घायल (ghaayal)

adjective A single-sense adjective meaning wounded or injured, used for physical injuries as well as figurative hurt (like a wounded heart).
Sense 1 : wounded, injured
adjective
Synonyms: जख्मी (jakhmii), ज़ख्मी (zakhmii, variant form), चोटिल (chotil)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear घायल (ghaayal) constantly in news reports about accidents -- घायल हो गया (ghaayal ho gayaa, 'got injured') is the standard phrase reporters use. It also shows up in film dialogue and shayari for a wounded heart or wounded pride, so it carries an easy poetic extension beyond the ER-room sense.
Common Mistakes: 1) घायल (ghaayal) is most often paired with होना (honaa) ('to become wounded') or करना (karnaa) ('to wound someone') rather than used as a standalone verb -- learners sometimes try to verb-ify it directly instead of using these helper verbs. 2) It is commonly used figuratively for emotional hurt, e.g. घायल दिल (ghaayal dil, 'wounded heart'), which can surprise learners expecting only a physical-injury sense.
Sample Sentences:
दुर्घटना में तीन लोग घायल हो गए। Three people were injured in the accident.
(durghatnaa men tiin log ghaayal ho gae।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
पुलिस के अनुसार घायल व्यक्ति को अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया गया है। According to the police, the injured person has been admitted to the hospital.
(pulis ke anusaar ghaayal vyakti ko asptaal men bhartii karaayaa gayaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
क्या तुम ठीक हो? तुम्हारा हाथ घायल लग रहा है। Are you okay? Your hand looks injured.
(kyaa tum thiik ho? tumhaaraa haath ghaayal lag rahaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर वह हेलमेट पहनता तो शायद इतना घायल न होता। If he had worn a helmet, he probably wouldn't have been this badly injured.
(agar vah helmet pahantaa to shaayad itnaa ghaayal n hotaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
सैनिक बुरी तरह घायल होते हुए भी लड़ता रहा। Even while badly wounded, the soldier kept fighting.
(sainik burii tarah ghaayal hote hue bhii ladtaa rahaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
घायल पक्षी को देखकर बच्चे को बहुत दुख हुआ। Seeing the wounded bird, the child felt very sad.
(ghaayal pakshii ko dekhkar bachche ko bahut dukh huaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
उसकी बेइज़्ज़ती से उसका घायल अभिमान फिर से जाग उठा। His wounded pride awoke again from the insult.
(uskii beizztii se uskaa ghaayal abhimaan phir se jaag uthaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मेरा दिल घायल है, पर मैं मुस्कुराता रहता हूँ। My heart is wounded, but I keep smiling.
(meraa dil ghaayal hai, par main muskuraataa rahtaa hoon।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
घायलों को तुरंत नज़दीकी अस्पताल ले जाया जाए। Let the injured be taken to the nearest hospital immediately.
(ghaaylon ko turant nazdiikii asptaal le jaayaa jaae।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Passive
जब मैं वहाँ पहुँचा, वह पहले से ही घायल पड़ा था। By the time I got there, he was already lying wounded.
(jab main vahaan pahunchaa, vah pahle se hii ghaayal padaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
घायल मत होना, सावधानी से खेलना। Don't get hurt -- play carefully.
(ghaayal mat honaa, saavdhaanii se khelnaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant: घायल (ghaayal)