गरदन (gardan)
noun
A single-sense body-part noun meaning 'neck'; also commonly spelled गर्दन (gardan) with the conjunct र्द -- both spellings are heard and read equally often in Delhi-NCR.
Sense
1
:
neck (body part)
noun, feminine
Synonyms: गर्दन (gardan, variant spelling)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear this word constantly in everyday physical complaints -- गरदन में दर्द है (gardan men dard hai, 'there's pain in the neck'), a very common line after a bad night's sleep or too much phone-scrolling. It also shows up in idiomatic expressions about being under pressure or obligation, similar to how English uses 'neck' in phrases like 'breathing down someone's neck.'
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes guess the gender as masculine because many body-part words are (हाथ (haath), पैर (pair)) -- गरदन (gardan) is feminine, so adjectives and verbs agreeing with it take feminine forms, e.g. लंबी गरदन (lambii gardan, 'a long neck').
Sample Sentences:
मेरी गरदन में बहुत दर्द है।
My neck hurts a lot.
(merii gardan men bahut dard hai।)
कल रातभर फ़ोन देखने की वजह से आज मेरी गरदन अकड़ गई है।
Because I stared at my phone all night yesterday, my neck has gone stiff today.
(kal raatbhar fon dekhne kii vajah se aaj merii gardan akad gaii hai।)
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि मुझे गरदन का एक्स-रे करवाना चाहिए।
The doctor said I should get an X-ray of my neck done.
(doktar ne kahaa ki mujhe gardan kaa eks-re karvaanaa chaahie।)
अपनी गरदन सीधी रखो, वरना दर्द होगा।
Keep your neck straight, or it will hurt.
(apnii gardan siidhii rakho, varnaa dard hogaa।)
अगर तुम ऐसे झुककर बैठते रहोगे तो तुम्हारी गरदन में दर्द रहेगा।
If you keep sitting hunched over like this, your neck will keep hurting.
(agar tum aise jhukkar baithte rahoge to tumhaarii gardan men dard rahegaa।)
बच्चे की गरदन अभी बहुत कमज़ोर है, उसे संभालकर पकड़ो।
The baby's neck is still very weak, hold him carefully.
(bachche kii gardan abhii bahut kamzor hai, use sambhaalkar pakdo।)
उसने गरदन घुमाकर पीछे देखा।
He turned his neck and looked back.
(usne gardan ghumaakar piichhe dekhaa।)
काश मेरी गरदन इतनी जल्दी अकड़ती नहीं।
I wish my neck didn't go stiff so easily.
(kaash merii gardan itnii jaldii akadtii nahiin।)
मरीज़ की गरदन एक तकिए के सहारे टिकाई गई थी।
The patient's neck had been propped up with a pillow.
(mariiz kii gardan ek takie ke sahaare tikaaii gaii thii।)
उसकी गरदन पर एक पुराना निशान है।
There is an old scar on his neck.
(uskii gardan par ek puraanaa nishaan hai।)
योग करने से मेरी गरदन का दर्द काफ़ी कम हो गया है।
Doing yoga has considerably reduced the pain in my neck.
(yog karne se merii gardan kaa dard kaafii kam ho gayaa hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
गरदन
(gardan)
(sg.f.oblique):
गरदन
(gardan)
(pl.f.direct):
गरदनें
(garadnen)
(pl.f.oblique):
गरदनों
(garadnon)