तलाक़-शुदा (talaaq-shudaa)
adjective
A Persian-derived compound meaning 'divorced'; तलाक़ (talaaq) is 'divorce' and शुदा (shudaa) is a Persian past-participle suffix meaning roughly 'having become', so the whole word literally means 'having become divorced'.
Sense
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divorced
adjective
Synonyms: तलाक़याफ़्ता (talaaqyaaftaa, rare)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will hear this word in everyday conversation, on matrimonial profiles, and in casual gossip about someone's marital history; it carries a slightly formal, almost bureaucratic flavor (much like 'divorcee' in English) compared to describing the situation with a full sentence like उसका तलाक़ हो गया (uskaa talaaq ho gayaa, 'her/his divorce happened'). The शुदा (shudaa) suffix shows up in a handful of other borrowed adjectives too, like ज़ख़्मी-शुदा-type constructions in older Urdu-influenced speech, though तलाक़-शुदा (talaaq-shudaa) is by far the most common survivor in daily use.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to inflect this like a native -आ adjective (talaaq-shudii for feminine), but it is invariant -- the same form तलाक़-शुदा (talaaq-shudaa) is used for men and women alike. 2) It describes a person's marital status directly (आदमी तलाक़-शुदा है, aadmii talaaq-shudaa hai, 'the man is divorced'), unlike the verb फ़ेस meaning to get divorced, which uses तलाक़ लेना (talaaq lenaa) or तलाक़ होना (talaaq honaa).
Sample Sentences:
वह तलाक़-शुदा है।
She is divorced.
(vah talaaq-shudaa hai।)
मेरी बुआ तलाक़-शुदा हैं और अब अपने बच्चों के साथ रहती हैं।
My aunt is divorced and now lives with her children.
(merii buaa talaaq-shudaa hain aur ab apne bachchon ke saath rahtii hain।)
प्रोफ़ाइल में लिखा था कि लड़का तलाक़-शुदा है।
It was written in the profile that the guy is divorced.
(profaail men likhaa thaa ki ladkaa talaaq-shudaa hai।)
क्या तुम्हें पता था कि वह तलाक़-शुदा थी?
Did you know that she was divorced?
(kyaa tumhen pataa thaa ki vah talaaq-shudaa thii?)
आवेदन-पत्र में तलाक़-शुदा उम्मीदवारों को अलग से चिह्नित करना होगा।
Divorced candidates will have to be marked separately in the application form.
(aavedan-patr men talaaq-shudaa ummiidvaaron ko alag se chihnit karnaa hogaa।)
अगर वह तलाक़-शुदा न होता, तो शायद हम उसका रिश्ता उसके लिए तय कर देते।
If he weren't divorced, we might have fixed his marriage for him.
(agar vah talaaq-shudaa n hotaa, to shaayad ham uskaa rishtaa uske lie tay kar dete।)
सुनने में आया है कि पड़ोस वाली आंटी तलाक़-शुदा हैं।
I've heard that the aunty from next door is divorced.
(sunne men aayaa hai ki pados vaalii aantii talaaq-shudaa hain।)
तलाक़-शुदा होने के बावजूद उसने हिम्मत नहीं खोई।
Despite being divorced, she didn't lose her courage.
(talaaq-shudaa hone ke baavjood usne himmat nahiin khoii।)
शायद वह तलाक़-शुदा हो, इसलिए इतनी उदास रहती है।
Maybe she is divorced, that's why she stays so sad.
(shaayad vah talaaq-shudaa ho, islie itnii udaas rahtii hai।)
फ़ॉर्म में साफ़ लिखिए कि आप विवाहित हैं, अविवाहित हैं या तलाक़-शुदा हैं।
Please clearly write in the form whether you are married, unmarried, or divorced.
(form men saaf likhie ki aap vivaahit hain, avivaahit hain yaa talaaq-shudaa hain।)
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
तलाक़-शुदा
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