नशीला (nashiilaa)
adjective
An adjective describing something intoxicating or heady, related to the noun नशा (nashaa, intoxication/addiction) -- used both for literal substances and for figurative things like a voice, smell, or beauty that has an intoxicating effect.
Sense
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intoxicating (literal)
adjective
Synonyms: मादक (maadak, formal)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will hear this word used for anything from शराब (sharaab, liquor) to the धुआँ (dhuaan, smoke) of a cigarette -- it describes the substance's power to intoxicate, not the drinker's state.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use नशीला (nashiilaa) as a noun meaning 'an intoxicated person' -- it only describes the intoxicating quality of a thing (a drink, a smell, a smoke), never the state of a person who has drunk it; for that, use नशे में (nashe men, intoxicated/drunk).
Sample Sentences:
यह शराब बहुत नशीली है।
This liquor is very intoxicating.
(yah sharaab bahut nashiilii hai।)
सिगरेट का धुआँ नशीला होता है।
Cigarette smoke is intoxicating.
(sigret kaa dhuaan nashiilaa hotaa hai।)
उन पौधों से एक नशीला पदार्थ निकाला जाता है।
An intoxicating substance is extracted from those plants.
(un paudhon se ek nashiilaa padaarth nikaalaa jaataa hai।)
क्या यह दवा नशीली है?
Is this medicine intoxicating?
(kyaa yah davaa nashiilii hai?)
उस देसी दारू में बहुत नशीला असर था।
That local liquor had a very intoxicating effect.
(us desii daaroo men bahut nashiilaa asar thaa।)
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि इस पौधे में नशीले तत्व पाए जाते हैं।
The doctor said that intoxicating elements are found in this plant.
(doktar ne kahaa ki is paudhe men nashiile tatv paae jaate hain।)
इतनी नशीली चीज़ मत पीना, वरना नशा चढ़ जाएगा।
Don't drink something this intoxicating, or you'll get high.
(itnii nashiilii chiiz mat piinaa, varnaa nashaa chadh jaaegaa।)
अगर यह पेय इतना नशीला होता, तो सरकार इसे बेचने की इजाज़त नहीं देती।
If this drink were this intoxicating, the government would not permit its sale.
(agar yah pey itnaa nashiilaa hotaa, to sarkaar ise bechne kii ijaazat nahiin detii।)
शायद यह जड़ी-बूटी भी नशीली हो।
Perhaps this herb is intoxicating too.
(shaayad yah jadii-bootii bhii nashiilii ho।)
पुराने ज़माने में लोग नशीले पदार्थों का उपयोग धार्मिक अनुष्ठानों में करते थे।
In olden times, people used intoxicating substances in religious rituals.
(puraane zamaane men log nashiile padaarthon kaa upyog dhaarmik anushthaanon men karte the।)
Sense
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intoxicating, heady (figurative -- of a voice, smell, beauty, etc.)
adjective
Synonyms: मादक (maadak, formal), सुरीला (suriilaa, meaning scope: only for a heady/melodious voice or sound)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is the sense you meet constantly in Hindi film songs and shayari (shaayrii, poetry) -- a नशीली आवाज़ (nashiilii aavaaz, 'an intoxicating voice') or नशीली आँखें (nashiilii aankhen, 'intoxicating eyes') describes someone whose charm has a dizzying, almost drugging effect on the listener or viewer. It is a favorite word of romantic poets precisely because it borrows the physical pull of नशा (nashaa, intoxication) to describe an emotional or aesthetic one.
Sample Sentences:
उसकी आवाज़ बहुत नशीली है।
Her voice is very intoxicating.
(uskii aavaaz bahut nashiilii hai।)
उसकी नशीली आँखों ने मुझे पहली ही नज़र में घायल कर दिया।
Her intoxicating eyes wounded me at first glance itself.
(uskii nashiilii aankhon ne mujhe pahlii hii nazar men ghaayal kar diyaa।)
काश उसकी हँसी इतनी नशीली न होती, वरना मैं संभल जाता।
If only her laugh weren't so intoxicating, I would have composed myself.
(kaash uskii hansii itnii nashiilii n hotii, varnaa main sambhal jaataa।)
शायर अक्सर महबूबा की मुस्कान को नशीला बताते हैं।
Poets often describe the beloved's smile as intoxicating.
(shaayar aksar mahboobaa kii muskaan ko nashiilaa bataate hain।)
इस गाने में उसकी आवाज़ इतनी नशीली लग रही है कि दिल थाम कर सुनना पड़ता है।
In this song her voice sounds so intoxicating that you have to steady your heart to listen.
(is gaane men uskii aavaaz itnii nashiilii lag rahii hai ki dil thaam kar sunnaa padtaa hai।)
यार, उसकी मुस्कान बड़ी नशीली है, यकीन मानो।
Dude, her smile is really intoxicating, believe me.
(yaar, uskii muskaan badii nashiilii hai, yakiin maano।)
क्या इस ग़ज़ल की नशीली धुन ने आपको भी छू लिया?
Did this ghazal's intoxicating tune touch you too?
(kyaa is ghazal kii nashiilii dhun ne aapko bhii chhoo liyaa?)
कवि सम्मेलन में एक शायर ने उसकी नशीली अदाओं पर पूरी नज़्म कह दी।
At the poets' gathering, one poet composed an entire poem on her intoxicating charm.
(kavi sammelan men ek shaayar ne uskii nashiilii adaaon par poorii nazm kah dii।)
उसकी नशीली मुस्कुराहट देखकर लोग मानो होश खो बैठते हैं।
Seeing her intoxicating smile, people seem to lose their senses.
(uskii nashiilii muskuraahat dekhkar log maano hosh kho baithte hain।)
फिल्म की हीरोइन की नशीली अदाओं ने पूरे हॉल को मोहित कर दिया।
The film heroine's intoxicating mannerisms enchanted the entire hall.
(philm kii hiiroin kii nashiilii adaaon ne poore hol ko mohit kar diyaa।)
Morphology
Adjective (variable)
(sg.m):
नशीला
(nashiilaa)
(pl.m):
नशीले
(nashiile)
(sg.f):
नशीली
(nashiilii)
(pl.f):
नशीली
(nashiilii)