उबला हुआ (ublaa huaa)
adjective
This is the perfect participle of उबलना (ubalnaa, 'to boil,' intransitive), used as an adjective meaning 'boiled' -- as in उबला हुआ अंडा (ublaa huaa andaa, 'boiled egg').
Sense
1
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boiled (of food, water, etc.)
adjective Formed from the perfective participle of उबलना (ubalnaa) plus हुआ (huaa); agrees in gender/number with the noun it modifies, e.g. उबली हुई सब्ज़ी (ublii huii sabzii, 'boiled vegetable'), उबले हुए आलू (uble hue aaloo, 'boiled potatoes').
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear this constantly around Indian kitchens and street food stalls -- उबले हुए अंडे (uble hue ande, 'boiled eggs') sold by hawkers, or a mother telling you उबला हुआ पानी पियो (ublaa huaa paanii piyo, 'drink boiled water') when you are new to a place, since boiling water is the classic home remedy for making it safe to drink.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes drop हुआ (huaa) and just say उबला (ublaa) alone before a noun, which sounds incomplete in most everyday contexts -- the full participle उबला हुआ (ublaa huaa) is the natural adjectival form. 2) Because उबलना (ubalnaa) is intransitive ('to boil' as in 'the water boils'), this participle describes the food/liquid itself being boiled, not something actively boiling something else -- for 'to boil something' (transitive), Hindi uses उबालना (ubaalnaa), giving a different participle उबाला हुआ (ubaalaa huaa) with the same meaning in practice but a different verb root underneath.
Sample Sentences:
बाहर से पानी पीने से पहले उबला हुआ पानी पियो।
Before drinking water from outside, drink boiled water.
(baahar se paanii piine se pahle ublaa huaa paanii piyo।)
ठेले वाला सुबह-सुबह उबले हुए अंडे बेचता है।
The cart vendor sells boiled eggs early in the morning.
(thele vaalaa subah-subah uble hue ande bechtaa hai।)
माँ ने डायटिंग के लिए उबली हुई सब्ज़ियाँ बनाई हैं।
Mom has made boiled vegetables for the diet.
(maan ne daayting ke lie ublii huii sabziyaan banaaii hain।)
यहाँ का पानी उबाला नहीं गया है, इसलिए पीने के लिए ठीक नहीं है।
The water here hasn't been boiled, so it's not okay to drink.
(yahaan kaa paanii ubaalaa nahiin gayaa hai, islie piine ke lie thiik nahiin hai।)
अगर पानी उबला हुआ होता, तो हम बेफिक्र होकर पी सकते थे।
If the water had been boiled, we could have drunk it without worry.
(agar paanii ublaa huaa hotaa, to ham bephikr hokar pii sakte the।)
यात्रा के दौरान हमेशा उबला हुआ पानी ही पीना चाहिए।
While traveling, one should always drink only boiled water.
(yaatraa ke dauraan hameshaa ublaa huaa paanii hii piinaa chaahie।)
डॉक्टर ने सलाह दी कि बच्चे को उबला हुआ दूध ही दिया जाए।
The doctor advised that the child should only be given boiled milk.
(doktar ne salaah dii ki bachche ko ublaa huaa doodh hii diyaa jaae।)
कल तक यह पानी उबाला जा रहा होगा।
By tomorrow this water will be being boiled.
(kal tak yah paanii ubaalaa jaa rahaa hogaa।)
सलाद में उबले हुए आलू डालना मत भूलना।
Don't forget to add boiled potatoes to the salad.
(salaad men uble hue aaloo daalnaa mat bhoolnaa।)
उबले हुए चावल ठंडे होने पर भी नरम रहते हैं।
Boiled rice stays soft even after it cools down.
(uble hue chaaval thande hone par bhii naram rahte hain।)
स्टेशन पर उबले हुए चने बेचने वाला रोज़ आता है।
The man who sells boiled chickpeas comes to the station every day.
(steshan par uble hue chane bechne vaalaa roz aataa hai।)
Morphology
Adjective (variable)
(sg.m):
उबला हुआ
(ublaa huaa)
(pl.m):
उबला हुआे
(ublaa [[हुआे]])
(sg.f):
उबला हुआी
(ublaa [[हुआी]])
(pl.f):
उबला हुआी
(ublaa [[हुआी]])