a mood of abandonment or bleakness, like a ghost town or a street with no one on it late at night.
Sample Sentences:
यह गाँव अब पूरी तरह वीरान हो गया है।
This village has now become completely deserted.
(yah gaanv ab poorii tarah viiraan ho gayaa hai।)
पुरानी हवेली बरसों से वीरान पड़ी है।
The old haveli has been lying deserted for years.
(puraanii havelii barson se viiraan padii hai।)
रात के इस वक़्त सड़कें बिल्कुल वीरान रहती हैं।
At this time of night the streets remain completely deserted.
(raat ke is vaqt sadken bilkul viiraan rahtii hain।)
जब से बच्चे शहर चले गए, उसकी ज़िंदगी वीरान हो गई है।
Ever since the children moved to the city, her life has become desolate.
(jab se bachche shahar chale gae, uskii zindgii viiraan ho gaii hai।)
अगर लोग यूँ ही शहरों की तरफ़ जाते रहे, तो यह इलाक़ा भी वीरान हो जाएगा।
If people keep migrating to the cities like this, this area too will become deserted.
(agar log yoon hii shahron kii taraf jaate rahe, to yah ilaaqaa bhii viiraan ho jaaegaa।)
काश यह घर इतना वीरान न होता।
If only this house weren't so desolate.
(kaash yah ghar itnaa viiraan n hotaa।)
उसके जाने के बाद घर वीरान लगने लगा।
After he left, the house started to feel deserted.
(uske jaane ke baad ghar viiraan lagne lagaa।)
मेरी वीरान ज़िंदगी में तुम्हारी यादें ही रौशनी हैं।
In my desolate life, memories of you are the only light.
(merii viiraan zindgii men tumhaarii yaaden hii raushnii hain।)
क्या यह जगह हमेशा से ऐसी वीरान थी?
Was this place always this deserted?
(kyaa yah jagah hameshaa se aisii viiraan thii?)
उजड़ा हुआ मकान और वीरान गलियाँ देखकर दिल भर आया।
Seeing the ruined house and the deserted lanes, my heart grew heavy.
(ujdaa huaa makaan aur viiraan galiyaan dekhkar dil bhar aayaa।)
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
वीरान
(viiraan)