बोरियत (boriyat)
noun
A single, straightforward sense: the feeling of boredom. Borrowed from English 'bore' plus the Persian/Urdu abstract-noun suffix (iyat), a hybrid coinage common in everyday Hindi-Urdu.
Sense
1
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boredom
noun, feminine Commonly paired with होना (honaa) as बोरियत होना (boriyat honaa, 'to feel bored') using a dative-subject frame: मुझे बोरियत हो रही है (mujhe boriyat ho rahii hai, 'I am feeling bored').
Synonyms: उकताहट (uktaahat), ऊब (oob)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This word is a great example of how casually English gets absorbed into Hindi: बोर (bor) comes straight from English 'bore', and ियत (iyat) is a native Urdu abstract-noun suffix also seen in words like शराफ़त (sharaafat, 'decency') -- Hindi speakers happily bolt the two together. In everyday Delhi speech, you will hear the adjective form बोर होना (bor honaa, 'to become bored') at least as often as this noun.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often say मैं बोरियत हूँ (main boriyat hoon) by analogy with English 'I am bored', but Hindi treats boredom as something that happens to you, not a state you are in -- use मुझे बोरियत हो रही है (mujhe boriyat ho rahii hai) or मैं बोर हो रहा हूँ (main bor ho rahaa hoon) instead. 2) बोरियत (boriyat) is the noun for the feeling itself; do not use it where the adjective बोर (bor, 'bored/boring') is needed, as in वह फ़िल्म बोर थी (vah film bor thii, 'that film was boring').
Sample Sentences:
मुझे इस काम में बहुत बोरियत होती है।
I feel a lot of boredom doing this work.
(mujhe is kaam men bahut boriyat hotii hai।)
छुट्टियों में इतनी बोरियत हो गई कि कुछ समझ नहीं आया।
There was so much boredom during the holidays that I couldn't figure out what to do.
(chhuttiyon men itnii boriyat ho gaii ki kuchh samajh nahiin aayaa।)
यह किताब पढ़ते-पढ़ते मुझे बोरियत होने लगी है।
I've started feeling bored while reading this book.
(yah kitaab padhte-padhte mujhe boriyat hone lagii hai।)
अगर तुम कुछ नया नहीं करोगे तो बोरियत तो होगी ही।
If you don't do something new, boredom will definitely set in.
(agar tum kuchh nayaa nahiin karoge to boriyat to hogii hii।)
अगर वह यहाँ होता तो शायद इतनी बोरियत नहीं होती।
If he were here, there probably wouldn't be so much boredom.
(agar vah yahaan hotaa to shaayad itnii boriyat nahiin hotii।)
काश इस मीटिंग में इतनी बोरियत न होती।
I wish there wasn't so much boredom in this meeting.
(kaash is miiting men itnii boriyat n hotii।)
बोरियत मत होने दो, कुछ कर लो।
Don't let boredom take over, go do something.
(boriyat mat hone do, kuchh kar lo।)
लंबी यात्राओं में बोरियत महसूस की जाती है, खासकर जब कोई साथ न हो।
Boredom is felt during long journeys, especially when no one is there with you.
(lambii yaatraaon men boriyat mahsoos kii jaatii hai, khaaskar jab koii saath n ho।)
दफ़्तर में इतनी बोरियत रहती है कि घड़ी की सुई भी नहीं हिलती लगती।
There's so much boredom in the office that even the clock's hand seems to not move.
(daftar men itnii boriyat rahtii hai ki ghadii kii suii bhii nahiin hiltii lagtii।)
इस शहर की खामोश दोपहरें एक अजीब-सी बोरियत से भरी रहती हैं।
This city's silent afternoons remain filled with a strange kind of boredom.
(is shahar kii khaamosh dopahren ek ajiib-sii boriyat se bharii rahtii hain।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
बोरियत
(boriyat)
(sg.f.oblique):
बोरियत
(boriyat)
(pl.f.direct):
बोरियतें
(boriyten)
(pl.f.oblique):
बोरियतों
(boriyton)