दाढ़ी (daadhii)

noun A single-sense everyday noun meaning 'beard'; also used in a couple of common fixed expressions about shaving and growing facial hair.
Sense 1 : beard
noun, feminine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: दाढ़ी बनाना (daadhii banaanaa) is the everyday phrase for 'to shave' -- men say मुझे दाढ़ी बनानी है (mujhe daadhii banaanii hai, 'I need to shave') every morning, and barbershops (सैलून, sailoon) advertise दाढ़ी-बाल (daadhii-baal, 'beard and hair,' i.e. a shave and haircut) as a package. Keeping a full beard, दाढ़ी रखना (daadhii rakhnaa), can carry religious or cultural signaling depending on community, so context matters.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to use बनाना (banaanaa) for 'shaving,' but the set expression is दाढ़ी बनाना (daadhii banaanaa, 'to shave [one's own] beard') -- literally 'to make the beard,' not 'to remove' it. 2) 'To grow a beard' is दाढ़ी बढ़ाना (daadhii badhaanaa) or दाढ़ी रखना (daadhii rakhnaa, 'to keep a beard'), not a literal translation of 'grow.'
Sample Sentences:
मुझे कल सुबह दाढ़ी बनानी है। I need to shave tomorrow morning.
(mujhe kal subah daadhii banaanii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
उसकी दाढ़ी बहुत घनी है। His beard is very thick.
(uskii daadhii bahut ghanii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
वह पिछले पाँच सालों से दाढ़ी रखता है। He has been keeping a beard for the last five years.
(vah pichhle paanch saalon se daadhii rakhtaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
सैलून वाले ने कहा, "दाढ़ी-बाल दोनों करवा लीजिए, कम पैसे लगेंगे।" The barber said, "Get both the beard and hair done, it'll cost less."
(sailoon vaale ne kahaa, "daadhii-baal donon karvaa liijie, kam paise lagenge।")
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
कृपया अपनी दाढ़ी थोड़ी छोटी करवा लीजिए। Please get your beard trimmed a little shorter.
(kripyaa apnii daadhii thodii chhotii karvaa liijie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर उसने दाढ़ी बढ़ाई होती, तो वह बिलकुल अलग दिखता। If he had grown a beard, he would have looked completely different.
(agar usne daadhii badhaaii hotii, to vah bilkul alag dikhtaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
बाबाजी की सफेद दाढ़ी उनके चेहरे को एक गरिमा देती थी। The old man's white beard lent his face a certain dignity.
(baabaajii kii saphed daadhii unke chehre ko ek garimaa detii thii।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्या तुमने अपनी दाढ़ी बनाई? Did you shave your beard?
(kyaa tumne apnii daadhii banaaii?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
शायद वह दाढ़ी रखना चाहता हो, इसलिए बना नहीं रहा। Maybe he wants to keep a beard, that's why he isn't shaving.
(shaayad vah daadhii rakhnaa chaahtaa ho, islie banaa nahiin rahaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
साधु की लंबी दाढ़ी हवा में लहरा रही थी। The sage's long beard was fluttering in the wind.
(saadhu kii lambii daadhii havaa men lahraa rahii thii।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
दाढ़ी में कुछ बाल सफेद होने लगे हैं। Some hairs in the beard have started turning white.
(daadhii men kuchh baal saphed hone lage hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): दाढ़ी (daadhii)
(sg.f.oblique): दाढ़ी (daadhii)
(pl.f.direct): दाढ़ियाँ (daadhiyaan)
(pl.f.oblique): दाढ़ियों (daadhiyon)