मुलाक़ात (mulaaqaat)
noun
A single core meaning: a meeting or encounter with a person. Mostly used with होना (honaa) 'to happen/occur' or करना (karnaa) 'to make/have', as in mulaaqaat honaa and mulaaqaat karnaa.
Sense
1
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meeting, encounter with a person
noun, feminine Typically pairs with से (se) to mark the other person: kisii se mulaaqaat 'a meeting with someone'. Common verb pairings are होना (honaa) for a meeting that happens/occurs, and करना (karnaa) for deliberately arranging one.
Synonyms: भेंट (bhent, formal), मिलना (milnaa, used as a verbal noun rather than a noun proper)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: मुलाक़ात (mulaaqaat) comes from Arabic/Persian via Urdu and carries a slightly warmer, more personal flavor than the plainer भेंट (bhent), which feels more formal or official (used for things like a state visit). You'll hear aapse mulaaqaat karke achchhaa lagaa ('nice to have met you') as a common polite closing line after a first meeting.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often default to मिलना (milnaa) in every context, but मुलाक़ात (mulaaqaat) is the noun used when talking *about* a meeting as an event (e.g. scheduling it, remembering it), whereas मिलना (milnaa) is the verb for the act of meeting itself. 2) The person met is marked with से (se), not को (ko) -- learners sometimes wrongly use को (ko) by analogy with other verbs.
Sample Sentences:
आपसे मुलाक़ात करके अच्छा लगा।
Nice to have met you.
(aapse mulaaqaat karke achchhaa lagaa।)
कल शाम को उससे मेरी मुलाक़ात हुई थी।
I had a meeting with him yesterday evening.
(kal shaam ko usse merii mulaaqaat huii thii।)
क्या हम कल दोपहर मिल सकते हैं? मुझे आपसे एक ज़रूरी मुलाक़ात करनी है।
Can we meet tomorrow afternoon? I need to have an important meeting with you.
(kyaa ham kal dopahar mil sakte hain? mujhe aapse ek zaroorii mulaaqaat karnii hai।)
वह हर हफ़्ते अपने पुराने दोस्तों से मुलाक़ात करता है।
He meets his old friends every week.
(vah har hafte apne puraane doston se mulaaqaat kartaa hai।)
अगर वह उस दिन मुझसे मुलाक़ात करती तो शायद सब कुछ बदल जाता।
If she had met me that day, maybe everything would have changed.
(agar vah us din mujhse mulaaqaat kartii to shaayad sab kuchh badal jaataa।)
मंत्री जी की उद्योगपतियों से मुलाक़ात कल होगी।
The minister's meeting with the industrialists will happen tomorrow.
(mantrii jii kii udyogaptiyon se mulaaqaat kal hogii।)
कृपया इस मुलाक़ात का समय बदल दीजिए।
Please change the time of this meeting.
(kripyaa is mulaaqaat kaa samay badal diijie।)
शायद हमारी मुलाक़ात किसी और मौके पर हो जाए।
Perhaps our meeting will happen on some other occasion.
(shaayad hamaarii mulaaqaat kisii aur mauke par ho jaae।)
यह मुलाक़ात दोनों देशों के अधिकारियों के बीच होटल में आयोजित की गई थी।
This meeting between the officials of the two countries was organized at the hotel.
(yah mulaaqaat donon deshon ke adhikaariyon ke biich hotal men aayojit kii gaii thii।)
बरसों बाद उससे मुलाक़ात हुई तो आँखों में आँसू आ गए।
When I met him after years, tears came to my eyes.
(barson baad usse mulaaqaat huii to aankhon men aansoo aa gae।)
उन दिनों हम अक्सर चाय की दुकान पर मुलाक़ात करते थे।
In those days we often used to meet at the tea shop.
(un dinon ham aksar chaay kii dukaan par mulaaqaat karte the।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
मुलाक़ात
(mulaaqaat)
(sg.f.oblique):
मुलाक़ात
(mulaaqaat)
(pl.f.direct):
मुलाक़ातें
(mulaaqaaten)
(pl.f.oblique):
मुलाक़ातों
(mulaaqaaton)