रसोई (rasoii)
noun
A kitchen, the physical room in a home where food is cooked; also extends naturally to mean the cooking/cuisine itself. One core sense with a common figurative extension.
Sense
1
:
kitchen (the room)
noun, feminine
Synonyms: रसोईघर (rasoiighar), किचन (kichan, colloquial)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: In most North Indian homes, रसोई (rasoii) is traditionally considered a semi-sacred space -- many families still remove their shoes before entering, and older generations may have rules about who can cook there and when. You will often hear रसोई में जाना (rasoii men jaanaa, 'to go into the kitchen') used as shorthand for going to cook or prepare food, not just physically entering the room.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use रसोई (rasoii) and रसोईघर (rasoiighar) as if they were totally interchangeable in every context -- रसोईघर (rasoiighar) more explicitly emphasizes the room/structure, while रसोई (rasoii) is the everyday word used for both the room and the activity of cooking that happens in it.
Sample Sentences:
माँ रसोई में खाना बना रही हैं।
Mom is cooking food in the kitchen.
(maan rasoii men khaanaa banaa rahii hain।)
रसोई में जाने से पहले जूते उतार दो।
Take off your shoes before going into the kitchen.
(rasoii men jaane se pahle joote utaar do।)
हमारी रसोई बहुत छोटी है।
Our kitchen is very small.
(hamaarii rasoii bahut chhotii hai।)
दादी जी ने नई रसोई बनवाई है।
Grandma has had a new kitchen built.
(daadii jii ne naii rasoii banvaaii hai।)
पहले घर की रसोई में बाहरी लोगों को जाने की इजाज़त नहीं होती थी।
Earlier, outsiders were not allowed to go into the household kitchen.
(pahle ghar kii rasoii men baahrii logon ko jaane kii ijaazat nahiin hotii thii।)
अगर रसोई थोड़ी बड़ी होती तो खाना बनाना आसान होता।
If the kitchen were a bit bigger, cooking would be easier.
(agar rasoii thodii badii hotii to khaanaa banaanaa aasaan hotaa।)
क्या तुमने रसोई साफ़ कर दी है?
Have you cleaned the kitchen?
(kyaa tumne rasoii saaf kar dii hai?)
रसोई की खिड़की से बगीचा दिखता है।
The garden is visible from the kitchen window.
(rasoii kii khidkii se bagiichaa dikhtaa hai।)
पुजारी जी ने कहा कि रसोई को पूजा से पहले साफ़ रखा जाए।
The priest said that the kitchen should be kept clean before the prayer ritual.
(pujaarii jii ne kahaa ki rasoii ko poojaa se pahle saaf rakhaa jaae।)
जब मैं रसोई में गया, तो वहाँ कोई नहीं था।
When I went into the kitchen, there was no one there.
(jab main rasoii men gayaa, to vahaan koii nahiin thaa।)
इस फ़्लैट में रसोई अलग से बनी हुई है।
In this flat, the kitchen is built separately.
(is flait men rasoii alag se banii huii hai।)
Sense
2
:
cooking, cuisine (the activity/style of food preparation)
noun, feminine Used when talking about the practice or style of cooking rather than the room, e.g. साउथ इंडियन रसोई (saauth indiyan rasoii, 'South Indian cuisine/cooking').
Synonyms: खाना बनाना (khaanaa banaanaa, verb phrase, cooking as an activity), पकवान (pakvaan, dishes/cuisine as items)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: When someone says रसोई का काम (rasoii kaa kaam, 'kitchen work'), they mean all the cooking-related labor -- chopping, cooking, cleaning up -- not just standing at the stove. This reflects how the word extends smoothly from the room itself to the whole domain of domestic cooking.
Sample Sentences:
माँ को रसोई का काम बहुत पसंद है।
Mom really likes kitchen work (cooking).
(maan ko rasoii kaa kaam bahut pasand hai।)
इस घर में रसोई का सारा काम पिताजी संभालते हैं।
In this house, dad handles all the cooking.
(is ghar men rasoii kaa saaraa kaam pitaajii sambhaalte hain।)
उसने दक्षिण भारतीय रसोई सीखने के लिए कुछ महीने चेन्नई में बिताए।
He spent a few months in Chennai to learn South Indian cuisine.
(usne dakshin bhaartiiy rasoii siikhne ke lie kuchh mahiine chennaii men bitaae।)
रसोई सीखनी है तो पहले सब्ज़ी काटना सीखो।
If you want to learn cooking, first learn to cut vegetables.
(rasoii siikhnii hai to pahle sabzii kaatnaa siikho।)
अगर मुझे रसोई का इतना शौक होता तो मैं भी रेस्तराँ खोल लेती।
If I were this fond of cooking, I would have opened a restaurant too.
(agar mujhe rasoii kaa itnaa shauk hotaa to main bhii restraan khol letii।)
इस किताब में मुग़लई रसोई की कई पुरानी विधियाँ दी गई हैं।
This book contains many old recipes of Mughlai cuisine.
(is kitaab men mughlaii rasoii kii kaii puraanii vidhiyaan dii gaii hain।)
शादी के बाद उसे रसोई का सारा बोझ अकेले उठाना पड़ा।
After marriage, she had to bear the entire burden of cooking alone.
(shaadii ke baad use rasoii kaa saaraa bojh akele uthaanaa padaa।)
काश हमारे यहाँ भी थाई रसोई का कोई अच्छा जानकार होता।
I wish we too had someone who was good at Thai cuisine.
(kaash hamaare yahaan bhii thaaii rasoii kaa koii achchhaa jaankaar hotaa।)
यह शेफ पंजाबी रसोई में माहिर माना जाता है।
This chef is considered an expert in Punjabi cuisine.
(yah sheph panjaabii rasoii men maahir maanaa jaataa hai।)
बचपन से ही उसे रसोई में दिलचस्पी रही है।
She has had an interest in cooking since childhood.
(bachpan se hii use rasoii men dilchaspii rahii hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
रसोई
(rasoii)
(sg.f.oblique):
रसोई
(rasoii)
(pl.f.direct):
रसोईएँ
(rasoiien)
(pl.f.oblique):
रसोईओं
(rasoiion)