बेकारी (bekaarii)

noun A noun meaning 'unemployment' or 'joblessness' -- the abstract-noun form built from बेकार (bekaar, 'useless/unemployed') with the ई (ii) suffix.
Sense 1 : unemployment, joblessness
noun, feminine
Synonyms: बेरोज़गारी (berozgaarii)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: You will hear बेरोज़गारी (berozgaarii) much more often in news broadcasts and political speeches about jobs; बेकारी (bekaarii) carries a similar meaning but leans a bit more literary or old-fashioned, the kind of word you might meet in an essay or a Hindi textbook chapter on social issues.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for बेकार (bekaar) itself to mean 'unemployment,' but बेकार (bekaar) is the adjective ('useless' or 'unemployed [person]'), while बेकारी (bekaarii) is the abstract noun for the condition. 2) बेरोज़गारी (berozgaarii) is the far more common word for 'unemployment' in everyday and news Hindi; बेकारी (bekaarii) is understood but sounds slightly more bookish or dated.
Sample Sentences:
देश में बेकारी लगातार बढ़ रही है। Unemployment in the country is continuously increasing.
(desh men bekaarii lagaataar badh rahii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बेकारी की समस्या पर एक निबंध लिखिए। Write an essay on the problem of unemployment.
(bekaarii kii samasyaa par ek nibandh likhie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
बेकारी के कारण कई परिवार गरीबी में डूब गए। Because of unemployment, many families sank into poverty.
(bekaarii ke kaaran kaii parivaar gariibii men doob gae।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
यदि सरकार ठोस कदम उठाती तो बेकारी इतनी न बढ़ती। If the government had taken concrete steps, unemployment would not have increased this much.
(yadi sarkaar thos kadam uthaatii to bekaarii itnii n badhtii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
बेकारी का सबसे बुरा प्रभाव युवाओं पर पड़ता है। The worst effect of unemployment falls on the youth.
(bekaarii kaa sabse buraa prabhaav yuvaaon par padtaa hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या शिक्षा प्रणाली में सुधार से बेकारी कम हो सकती है? Can unemployment be reduced through reforms in the education system?
(kyaa shikshaa pranaalii men sudhaar se bekaarii kam ho saktii hai?)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बेकारी को दूर करने के लिए नई योजनाएँ बनाई जाएँगी। New schemes will be made to remove unemployment.
(bekaarii ko door karne ke lie naii yojnaaen banaaii jaaengii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
उस काल की बेकारी ने समाज की नींव को हिला दिया था। The unemployment of that era had shaken the foundations of society.
(us kaal kii bekaarii ne samaaj kii niinv ko hilaa diyaa thaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): बेकारी (bekaarii)
(sg.f.oblique): बेकारी (bekaarii)
(pl.f.direct): बेकारियाँ (bekaariyaan)
(pl.f.oblique): बेकारियों (bekaariyon)