रेडियो (rediyo)

noun A loanword from English 'radio', used in the same sense as in English -- both the device and the medium/broadcast.
Sense 1 : the device (radio set)
noun, masculine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: रेडियो (rediyo) entered Hindi wholesale in the 20th century along with the object itself, and like many English tech loanwords (टीवी, मोबाइल), it never got a native replacement in everyday speech despite Sanskritized alternatives existing in formal or old All India Radio contexts.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to give this word a Hindi-pattern gender-marked adjective agreement as feminine (by false analogy with words ending in -ओ or -ई); it is grammatically masculine, so adjectives and verbs agree accordingly: मेरा रेडियो (meraa rediyo, my radio), not मेरी रेडियो.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादाजी के कमरे में एक पुराना रेडियो रखा है। There's an old radio kept in my grandfather's room.
(mere daadaajii ke kamre men ek puraanaa rediyo rakhaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
यह रेडियो अब काम नहीं करता। This radio doesn't work anymore.
(yah rediyo ab kaam nahiin kartaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
ज़रा रेडियो का वॉल्यूम कम करो। Turn down the radio's volume a bit.
(zaraa rediyo kaa volyoom kam karo।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
पापा ने पुराने बाज़ार से एक सेकंड-हैंड रेडियो खरीदा। Dad bought a second-hand radio from the old market.
(paapaa ne puraane baazaar se ek sekand-haind rediyo khariidaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर बिजली नहीं होती, तो हम रेडियो कैसे चलाते? If there were no electricity, how would we run the radio?
(agar bijlii nahiin hotii, to ham rediyo kaise chalaate?)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
रेडियो मेज़ पर रखा हुआ है। The radio is sitting on the table.
(rediyo mez par rakhaa huaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम्हारे पास कोई पुराना रेडियो है जो मुझे दे सको? Do you have any old radio that you could give me?
(kyaa tumhaare paas koii puraanaa rediyo hai jo mujhe de sako?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
यह रेडियो किसी शोरूम में नहीं, बल्कि कबाड़ी बाज़ार में बेचा गया था। This radio wasn't sold in a showroom, but in the scrap market.
(yah rediyo kisii shoroom men nahiin, balki kabaadii baazaar men bechaa gayaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
संग्रहालय में एक पुराना लकड़ी का रेडियो रखा गया है। An old wooden radio has been kept in the museum.
(sangrahaalay men ek puraanaa lakdii kaa rediyo rakhaa gayaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
काश मेरे पास वो जापानी रेडियो होता जो मैंने बचपन में देखा था। I wish I had that Japanese radio I saw in my childhood.
(kaash mere paas vo jaapaanii rediyo hotaa jo mainne bachpan men dekhaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
रेडियो की बैटरी खत्म हो गई है, नई डलवा दो। The radio's battery has run out, get a new one put in.
(rediyo kii baitrii khatm ho gaii hai, naii dalvaa do।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Sense 2 : radio as a medium/broadcasting
noun, masculine Used like English 'on the radio': रेडियो पर (rediyo par, on the radio) is the standard frame for something being broadcast.
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: रेडियो पर (rediyo par, on the radio) mirrors English usage almost exactly, a reminder of how thoroughly this loanword and its collocations carried over from English rather than being reshaped by Hindi.
Sample Sentences:
रेडियो पर यह गाना बहुत बजता है। This song plays a lot on the radio.
(rediyo par yah gaanaa bahut bajtaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मैंने पहली बार यह खबर रेडियो पर सुनी थी। I first heard this news on the radio.
(mainne pahlii baar yah khabar rediyo par sunii thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
आज़ादी के बाद रेडियो ने लोगों को जोड़ने में बड़ी भूमिका निभाई। After independence, radio played a big role in connecting people.
(aazaadii ke baad rediyo ne logon ko jodne men badii bhoomikaa nibhaaii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर रेडियो न होता, तो गाँवों में खबरें इतनी जल्दी न पहुँचतीं। If radio hadn't existed, news wouldn't have reached the villages so quickly.
(agar rediyo n hotaa, to gaanvon men khabren itnii jaldii n pahunchtiin।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
यह विज्ञापन कल से रेडियो पर प्रसारित होगा। This advertisement will be broadcast on the radio from tomorrow.
(yah vigyaapan kal se rediyo par prasaarit hogaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
उस ज़माने में रेडियो ही मनोरंजन का मुख्य साधन था। In those days, radio was the main source of entertainment.
(us zamaane men rediyo hii manoranjan kaa mukhy saadhan thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्रिकेट का स्कोर जानने के लिए हम रेडियो पर निर्भर रहते थे। We used to depend on the radio to know the cricket score.
(kriket kaa skor jaanne ke lie ham rediyo par nirbhar rahte the।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
सरकार ने घोषणा की कि यह संदेश रेडियो के ज़रिए हर घर तक पहुँचाया जाए। The government announced that this message should be delivered to every home through radio.
(sarkaar ne ghoshnaa kii ki yah sandesh rediyo ke zarie har ghar tak pahunchaayaa jaae।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Passive
इंटरनेट के दौर में भी रेडियो का अपना एक अलग जादू है। Even in the internet era, radio has its own distinct charm.
(intarnet ke daur men bhii rediyo kaa apnaa ek alag jaadoo hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
जनता तक तुरंत सूचना पहुँचाने के लिए रेडियो का प्रयोग करो। Use radio to convey information to the public immediately.
(jantaa tak turant soochnaa pahunchaane ke lie rediyo kaa prayog karo।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): रेडियो (rediyo)
(sg.m.oblique): रेडियो (rediyo)
(pl.m.direct): रेडियो (rediyo)
(pl.m.oblique): रेडियोों ([[रेडियोों]])