बोरा (boraa)

noun A large sack or gunny bag, most often heard in the context of grains, produce, or bulk storage. It has one core meaning; you'll mostly meet it in market, farm, or household storage contexts.
Sense 1 : sack, gunny bag
noun, masculine
Synonyms: बोरी (borii, smaller size), गोदाम बैग (godaam baig, rare)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Picture a sabzi mandi (sabzii mandii) or a ration shop where sacks of aatta (aataa) or chaawal (chaaval) are stacked in towers -- that's the classic scene for बोरा (boraa). It's a very physical, everyday word tied to markets, godowns, and trucks being loaded, not an abstract or literary one.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse बोरा (boraa) with बोरी (borii) -- बोरा (boraa) is masculine and typically refers to a larger sack (like one full of rice or wheat), while बोरी (borii) is feminine and usually a smaller bag; native speakers pick between them by size and habit more than by strict rule, so don't expect a hard boundary.
Sample Sentences:
मंडी में आटे के बोरे एक के ऊपर एक रखे हैं। In the market, sacks of flour are stacked one on top of the other.
(mandii men aate ke bore ek ke oopar ek rakhe hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मजदूर ट्रक से चावल के बोरे उतार रहे हैं। The laborers are unloading sacks of rice from the truck.
(majdoor trak se chaaval ke bore utaar rahe hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कल हमने गोदाम में सौ बोरे गेहूं भरवाए थे। Yesterday we had a hundred sacks of wheat filled in the warehouse.
(kal hamne godaam men sau bore gehoon bharvaae the।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
यह बोरा इतना भारी है कि अकेले नहीं उठाया जा सकता। This sack is so heavy that it can't be lifted alone.
(yah boraa itnaa bhaarii hai ki akele nahiin uthaayaa jaa saktaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
बोरा उठा और गाड़ी में रख दे। Pick up the sack and put it in the vehicle.
(boraa uthaa aur gaadii men rakh de।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर बारिश होती तो बोरे भीग जाते। If it had rained, the sacks would have gotten soaked.
(agar baarish hotii to bore bhiig jaate।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
दुकानदार हर हफ्ते चीनी के दस बोरे मंगवाता है। The shopkeeper orders ten sacks of sugar every week.
(dukaandaar har haphte chiinii ke das bore mangvaataa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
आटे का बोरा फट गया और सारा आटा सड़क पर बिखर गया। The sack of flour burst and all the flour scattered on the road.
(aate kaa boraa phat gayaa aur saaraa aataa sadak par bikhar gayaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
ट्रक में इतने बोरे लदे थे कि पहिए ज़मीन में धंस रहे थे। So many sacks were loaded on the truck that the wheels were sinking into the ground.
(trak men itne bore lade the ki pahie zamiin men dhans rahe the।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
गोदाम के मालिक ने कहा कि अगले महीने तक और बोरे भेज दिए जाएंगे। The warehouse owner said that more sacks would be sent by next month.
(godaam ke maalik ne kahaa ki agle mahiine tak aur bore bhej die jaaenge।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): बोरा (boraa)
(sg.m.oblique): बोरे (bore)
(pl.m.direct): बोरे (bore)
(pl.m.oblique): बोरों (boron)