तबीयत (tabiiyat)
noun
Mainly means physical/mental health or state of well-being, as in asking how someone is feeling; also extends to a person's temperament or natural disposition.
Sense
1
:
health, physical/mental state
noun, feminine
Synonyms: सेहत (sehat), हालत (haalat, can also mean 'condition' more broadly)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Asking तबीयत (tabiiyat) कैसी है? (tabiiyat kaisii hai, 'how is your health?') is a warm, slightly more caring version of हाल (haal) चाल (chaal) पूछना (poochhnaa) -- you'll hear it especially when someone has been sick or is elderly, said with real concern in the voice.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for सेहत (sehat) exclusively and miss that तबीयत (tabiiyat) is the more natural choice when asking how someone is feeling right now, especially if they were unwell. 2) तबीयत (tabiiyat) पड़ना (padnaa) is not a real combination -- the common phrase for 'to fall ill' is तबीयत (tabiiyat) ख़राब (kharaab) होना (honaa), not a verb built directly on तबीयत (tabiiyat).
Sample Sentences:
आज आपकी तबीयत कैसी है?
How is your health today?
(aaj aapkii tabiiyat kaisii hai?)
मेरी तबीयत ठीक नहीं है।
I'm not feeling well.
(merii tabiiyat thiik nahiin hai।)
कल रात से उसकी तबीयत बिगड़ गई।
His health took a turn for the worse since last night.
(kal raat se uskii tabiiyat bigad gaii।)
दादी जी की तबीयत धीरे-धीरे सुधर रही है।
Grandma's health is gradually improving.
(daadii jii kii tabiiyat dhiire-dhiire sudhar rahii hai।)
अपनी तबीयत का ख़्याल रखो, बहुत काम मत करो।
Take care of your health, don't work too much.
(apnii tabiiyat kaa khyaal rakho, bahut kaam mat karo।)
अगर तुम आराम करते तो तबीयत इतनी न बिगड़ती।
If you had rested, your health wouldn't have deteriorated so much.
(agar tum aaraam karte to tabiiyat itnii n bigadtii।)
उम्मीद है कि जल्दी ही उनकी तबीयत ठीक हो जाए।
I hope that his health gets better soon.
(ummiid hai ki jaldii hii unkii tabiiyat thiik ho jaae।)
सर्दियों में बुज़ुर्गों की तबीयत का ख़ास ध्यान रखा जाता है।
In winter, special care is taken of elderly people's health.
(sardiyon men buzurgon kii tabiiyat kaa khaas dhyaan rakhaa jaataa hai।)
सुनकर अच्छा लगा कि आपकी तबीयत अब पहले से बेहतर है।
It's good to hear that your health is better than before now.
(sunkar achchhaa lagaa ki aapkii tabiiyat ab pahle se behtar hai।)
वह अस्पताल में लेटा है, तबीयत अभी भी नाज़ुक बताई जा रही है।
He's lying in the hospital, his health is still being described as critical.
(vah asptaal men letaa hai, tabiiyat abhii bhii naazuk bataaii jaa rahii hai।)
मिलते ही सबसे पहले उन्होंने मेरी तबीयत पूछी।
As soon as we met, the first thing he asked was about my health.
(milte hii sabse pahle unhonne merii tabiiyat poochhii।)
Sense
2
:
temperament, natural disposition
noun, feminine Used in fixed phrases like तबीयत (tabiiyat) का (kaa) (+ adjective) to describe someone's inherent nature, e.g. 'a person of a generous nature.'
Synonyms: मिज़ाज (mizaaj), स्वभाव (svabhaav)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You'll hear this in phrases like तबीयत (tabiiyat) से (se) काम (kaam) करना (karnaa, 'to work wholeheartedly/with relish') -- here तबीयत (tabiiyat) captures a sense of doing something with your whole heart and personal flair, not just health.
Common Mistakes: 1) This sense only appears in set phrases like तबीयत (tabiiyat) का (kaa) शायर (shaayar, 'a poet by temperament') -- learners sometimes try to use it as freely as स्वभाव (svabhaav) in any sentence about personality, but it sounds natural mainly in these fixed constructions.
Sample Sentences:
उसकी तबीयत ही कुछ ऐसी है कि वह हर काम में जान डाल देता है।
His nature is such that he puts life into everything he does.
(uskii tabiiyat hii kuchh aisii hai ki vah har kaam men jaan daal detaa hai।)
वह हमेशा तबीयत से खाना बनाता है, जल्दबाज़ी में कभी नहीं।
He always cooks with real relish, never in a hurry.
(vah hameshaa tabiiyat se khaanaa banaataa hai, jaldbaazii men kabhii nahiin।)
कारीगर ने तबीयत से हर नक्काशी को तराशा था।
The craftsman had carved every engraving with wholehearted care.
(kaariigar ne tabiiyat se har nakkaashii ko taraashaa thaa।)
अगर तुम इसे तबीयत से करोगे, तो नतीजा ज़रूर अच्छा आएगा।
If you do this wholeheartedly, the result will surely be good.
(agar tum ise tabiiyat se karoge, to natiijaa zaroor achchhaa aaegaa।)
अपनी असली तबीयत छुपाना आसान नहीं होता।
Hiding one's true nature isn't easy.
(apnii aslii tabiiyat chhupaanaa aasaan nahiin hotaa।)
काश मेरी तबीयत भी उसकी तरह इतनी उदार होती।
I wish my temperament were as generous as his.
(kaash merii tabiiyat bhii uskii tarah itnii udaar hotii।)
तबीयत से काम करो, तभी काम में निखार आएगा।
Work with your whole heart, only then will the work truly shine.
(tabiiyat se kaam karo, tabhii kaam men nikhaar aaegaa।)
उसकी शरारती तबीयत की वजह से सब उसे प्यार से 'नटखट' बुलाते थे।
Because of his mischievous nature, everyone affectionately called him 'naughty'.
(uskii sharaartii tabiiyat kii vajah se sab use pyaar se 'natkhat' bulaate the।)
यह कहा जाता है कि उसकी तबीयत में एक अजीब-सी सादगी है।
It is said that there is a strange simplicity in his temperament.
(yah kahaa jaataa hai ki uskii tabiiyat men ek ajiib-sii saadgii hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
तबीयत
(tabiiyat)
(sg.f.oblique):
तबीयत
(tabiiyat)
(pl.f.direct):
तबीयतें
(tabiiyten)
(pl.f.oblique):
तबीयतों
(tabiiyton)