गेहूँ (gehoon)

noun A single-sense everyday noun: the grain wheat, and by extension the crop/plant growing in the field.
Sense 1 : wheat (the grain/crop)
noun, masculine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: गेहूँ (gehoon) is the backbone grain of North Indian meals -- the flour ground from it, आटा (aataa), becomes the daily रोटी (rotii). In Delhi-NCR households you will hear people talk about buying गेहूँ (gehoon) in bulk during harvest season (around Baisakhi in Punjab and neighboring regions) to grind fresh आटा (aataa) through the year -- it is treated less like a 'shopping item' and more like a household stock, similar to how a family might stockpile rice in other parts of India.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes treat गेहूँ (gehoon) as countable and try to pluralize it like an ordinary object; as a mass noun for grain it normally stays in the singular even when referring to a large quantity, much like English 'wheat.' 2) The nasalized ending (ँ) is often dropped in casual typing (गेहू), but in careful speech and writing the chandrabindu is retained.
Sample Sentences:
इस साल गेहूँ की फ़सल बहुत अच्छी हुई है। This year the wheat crop has been very good.
(is saal gehoon kii fasal bahut achchhii huii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
हम हर साल बैसाखी के आस-पास बोरों में गेहूँ खरीदते हैं। We buy wheat in sacks every year around Baisakhi.
(ham har saal baisaakhii ke aas-paas boron men gehoon khariidte hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पापा गेहूँ को गोदाम में रखवा रहे थे। Dad was having the wheat stored in the warehouse.
(paapaa gehoon ko godaam men rakhvaa rahe the।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
गेहूँ पीसकर आटा बनाया जाता है। Wheat is ground to make flour.
(gehoon piiskar aataa banaayaa jaataa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
कृपया गेहूँ को अच्छी तरह साफ़ करके धूप में सुखा लें। Please clean the wheat thoroughly and dry it in the sun.
(kripyaa gehoon ko achchhii tarah saaf karke dhoop men sukhaa len।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर बारिश ज़्यादा होती तो गेहूँ की फ़सल बर्बाद हो जाती। If it had rained more, the wheat crop would have been ruined.
(agar baarish zyaadaa hotii to gehoon kii fasal barbaad ho jaatii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
पंजाब भारत के सबसे बड़े गेहूँ उत्पादक राज्यों में से एक है। Punjab is one of the largest wheat-producing states in India.
(panjaab bhaarat ke sabse bade gehoon utpaadak raajyon men se ek hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस बार गेहूँ के दाम बढ़ जाएँगे, ऐसा लगता है। It seems the price of wheat will rise this time.
(is baar gehoon ke daam badh jaaenge, aisaa lagtaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
किसान चाहता है कि इस साल गेहूँ की पैदावार पिछले साल से ज़्यादा हो। The farmer wishes that the wheat yield this year be more than last year.
(kisaan chaahtaa hai ki is saal gehoon kii paidaavaar pichhle saal se zyaadaa ho।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
मंडी में गेहूँ की बोरियाँ ट्रकों में लादी जा रही थीं। Sacks of wheat were being loaded onto trucks at the grain market.
(mandii men gehoon kii boriyaan trakon men laadii jaa rahii thiin।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
दादी कहती हैं कि पुराने ज़माने में गेहूँ को घर में ही चक्की पर पीसा जाता था। Grandmother says that in the old days wheat used to be ground at home on a mill.
(daadii kahtii hain ki puraane zamaane men gehoon ko ghar men hii chakkii par piisaa jaataa thaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): गेहूँ (gehoon)
(sg.m.oblique): गेहूँ (gehoon)
(pl.m.direct): गेहूँ (gehoon)
(pl.m.oblique): गेहूँों ([[गेहूँों]])