ख़र्चा (kharchaa)
noun
A common everyday noun meaning 'expense/expenditure' -- money spent on something, often household or running costs. Closely related to the verb ख़र्च करना (kharch karnaa, 'to spend').
Sense
1
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expense, expenditure, cost
noun, masculine
Synonyms: ख़र्च (kharch, common variant, often used interchangeably), व्यय (vyay, formal)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear this word constantly in domestic conversation -- घर का ख़र्चा (ghar kaa kharchaa, 'household expenses'), बच्चों का ख़र्चा (bachchon kaa kharchaa, 'children's expenses') -- it is the word of the monthly household budget, the kind of thing a mother or father tallies up at the end of the month over chai. It carries a slightly more homely, grounded feel than the more clipped ख़र्च (kharch), somewhat like 'the household costs' versus the more clinical 'expenditure.'
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often use ख़र्च (kharch) and ख़र्चा (kharchaa) as if they were completely different words -- in daily speech they largely overlap, though ख़र्चा (kharchaa) has a slightly more colloquial, 'everyday household cost' feel, while ख़र्च (kharch) is used more broadly, including in formal and written contexts. 2) The verb pairing is ख़र्चा होना (kharchaa honaa, 'to be incurred as an expense') or ख़र्चा करना (kharchaa karnaa, 'to incur/spend an expense') -- learners sometimes default only to करना (karnaa) and miss होना (honaa), which is common when talking about costs that 'happen' to you, like घर का ख़र्चा हो गया (ghar kaa kharchaa ho gayaa, 'the household expense came up/happened').
Sample Sentences:
इस महीने घर का ख़र्चा बहुत बढ़ गया है।
The household expenses have gone up a lot this month.
(is mahiine ghar kaa kharchaa bahut badh gayaa hai।)
माँ हर महीने के आख़िर में घर का पूरा ख़र्चा लिखती है।
Mom writes down all the household expenses at the end of every month.
(maan har mahiine ke aakhir men ghar kaa pooraa kharchaa likhtii hai।)
बच्चों का ख़र्चा दिन-ब-दिन बढ़ता जा रहा है।
The children's expenses keep increasing day by day.
(bachchon kaa kharchaa din-b-din badhtaa jaa rahaa hai।)
पिछले साल शादी का ख़र्चा हमारी सोच से कहीं ज़्यादा निकला।
Last year the wedding expenses turned out to be far more than we thought.
(pichhle saal shaadii kaa kharchaa hamaarii soch se kahiin zyaadaa niklaa।)
अगर तनख़्वाह न बढ़ी तो घर का ख़र्चा कैसे चलेगा?
If the salary doesn't increase, how will the household expenses be managed?
(agar tanakhvaah n badhii to ghar kaa kharchaa kaise chalegaa?)
काश हमारा ख़र्चा इतना ना होता तो कुछ पैसे बच जाते।
If only our expenses weren't this much, we would have saved some money.
(kaash hamaaraa kharchaa itnaa naa hotaa to kuchh paise bach jaate।)
कृपया इस महीने के दफ़्तर के ख़र्चे का पूरा हिसाब मुझे भेज दीजिए।
Please send me the complete account of this month's office expenses.
(kripyaa is mahiine ke daftar ke kharche kaa pooraa hisaab mujhe bhej diijie।)
इतना ख़र्चा हर महीने उठाना आसान नहीं है।
Bearing this much expense every month is not easy.
(itnaa kharchaa har mahiine uthaanaa aasaan nahiin hai।)
हो सकता है इस बार का ख़र्चा पिछली बार से कम हो जाए।
It's possible that this time's expenses might turn out lower than last time.
(ho saktaa hai is baar kaa kharchaa pichhlii baar se kam ho jaae।)
घर का सारा ख़र्चा पापा की तनख़्वाह से ही निकाला जाता है।
All the household expenses are covered from dad's salary alone.
(ghar kaa saaraa kharchaa paapaa kii tanakhvaah se hii nikaalaa jaataa hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
ख़र्चा
(kharchaa)
(sg.m.oblique):
ख़र्चे
(kharche)
(pl.m.direct):
ख़र्चे
(kharche)
(pl.m.oblique):
ख़र्चों
(kharchon)