चित्रकार (chitrkaar)
noun
A single-sense noun meaning 'painter/artist' -- someone who makes चित्र (chitr, 'pictures'), the -कार (kaar) suffix meaning 'maker/doer.'
Sense
1
:
painter, artist (visual)
noun, masculine/feminine
Synonyms: कलाकार (kalaakaar, broader: any artist), पेंटर (pentar, colloquial)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: चित्रकार (chitrkaar) is the word you will see under a painting in a museum in India, right before the artist's name -- it carries the same respectful, slightly formal weight as 'artist' does in an English gallery caption. In everyday chat about a kid who loves drawing, people often say यह तो चित्रकार बन जाएगा (yah to chitrkaar ban jaaegaa, 'this one will become a painter'), so the word slips easily from formal to affectionate use.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use चित्रकार (chitrkaar) for any kind of artist, but it specifically means one who paints or draws; a musician or actor is कलाकार (kalaakaar), not चित्रकार (chitrkaar). 2) The feminine form चित्रकार (chitrkaar) itself does not change; only the verb agreement and sometimes चित्रकारा (chitrkaaraa, rare, feminine variant) mark gender in speech, so learners should rely on the sentence's verb to know the painter's gender.
Sample Sentences:
वह एक मशहूर चित्रकार है।
He is a famous painter.
(vah ek mashahoor chitrkaar hai।)
इस चित्र का चित्रकार अभी भी अज्ञात है।
The painter of this picture is still unknown.
(is chitr kaa chitrkaar abhii bhii agyaat hai।)
मेरी दादी कहती थीं कि हर बच्चे में एक चित्रकार छिपा होता है।
My grandmother used to say that a painter is hidden in every child.
(merii daadii kahtii thiin ki har bachche men ek chitrkaar chhipaa hotaa hai।)
यह तो चित्रकार बन जाएगा, देखना।
This one will become a painter, just watch.
(yah to chitrkaar ban jaaegaa, dekhnaa।)
प्रदर्शनी में हर चित्र के नीचे चित्रकार का नाम लिखा गया था।
In the exhibition, the painter's name was written below every painting.
(pradarshnii men har chitr ke niiche chitrkaar kaa naam likhaa gayaa thaa।)
काश मैं भी उस जैसा चित्रकार होता।
I wish I too were a painter like him.
(kaash main bhii us jaisaa chitrkaar hotaa।)
अगर वह चित्रकार न होता, तो शायद संगीतकार बनता।
If he hadn't been a painter, he would perhaps have become a musician.
(agar vah chitrkaar n hotaa, to shaayad sangiitkaar bantaa।)
एक सच्चे चित्रकार को अपने आसपास की दुनिया को गहराई से देखना चाहिए।
A true painter should observe the world around him deeply.
(ek sachche chitrkaar ko apne aaspaas kii duniyaa ko gahraaii se dekhnaa chaahie।)
वह चित्रकार बनना चाहती थी, पर परिवार ने उसे डॉक्टर बना दिया।
She wanted to become a painter, but her family turned her into a doctor.
(vah chitrkaar bannaa chaahtii thii, par parivaar ne use doktar banaa diyaa।)
संग्रहालय में उस चित्रकार की रचनाएँ देखते हुए मैं घंटों खड़ा रहा।
I stood there for hours looking at that painter's works in the museum.
(sangrahaalay men us chitrkaar kii rachnaaen dekhte hue main ghanton khadaa rahaa।)
बेटा, चित्रकार बनना है तो पहले रंगों को समझो।
Son, if you want to become a painter, first understand colors.
(betaa, chitrkaar bannaa hai to pahle rangon ko samjho।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m/f.direct):
चित्रकार
(chitrkaar)
(sg.m/f.oblique):
चित्रकार
(chitrkaar)
(pl.m/f.direct):
चित्रकारें
(chitrkaaren)
(pl.m/f.oblique):
चित्रकारों
(chitrkaaron)