स्वीकार (sviikaar)

noun A formal noun meaning 'acceptance/acknowledgment', almost always seen paired with a light verb like करना (karnaa) or होना (honaa) to form a compound verb meaning 'to accept' or 'to be accepted'.
Sense 1 : acceptance, acknowledgment, admission
noun, masculine Almost always appears with करना (karnaa) (to accept something) or होना (honaa) (to be accepted), forming स्वीकार करना (sviikaar karnaa) and स्वीकार होना (sviikaar honaa) as the practical compound-verb forms learners will meet.
Synonyms: मंज़ूरी (manzoorii), स्वीकृति (sviikriti, noun form used for 'approval/consent')
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: In everyday Delhi speech, स्वीकार करना (sviikaar karnaa) sounds a notch more formal than मानना (maannaa) or मान लेना (maan lenaa) -- you will hear it in wedding invitations ('कृपया स्वीकार करें', kripyaa sviikaar karen, 'please accept') or official letters more than in casual chai-time chatter, where मान लो (maan lo) feels far more natural.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often use स्वीकार (sviikaar) alone as if it were a verb; in real usage it needs करना (karnaa) or होना (honaa) attached to function as one. 2) स्वीकार करना (sviikaar karnaa) takes the thing accepted with को (ko) or directly, not से (se) -- learners sometimes reach for से (se) by analogy with 'accept from'.
Sample Sentences:
कृपया हमारा निमंत्रण स्वीकार करें। Please accept our invitation.
(kripyaa hamaaraa nimantran sviikaar karen।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
उसने अपनी गलती का स्वीकार कर लिया। He acknowledged his mistake.
(usne apnii galtii kaa sviikaar kar liyaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
कंपनी ने अभी तक हमारे प्रस्ताव का स्वीकार नहीं किया है। The company has not yet given acceptance to our proposal.
(kampnii ne abhii tak hamaare prastaav kaa sviikaar nahiin kiyaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
समिति को हर आवेदन का स्वीकार या अस्वीकार लिखित में देना होगा। The committee will have to give written acceptance or rejection of every application.
(samiti ko har aavedan kaa sviikaar yaa asviikaar likhit men denaa hogaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
उस पत्र में उसने अपने अपराध का स्वीकार किया था। In that letter, he had made an admission of his crime.
(us patr men usne apne apraadh kaa sviikaar kiyaa thaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
यदि आपका स्वीकार मिल जाए, तो हम अनुबंध आगे भेज देंगे। If we receive your acceptance, we will send the contract further.
(yadi aapkaa sviikaar mil jaae, to ham anubandh aage bhej denge।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
काश उसका स्वीकार इतनी देर से न आता। If only his acceptance hadn't come so late.
(kaash uskaa sviikaar itnii der se n aataa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
विवाह-पत्रिका में लिखा था, 'कृपया स्वीकार करें'। The wedding invitation card said, 'please accept.'
(vivaah-patrikaa men likhaa thaa, 'kripyaa sviikaar karen'।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
बिना उसके स्वीकार के यह सौदा पूरा नहीं हो सकता। Without his acceptance, this deal cannot be completed.
(binaa uske sviikaar ke yah saudaa pooraa nahiin ho saktaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): स्वीकार (sviikaar)
(sg.m.oblique): स्वीकार (sviikaar)
(pl.m.direct): स्वीकार (sviikaar)
(pl.m.oblique): स्वीकारों (sviikaaron)