स्थगित (sthagit)
adjective
A formal/administrative word meaning 'postponed' or 'adjourned', almost always paired with the verb करना (karnaa) or होना (honaa).
Sense
1
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postponed, adjourned, deferred
adjective Almost always used with करना (karnaa) ('to postpone something') or होना (honaa) ('to be postponed'), forming a fixed pattern rather than standing alone as a simple descriptive adjective.
Synonyms: टाला हुआ (taalaa huaa), मुल्तवी (multvii, formal, often used in legal/court contexts)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You'll meet this word constantly in news broadcasts and official announcements -- a train is स्थगित (sthagit), a parliamentary session is स्थगित (sthagit), a cricket match is स्थगित (sthagit) due to rain. It has a stiff, official flavor, much like English 'adjourned' versus the everyday 'put off'.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners try to use स्थगित (sthagit) as a standalone verb; it needs करना (karnaa) or होना (honaa) attached to actually express the action of postponing or being postponed. 2) This word is bureaucratic/formal in tone -- in casual speech, लोग टालना (taalnaa) or स्थगित करना (sthagit karnaa) directly, but for everyday plans (like a coffee meetup), टालना (taalnaa) alone sounds far more natural than स्थगित करना (sthagit karnaa).
Sample Sentences:
आज की बैठक स्थगित कर दी गई है।
Today's meeting has been postponed.
(aaj kii baithak sthagit kar dii gaii hai।)
बारिश की वजह से मैच स्थगित कर दिया गया।
Due to the rain, the match was postponed.
(baarish kii vajah se maich sthagit kar diyaa gayaa।)
संसद का सत्र अगले सोमवार तक स्थगित रहेगा।
The parliamentary session will remain postponed until next Monday.
(sansad kaa satr agle somvaar tak sthagit rahegaa।)
क्या ट्रेन स्थगित है या रद्द?
Is the train postponed or cancelled?
(kyaa tren sthagit hai yaa radd?)
अगर मौसम खराब होता तो कार्यक्रम स्थगित हो जाता।
If the weather had been bad, the program would have been postponed.
(agar mausam kharaab hotaa to kaaryakram sthagit ho jaataa।)
सुनवाई अगली तारीख तक स्थगित कर दी जाए।
Let the hearing be postponed until the next date.
(sunvaaii aglii taariikh tak sthagit kar dii jaae।)
प्रधानमंत्री की यात्रा अनिश्चित काल के लिए स्थगित कर दी गई है।
The Prime Minister's visit has been postponed indefinitely.
(pradhaanmantrii kii yaatraa anishchit kaal ke lie sthagit kar dii gaii hai।)
परीक्षाएँ पहले भी कई बार स्थगित की जाती रही हैं।
The exams have been postponed several times before as well.
(pariikshaaen pahle bhii kaii baar sthagit kii jaatii rahii hain।)
अदालत ने फैसला स्थगित करने का आदेश दिया।
The court ordered that the verdict be postponed.
(adaalat ne phaislaa sthagit karne kaa aadesh diyaa।)
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
स्थगित
(sthagit)