तापमान (taapmaan)

noun A single-sense technical/everyday noun meaning 'temperature', used for weather, body heat, cooking, and science alike.
Sense 1 : temperature
noun, masculine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear this word constantly on the evening news and in casual weather chat -- आज का तापमान क्या है? (aaj kaa taapmaan kyaa hai, 'what is today's temperature') is a very standard opener for small talk about the weather in Delhi's extreme summers and winters. It is also the word doctors and nurses use for a patient's body temperature, distinct from the more colloquial बुखार (bukhaar) which implies illness.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse तापमान (taapmaan) with बुखार (bukhaar, 'fever'); तापमान is the neutral measurement word, used even for weather or an oven, while बुखार specifically means an elevated body temperature/illness. 2) The verb usually paired with it is बढ़ना/गिरना (badhnaa/girnaa, 'to rise/fall') rather than होना, e.g. तापमान बढ़ गया है (taapmaan badh gayaa hai, 'the temperature has risen') -- learners often default to है constructions alone and miss this natural verb pairing.
Sample Sentences:
आज का तापमान क्या है? What is today's temperature?
(aaj kaa taapmaan kyaa hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
दिल्ली में गर्मियों में तापमान पैंतालीस डिग्री तक पहुँच जाता है। In Delhi, the temperature reaches forty-five degrees in the summer.
(dillii men garmiyon men taapmaan paintaaliis digrii tak pahunch jaataa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कल रात तापमान अचानक गिर गया। The temperature suddenly dropped last night.
(kal raat taapmaan achaanak gir gayaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
नर्स मरीज़ का तापमान ले रही है। The nurse is taking the patient's temperature.
(nars mariiz kaa taapmaan le rahii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
डॉक्टर साहब, कृपया मेरा तापमान चेक कर दीजिए। Doctor, please check my temperature.
(doktar saahab, kripyaa meraa taapmaan chek kar diijie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर तापमान चालीस से ऊपर होता तो हम बाहर नहीं निकलते। If the temperature had been above forty, we wouldn't have gone outside.
(agar taapmaan chaaliis se oopar hotaa to ham baahar nahiin nikalte।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
मौसम विभाग ने कल के लिए तापमान की भविष्यवाणी जारी की है। The weather department has issued a temperature forecast for tomorrow.
(mausam vibhaag ne kal ke lie taapmaan kii bhavishyvaanii jaarii kii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उम्मीद है कि इस हफ्ते तापमान थोड़ा कम हो जाए। Hopefully the temperature goes down a bit this week.
(ummiid hai ki is haphte taapmaan thodaa kam ho jaae।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
थर्मामीटर से तापमान मापा जाता है। Temperature is measured with a thermometer.
(tharmaamiitar se taapmaan maapaa jaataa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
कल तापमान और गिरेगा। Tomorrow the temperature will drop further.
(kal taapmaan aur giregaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
पिछले हफ्ते तापमान में इतनी तेज़ी से बदलाव आया कि सब बीमार पड़ गए। The temperature changed so rapidly last week that everyone fell ill.
(pichhle haphte taapmaan men itnii tezii se badlaav aayaa ki sab biimaar pad gae।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): तापमान (taapmaan)
(sg.m.oblique): तापमान (taapmaan)
(pl.m.direct): तापमान (taapmaan)
(pl.m.oblique): तापमानों (taapmaanon)