ओझल (ojhal)
adjective
An invariant adjective meaning 'out of sight, vanished from view' -- used almost exclusively with होना (honaa) or the causative frame with करना/कर देना (karnaa/kar denaa).
Sense
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out of sight, vanished from view
adjective Almost always appears in the fixed frame X ओझल होना (X ojhal honaa, 'X to disappear from view') -- something moves out of sight, often gradually, like a person walking away or the sun setting behind clouds.
Synonyms: गायब (gaayab), लुप्त (lupt, literary), अदृश्य (adrishy, formal)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Picture standing on a railway platform watching the train pull away -- ट्रेन आँखों से ओझल हो गई (tren aankhon se ojhal ho gaii, 'the train disappeared from sight') captures that specific fading-from-view feeling. It pairs naturally with आँखों से (aankhon se, 'from the eyes') to anchor whose viewpoint is losing sight of the thing.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse ओझल (ojhal) with गायब (gaayab) -- गायब (gaayab) suggests a thing has vanished/gone missing altogether (often unexpectedly), while ओझल (ojhal) specifically describes something passing out of the range of sight, often while the speaker watches it happen (like a train leaving the platform). 2) It does not mean 'lost' in the sense of misplaced belongings -- use खो जाना (kho jaanaa) for that.
Sample Sentences:
ट्रेन आँखों से ओझल हो गई।
The train disappeared from sight.
(tren aankhon se ojhal ho gaii।)
बादलों के पीछे चाँद ओझल हो गया।
The moon vanished behind the clouds.
(baadlon ke piichhe chaand ojhal ho gayaa।)
भीड़ में वह लड़का पल भर में ओझल हो गया।
That boy vanished from sight in the crowd within a moment.
(bhiid men vah ladkaa pal bhar men ojhal ho gayaa।)
मोड़ पर मुड़ते ही घर मेरी आँखों से ओझल हो जाता है।
As soon as I turn at the bend, the house goes out of my sight.
(mod par mudte hii ghar merii aankhon se ojhal ho jaataa hai।)
इतनी घनी धूल में सामने वाली गाड़ी ओझल हो रही थी।
In such thick dust, the car ahead was vanishing from view.
(itnii ghanii dhool men saamne vaalii gaadii ojhal ho rahii thii।)
क्या पता वह अचानक कहाँ ओझल हो जाए।
Who knows where he might suddenly disappear from sight.
(kyaa pataa vah achaanak kahaan ojhal ho jaae।)
अगर वह भीड़ में ओझल हो जाता, तो हम उसे कभी न ढूँढ पाते।
If he had disappeared into the crowd, we would never have been able to find him.
(agar vah bhiid men ojhal ho jaataa, to ham use kabhii n dhoondh paate।)
जहाज़ धीरे-धीरे क्षितिज में ओझल होता चला गया।
The ship gradually vanished into the horizon.
(jahaaz dhiire-dhiire kshitij men ojhal hotaa chalaa gayaa।)
महोदय, संदिग्ध व्यक्ति पुलिस की आँखों से ओझल हो गया।
Sir, the suspect disappeared from the police's sight.
(mahoday, sandigdh vyakti pulis kii aankhon se ojhal ho gayaa।)
वह मंज़र मेरी आँखों से कभी ओझल नहीं होगा।
That sight will never fade from my view.
(vah manzar merii aankhon se kabhii ojhal nahiin hogaa।)
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
ओझल
(ojhal)