बोतल (botal)

noun A simple, everyday noun meaning 'bottle' -- borrowed from Portuguese via long contact and now fully at home in Hindi with no other senses to track.
Sense 1 : bottle (the container)
noun, feminine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: बोतल (botal) came into Hindi from Portuguese (via garrafa-adjacent trade contact through Hindi/Urdu) centuries ago, much like मेज़ (mez, table) and अलमारी (almaarii, cupboard) -- a reminder of how ordinary household vocabulary often traveled in through old ports. In daily life you will hear it constantly: पानी की बोतल (paanii kii botal, 'water bottle') is something every Delhi household keeps in the fridge, and shopkeepers casually ask एक बोतल चाहिए? (ek botal chaahie, 'need one bottle?') at any general store.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes forget बोतल (botal) is feminine and pair it with masculine adjectives or verb agreement -- it should always trigger feminine agreement, as in बोतल टूट गई (botal toot gaii, 'the bottle broke').
Sample Sentences:
फ्रिज में पानी की बोतल रखी है। There is a water bottle kept in the fridge.
(phrij men paanii kii botal rakhii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या आपको एक बोतल चाहिए? Do you need one bottle?
(kyaa aapko ek botal chaahie?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मैंने दुकान से दो बोतलें खरीदीं। I bought two bottles from the shop.
(mainne dukaan se do botlen khariidiin।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
बोतल को अच्छी तरह धो लो, फिर उसमें पानी भरना। Wash the bottle well, then fill it with water.
(botal ko achchhii tarah dho lo, phir usmen paanii bharnaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
बोतल मेज़ पर गिरकर टूट गई। The bottle fell on the table and broke.
(botal mez par girkar toot gaii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
यह बोतल कांच की नहीं, प्लास्टिक की है। This bottle is not made of glass, it's made of plastic.
(yah botal kaanch kii nahiin, plaastik kii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बाज़ार में हर तरह की बोतलें मिलती हैं। You can find bottles of every kind in the market.
(baazaar men har tarah kii botlen miltii hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पुरानी बोतलों को फेंकने के बजाय रीसायकल करना चाहिए। Instead of throwing away old bottles, one should recycle them.
(puraanii botlon ko phenkne ke bajaay riisaaykal karnaa chaahie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर हर घर बोतल का दोबारा इस्तेमाल करता, तो कचरा इतना नहीं बढ़ता। If every household reused bottles, the garbage wouldn't increase this much.
(agar har ghar botal kaa dobaaraa istemaal kartaa, to kachraa itnaa nahiin badhtaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
बोतल में बचा हुआ पानी बाहर फेंक दिया गया। The water left in the bottle was thrown out.
(botal men bachaa huaa paanii baahar phenk diyaa gayaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
यात्रा के दौरान बोतल हमेशा बैग में रखी रहती है। During travel, the bottle always stays kept in the bag.
(yaatraa ke dauraan botal hameshaa baig men rakhii rahtii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): बोतल (botal)
(sg.f.oblique): बोतल (botal)
(pl.f.direct): बोतलें (botlen)
(pl.f.oblique): बोतलों (botlon)