हादसा (haadsaa)
noun
A single-sense everyday noun meaning 'accident' or 'mishap' -- most often a road accident or sudden tragic event; borrowed from Persian/Urdu and extremely common in spoken and news Hindi.
Sense
1
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accident, mishap, tragic incident
noun, masculine
Synonyms: दुर्घटना (durghatnaa), हादिसा (haadisaa, variant spelling)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear हादसा (haadsaa) constantly on Hindi news channels -- सड़क हादसा (sadak haadsaa, 'road accident') is a stock phrase reporters use almost every day. It carries a slightly more dramatic, human-tragedy flavor than the drier, bureaucratic दुर्घटना (durghatnaa), which you will find more in official reports and school textbooks.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes reach only for दुर्घटना (durghatnaa) from textbooks, but हादसा (haadsaa) is what people actually say in conversation and on the news for car crashes, fires, and other sudden mishaps. 2) हादसा (haadsaa) can stretch to mean any sudden misfortune (a fall, a fire, even a personal tragedy), not just vehicle collisions, so do not restrict it mentally to 'road accident' the way दुर्घटना (durghatnaa) often gets used in formal writing.
Sample Sentences:
कल रात एक बड़ा सड़क हादसा हुआ।
A big road accident happened last night.
(kal raat ek badaa sadak haadsaa huaa।)
खबर है कि हाईवे पर एक भयानक हादसा हो गया है।
There's news that a horrific accident has occurred on the highway.
(khabar hai ki haaiive par ek bhayaanak haadsaa ho gayaa hai।)
इस मोड़ पर हर महीने कोई न कोई हादसा होता रहता है।
Some accident or the other keeps happening at this turn every month.
(is mod par har mahiine koii n koii haadsaa hotaa rahtaa hai।)
अगर तुम इतनी तेज़ गाड़ी चलाते रहे, तो एक दिन हादसा हो जाएगा।
If you keep driving this fast, an accident will happen one day.
(agar tum itnii tez gaadii chalaate rahe, to ek din haadsaa ho jaaegaa।)
काश वह हादसा टल जाता।
I wish that accident could have been avoided.
(kaash vah haadsaa tal jaataa।)
उस हादसे में कई लोग बुरी तरह ज़ख्मी हो गए थे।
Many people were badly injured in that accident.
(us haadse men kaii log burii tarah zakhmii ho gae the।)
दर्शकों से अनुरोध है कि हादसे की पूरी जानकारी बनी रहने पर हम आपको सूचित करते रहेंगे।
Viewers are requested to note that we will keep informing you as full details of the accident become available.
(darshkon se anurodh hai ki haadse kii poorii jaankaarii banii rahne par ham aapko soochit karte rahenge।)
हादसे की जगह पर पुलिस अब भी जाँच कर रही है।
The police are still investigating at the accident site.
(haadse kii jagah par pulis ab bhii jaanch kar rahii hai।)
हादसे में मरने वालों की संख्या को लेकर अभी कोई पुष्टि नहीं की गई है।
No confirmation has yet been given regarding the number of people killed in the accident.
(haadse men marne vaalon kii sankhyaa ko lekar abhii koii pushti nahiin kii gaii hai।)
सावधानी बरतो, यहाँ पहले भी हादसा हो चुका है।
Be careful, an accident has already happened here before.
(saavdhaanii barto, yahaan pahle bhii haadsaa ho chukaa hai।)
क्या तुमने वो सड़क हादसा देखा जो आज सुबह न्यूज़ पर दिखाया?
Did you see that road accident they showed on the news this morning?
(kyaa tumne vo sadak haadsaa dekhaa jo aaj subah nyooz par dikhaayaa?)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
हादसा
(haadsaa)
(sg.m.oblique):
हादसे
(haadse)
(pl.m.direct):
हादसे
(haadse)
(pl.m.oblique):
हादसों
(haadson)