कुहरा (kuhraa)
noun
A concrete, everyday noun meaning 'fog/mist' -- mostly used in its literal weather sense, with a natural figurative extension to mental or perceptual haziness.
Sense
1
:
fog, mist (atmospheric)
noun, masculine
Synonyms: धुंध (dhundh), कोहरा (kohraa, variant form)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Every winter, Delhi-NCR mornings from late December into January are dominated by talk of कुहरा (kuhraa) -- flight delays, slow trains, and headlines about 'घना कुहरा' (ghanaa kuhraa, 'dense fog') are a shared seasonal experience here, so this word carries real everyday resonance rather than being just a textbook weather term. Note the common spelling variant कोहरा (kohraa), which is at least as frequent, if not more so, in Delhi speech and writing.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse कुहरा (kuhraa) with धुआँ (dhuaan, smoke) -- कुहरा is natural weather fog, not man-made smoke. 2) The verb typically paired with it is पड़ना (padnaa) or छाना (chhaanaa), as in कुहरा छाया है (kuhraa chhaayaa hai, 'fog has settled/spread'), not होना (honaa) alone.
Sample Sentences:
सुबह घना कुहरा छाया हुआ था।
In the morning, dense fog had settled in.
(subah ghanaa kuhraa chhaayaa huaa thaa।)
दिल्ली में जनवरी में बहुत कुहरा पड़ता है।
In Delhi, there's a lot of fog in January.
(dillii men janavrii men bahut kuhraa padtaa hai।)
कुहरे की वजह से आज सारी फ्लाइटें लेट हैं।
All the flights are late today because of the fog.
(kuhre kii vajah se aaj saarii phlaaiten let hain।)
कुहरा इतना घना था कि सामने की सड़क भी नहीं दिख रही थी।
The fog was so dense that even the road ahead wasn't visible.
(kuhraa itnaa ghanaa thaa ki saamne kii sadak bhii nahiin dikh rahii thii।)
अगर कुहरा न होता तो ट्रेन समय पर पहुँच जाती।
If there hadn't been fog, the train would have arrived on time.
(agar kuhraa n hotaa to tren samay par pahunch jaatii।)
शाम होते-होते कुहरा और गहरा हो जाएगा।
By evening, the fog will get even thicker.
(shaam hote-hote kuhraa aur gahraa ho jaaegaa।)
खबरों में कह रहे थे कि आज घना कुहरा रहेगा।
The news was saying that there will be dense fog today.
(khabron men kah rahe the ki aaj ghanaa kuhraa rahegaa।)
गाड़ी धीरे चलाओ, कुहरे में कुछ नहीं दिखता।
Drive slowly, you can't see anything in the fog.
(gaadii dhiire chalaao, kuhre men kuchh nahiin dikhtaa।)
कुहरे के कारण दृश्यता शून्य के करीब दर्ज की गई।
Due to the fog, visibility was recorded as near zero.
(kuhre ke kaaran drishytaa shoony ke kariib darj kii gaii।)
उम्मीद है कि कल कुहरा थोड़ा कम हो।
Hopefully the fog will be a bit less tomorrow.
(ummiid hai ki kal kuhraa thodaa kam ho।)
पहाड़ों की चोटियाँ कुहरे में डूबी हुई थीं।
The mountain peaks were submerged in fog.
(pahaadon kii chotiyaan kuhre men doobii huii thiin।)
Sense
2
:
haze, mental fog, confusion (figurative)
noun, masculine Used metaphorically for unclear thinking or a blurred, uncertain situation, e.g. दिमाग़ में कुहरा छाना (dimaagh men kuhraa chhaanaa, 'a fog to settle over the mind').
Synonyms: धुंध (dhundh), उलझन (uljhan, meaning scope: confusion rather than haze)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: Just as English speakers say 'my mind is foggy,' Hindi speakers extend कुहरा (kuhraa) from weather to thought -- a nice parallel that makes this figurative sense easy to grasp once the literal one is familiar.
Sample Sentences:
उसकी बातें सुनकर मेरे दिमाग में कुहरा सा छा गया।
Hearing what he said, a kind of haze settled over my mind.
(uskii baaten sunkar mere dimaag men kuhraa saa chhaa gayaa।)
इतनी जानकारी एक साथ मिलने से सोच में कुहरा भर गया है।
Getting so much information all at once has filled my thinking with a fog.
(itnii jaankaarii ek saath milne se soch men kuhraa bhar gayaa hai।)
जब भी वह थका होता है, उसके विचारों पर कुहरा छाया रहता है।
Whenever he is tired, a haze hangs over his thoughts.
(jab bhii vah thakaa hotaa hai, uske vichaaron par kuhraa chhaayaa rahtaa hai।)
काश यह कुहरा छँट जाए और मुझे सब कुछ साफ़ दिखने लगे।
I wish this mental fog would clear and everything would become clear to me.
(kaash yah kuhraa chhant jaae aur mujhe sab kuchh saaf dikhne lage।)
अगर तुम इतनी जल्दी फ़ैसला न लेते, तो शायद यह कुहरा नहीं छाता।
If you hadn't decided so hastily, perhaps this haze of confusion wouldn't have set in.
(agar tum itnii jaldii faislaa n lete, to shaayad yah kuhraa nahiin chhaataa।)
इस मसले पर बहस सुनने के बाद मेरे मन का कुहरा और घना हो गया।
After hearing the debate on this issue, the fog in my mind grew even thicker.
(is masle par bahas sunne ke baad mere man kaa kuhraa aur ghanaa ho gayaa।)
ध्यान लगाओ, धीरे-धीरे मन का कुहरा छँट जाएगा।
Meditate, and slowly the haze in your mind will lift.
(dhyaan lagaao, dhiire-dhiire man kaa kuhraa chhant jaaegaa।)
उसके शब्दों ने मेरे भीतर के कुहरे को और गहरा कर दिया।
His words deepened the fog inside me even further.
(uske shabdon ne mere bhiitar ke kuhre ko aur gahraa kar diyaa।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
कुहरा
(kuhraa)
(sg.m.oblique):
कुहरे
(kuhre)
(pl.m.direct):
कुहरे
(kuhre)
(pl.m.oblique):
कुहरों
(kuhron)