दाख़िला (daakhilaa)
noun
This word means 'admission' or 'enrollment' -- most often used for schools, colleges, and courses. It's a Persian/Urdu-origin noun very common in everyday spoken Hindi, especially around exam and school-admission season.
Sense
1
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admission, enrollment (to a school/college/course)
noun, masculine Commonly used with लेना (lenaa, 'to take admission') and मिलना (milnaa, 'to get admission'), e.g. दाख़िला लेना (daakhilaa lenaa, 'to take admission') and दाख़िला मिलना (daakhilaa milnaa, 'to get admission').
Synonyms: प्रवेश (pravesh, slightly more formal/written)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Every March-April in Delhi, you'll hear parents anxiously discussing दाख़िला (daakhilaa) season -- nursery admissions in particular are famously stressful, with long queues and point-based lottery systems at good schools. The word's Persian root (from Urdu دخل) is a good reminder of how deeply Persian vocabulary is woven into everyday bureaucratic and educational Hindi.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often say दाख़िला करना (daakhilaa karnaa) by analogy with 'to do admission,' but the natural verbs are दाख़िला लेना (daakhilaa lenaa, 'to take admission') for the student's own action and दाख़िला देना (daakhilaa denaa, 'to grant admission') for the institution's action. 2) The person seeking admission is often marked with को (ko), as in उसे दाख़िला मिल गया (use daakhilaa mil gayaa, 'he got admission') -- learners sometimes try ने (ne) here by mistake since मिलना (milnaa) takes a dative subject, not an agentive one.
Sample Sentences:
इस साल नर्सरी दाख़िले के लिए बहुत भीड़ है।
This year there is a huge rush for nursery admissions.
(is saal narsrii daakhile ke lie bahut bhiid hai।)
मेरी बेटी का दाख़िला दिल्ली पब्लिक स्कूल में हो गया।
My daughter got admission into Delhi Public School.
(merii betii kaa daakhilaa dillii pablik skool men ho gayaa।)
क्या आप अगले महीने कॉलेज में दाख़िला लेंगे?
Will you take admission to college next month?
(kyaa aap agle mahiine kolej men daakhilaa lenge?)
हर मार्च में माँ-बाप दाख़िले की चिंता में डूबे रहते हैं।
Every March, parents remain sunk in anxiety over admissions.
(har maarch men maan-baap daakhile kii chintaa men doobe rahte hain।)
कृपया दाख़िला फ़ॉर्म समय पर जमा करें।
Please submit the admission form on time.
(kripyaa daakhilaa form samay par jamaa karen।)
अगर उसके अंक अच्छे होते तो उसका दाख़िला मेडिकल कॉलेज में हो जाता।
If his marks had been good, he would have gotten admission into medical college.
(agar uske ank achchhe hote to uskaa daakhilaa medikal kolej men ho jaataa।)
इस स्कूल में दाख़िला लॉटरी सिस्टम से दिया जाता है।
In this school, admission is given through a lottery system.
(is skool men daakhilaa lotrii sistam se diyaa jaataa hai।)
उम्मीद है कि उसका दाख़िला अच्छे स्कूल में हो जाए।
I hope his admission comes through at a good school.
(ummiid hai ki uskaa daakhilaa achchhe skool men ho jaae।)
दाख़िला प्रक्रिया इस बार ऑनलाइन पूरी की गई थी।
The admission process was completed online this time.
(daakhilaa prakriyaa is baar onlaain poorii kii gaii thii।)
सुबह से लाइन में लगे लोग दाख़िला फ़ॉर्म ले रहे थे।
People who had been standing in line since morning were taking admission forms.
(subah se laain men lage log daakhilaa form le rahe the।)
जब तक दाख़िला पक्का न हो जाए, फ़ीस मत भरना।
Don't pay the fee until the admission is confirmed.
(jab tak daakhilaa pakkaa n ho jaae, fiis mat bharnaa।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
दाख़िला
(daakhilaa)
(sg.m.oblique):
दाख़िले
(daakhile)
(pl.m.direct):
दाख़िले
(daakhile)
(pl.m.oblique):
दाख़िलों
(daakhilon)