गोश्त (gosht)

noun A single-sense noun meaning 'meat' or 'flesh,' most commonly used for the meat of an animal as food -- from Persian, and the everyday word for meat in Muslim and many North Indian households, especially in non-vegetarian cooking contexts.
Sense 1 : meat, flesh (as food)
noun, masculine
Synonyms: मांस (maans, more formal or clinical), गोश्त (gosht)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: गोश्त (gosht) is a Persian loanword and is the word you will hear at a Delhi meat shop or in a home kitchen when someone says 'गोश्त बनाना है' (gosht banaanaa hai, 'have to cook meat/mutton'). It usually defaults to mutton/goat meat unless specified otherwise (चिकन chikan for chicken, बीफ़ biif for beef), much like 'meat' alone often implies red meat in English.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use मांस (maans) in casual conversation where a native speaker would say गोश्त (gosht) -- in everyday kitchen and market talk, especially around mutton or chicken preparations, गोश्त (gosht) is the natural choice, while मांस (maans) can sound like a textbook or biology-class word. 2) गोश्त (gosht) usually implies meat as food (cooked or to be cooked), not flesh in the anatomical or gory sense -- for the latter, मांस (maans) or चमड़ी/मांस-पेशी (chamdii/maans-peshii) type words are used instead.
Sample Sentences:
आज घर में गोश्त बनाना है। We have to cook meat at home today.
(aaj ghar men gosht banaanaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मुझे बाज़ार से गोश्त लाना है। I have to bring meat from the market.
(mujhe baazaar se gosht laanaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
वह हफ़्ते में दो बार गोश्त खाता है। He eats meat twice a week.
(vah hafte men do baar gosht khaataa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कल रात हमने गोश्त बनाया था। We had cooked meat last night.
(kal raat hamne gosht banaayaa thaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अम्मी रसोई में गोश्त बना रही हैं। Mom is cooking meat in the kitchen.
(ammii rasoii men gosht banaa rahii hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
गोश्त ठीक से मत काटो, टुकड़े बड़े रखो। Don't cut the meat like that, keep the pieces big.
(gosht thiik se mat kaato, tukde bade rakho।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर गोश्त ताज़ा होता तो स्वाद और बढ़ जाता। If the meat were fresh, the taste would have been even better.
(agar gosht taazaa hotaa to svaad aur badh jaataa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
दुकानदार ने गोश्त तराज़ू पर रख दिया। The shopkeeper put the meat on the scale.
(dukaandaar ne gosht taraazoo par rakh diyaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
शायद वह गोश्त न खाता हो, शाकाहारी लग रहा है। Maybe he doesn't eat meat, he seems vegetarian.
(shaayad vah gosht n khaataa ho, shaakaahaarii lag rahaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
त्योहार पर बाज़ार में गोश्त की दुकानें बंद रहती हैं। The meat shops in the market stay closed on the festival.
(tyohaar par baazaar men gosht kii dukaanen band rahtii hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
फ़्रिज में रखा गोश्त खराब हो गया। The meat kept in the fridge went bad.
(frij men rakhaa gosht kharaab ho gayaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मेहमानों के लिए गोश्त पहले से पकाया गया था। The meat had been cooked in advance for the guests.
(mehmaanon ke lie gosht pahle se pakaayaa gayaa thaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): गोश्त (gosht)
(sg.m.oblique): गोश्त (gosht)
(pl.m.direct): गोश्त (gosht)
(pl.m.oblique): गोश्तों (goshton)