पड़ोसिन (padosin)
noun
Means 'female neighbor' -- the feminine counterpart of पड़ोसी (padosii).
Sense
1
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female neighbor
noun, feminine
Synonyms: पड़ोसन (padosan, variant form)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: In everyday Delhi-NCR life, पड़ोसिन (padosin) often evokes the classic image of women neighbors chatting over the balcony or exchanging sugar and gossip -- a very domestic, colony-life word tied to mohalla (mohallaa) culture. It's used affectionately or sometimes teasingly, especially in the context of household dramas and TV serials featuring nosy or friendly neighbor characters.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often default to पड़ोसी (padosii) for all genders, but when specifically referring to a woman, native speakers usually say पड़ोसिन (padosin) or पड़ोसन (padosan). 2) Do not confuse with बहन (bahan, sister) despite the -in ending pattern -- पड़ोसिन (padosin) is purely about neighborly relation, not kinship.
Sample Sentences:
हमारी पड़ोसिन रोज़ सुबह बालकनी में खड़ी होकर बात करती है।
Our female neighbor stands on the balcony every morning and chats.
(hamaarii padosin roz subah baalaknii men khadii hokar baat kartii hai।)
पड़ोसिन ने कल शाम चीनी उधार माँगी थी।
The female neighbor had asked to borrow sugar yesterday evening.
(padosin ne kal shaam chiinii udhaar maangii thii।)
अगर पड़ोसिन इतनी बातें न फैलाती तो मोहल्ले में झगड़ा न होता।
If the female neighbor hadn't spread so much gossip, there wouldn't have been a fight in the neighborhood.
(agar padosin itnii baaten n phailaatii to mohalle men jhagdaa n hotaa।)
पड़ोसिन जी, ज़रा दरवाज़ा तो खोलिए।
Neighbor ji, please open the door for a moment.
(padosin jii, zaraa darvaazaa to kholie।)
टीवी सीरियल में वह पड़ोसिन हमेशा दूसरों के घर की खबर रखती है।
In the TV serial, that female neighbor always keeps tabs on everyone else's house.
(tiivii siiriyal men vah padosin hameshaa doosron ke ghar kii khabar rakhtii hai।)
शायद पड़ोसिन को पता हो कि रामू काका की तबीयत कैसी है।
Maybe the female neighbor knows how Ramu Kaka's health is doing.
(shaayad padosin ko pataa ho ki raamoo kaakaa kii tabiiyat kaisii hai।)
पड़ोसिन आजकल हमसे बात नहीं कर रही है, शायद कोई गलतफहमी हो गई है।
The female neighbor isn't talking to us these days, maybe there's some misunderstanding.
(padosin aajkal hamse baat nahiin kar rahii hai, shaayad koii galatphahmii ho gaii hai।)
पूरी कॉलोनी में उस पड़ोसिन जैसी मददगार औरत कोई नहीं है।
There isn't another woman as helpful as that female neighbor in the whole colony.
(poorii kolonii men us padosin jaisii madadgaar aurat koii nahiin hai।)
पड़ोसिन के घर से हर त्योहार पर मिठाई भेजी जाती है।
Sweets are sent from the female neighbor's house on every festival.
(padosin ke ghar se har tyohaar par mithaaii bhejii jaatii hai।)
बच्चों के झगड़े को लेकर पड़ोसिन से थोड़ी बहस हो गई।
There was a bit of an argument with the female neighbor over the children's quarrel.
(bachchon ke jhagde ko lekar padosin se thodii bahas ho gaii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
पड़ोसिन
(padosin)
(sg.f.oblique):
पड़ोसिन
(padosin)
(pl.f.direct):
पड़ोसिनें
(padosinen)
(pl.f.oblique):
पड़ोसिनों
(padosinon)