व्यक्तिगत (vyaktigat)
adjective
A single-sense adjective meaning 'personal/individual' -- used for personal belongings, personal matters, and personal opinions alike.
Sense
1
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personal, individual, private
adjective
Synonyms: निजी (nijii), शख्सी (shakhsii, rare)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear व्यक्तिगत रूप से (vyaktigat roop se, 'personally speaking') a lot in Indian offices and news interviews when someone wants to separate their own view from their official one -- it is the go-to hedge before giving an opinion that might ruffle feathers. It is built from व्यक्ति (vyakti, 'person/individual') plus the adjectival suffix -गत (gat, roughly 'pertaining to'), the same pattern you see in मानसिक (maansik) or सामाजिक (saamaajik)-type formations from abstract nouns.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use यह मेरा व्यक्तिगत है (yah meraa vyaktigat hai) to mean 'this is mine personally,' but व्यक्तिगत (vyaktigat) modifies a noun (व्यक्तिगत राय (vyaktigat raay, 'personal opinion')) -- it does not stand alone as a predicate meaning 'belongs to me personally'; use यह मेरी निजी चीज़ है (yah merii nijii chiiz hai, 'this is my personal thing') instead. 2) व्यक्तिगत (vyaktigat) and निजी (nijii) overlap heavily, but व्यक्तिगत (vyaktigat) leans toward 'pertaining to a specific individual' (व्यक्तिगत राय (vyaktigat raay, 'personal opinion'), व्यक्तिगत जीवन (vyaktigat jiivan, 'personal life')) while निजी (nijii) leans toward 'private/not public' (निजी कंपनी (nijii kampnii, 'private company')) -- they are often interchangeable but not always.
Sample Sentences:
यह मेरा व्यक्तिगत मामला है, इसमें दखल मत दो।
This is my personal matter, don't interfere in it.
(yah meraa vyaktigat maamlaa hai, ismen dakhal mat do।)
व्यक्तिगत रूप से, मुझे यह फ़ैसला सही नहीं लगता।
Personally speaking, this decision doesn't seem right to me.
(vyaktigat roop se, mujhe yah faislaa sahii nahiin lagtaa।)
कृपया अपने व्यक्तिगत विवरण फ़ॉर्म में भरें।
Please fill in your personal details in the form.
(kripyaa apne vyaktigat vivran form men bharen।)
उसने अपने व्यक्तिगत अनुभव के आधार पर यह किताब लिखी थी।
She had written this book based on her personal experience.
(usne apne vyaktigat anubhav ke aadhaar par yah kitaab likhii thii।)
मंत्री जी ने इस फ़ैसले पर व्यक्तिगत रूप से कोई टिप्पणी नहीं की।
The minister did not personally comment on this decision.
(mantrii jii ne is faisle par vyaktigat roop se koii tippnii nahiin kii।)
क्या तुम्हारे कुछ व्यक्तिगत सवाल पूछे जा सकते हैं?
Can some personal questions be asked of you?
(kyaa tumhaare kuchh vyaktigat savaal poochhe jaa sakte hain?)
अगर मुझसे व्यक्तिगत राय पूछी जाए, तो मैं इसके ख़िलाफ़ हूँ।
If I were asked for my personal opinion, I am against it.
(agar mujhse vyaktigat raay poochhii jaae, to main iske khilaaf hoon।)
काश उसकी व्यक्तिगत ज़िंदगी में इतनी दख़लअंदाज़ी न होती।
If only there weren't so much interference in his personal life.
(kaash uskii vyaktigat zindgii men itnii dakhlaandaazii n hotii।)
हर व्यक्तिगत निर्णय का असर सामाजिक जीवन पर भी पड़ता है।
Every personal decision also has an effect on social life.
(har vyaktigat nirnay kaa asar saamaajik jiivan par bhii padtaa hai।)
वह अपने व्यक्तिगत जीवन के बारे में कभी कुछ नहीं बताता।
He never tells anyone anything about his personal life.
(vah apne vyaktigat jiivan ke baare men kabhii kuchh nahiin bataataa।)
व्यक्तिगत स्वतंत्रता हमारे संविधान का एक बुनियादी सिद्धांत है।
Personal freedom is a fundamental principle of our constitution.
(vyaktigat svatantrtaa hamaare sanvidhaan kaa ek buniyaadii siddhaant hai।)
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
व्यक्तिगत
(vyaktigat)