रँगरेज़ (rangrez)

noun A traditional dyer -- someone whose trade is coloring cloth and yarn. One straightforward sense, from रंग (rang, 'color') plus the Persian agentive रेज़ (rez, 'one who pours/scatters').
Sense 1 : dyer (person who dyes cloth for a living)
noun, masculine
Synonyms: रंगसाज़ (rangsaaz, rare)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: रँगरेज़ (rangrez) names an old artisan caste-trade found across North Indian towns, historically associated with dyeing cotton and silk in vats of indigo or turmeric-based colors before commercial dyeing took over. You will still hear the word in older neighborhoods and in folk idiom, though the trade itself is fading, so it carries a slightly old-world, traditional-craft flavor rather than a modern industrial one.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse रँगरेज़ (rangrez) with रंगकर्मी (rangkarmii), which means a theater/stage artist, not a dyer -- the shared रंग (rang) root is misleading. 2) The candrabindu in रँगरेज़ (rangrez) is often dropped in casual writing (रंगरेज़), which is common and acceptable but worth knowing is a spelling variant.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादाजी एक रँगरेज़ थे। My grandfather was a dyer.
(mere daadaajii ek rangrez the।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
पुराने शहर की गलियों में आज भी कुछ रँगरेज़ रहते हैं। In the old city's lanes, some dyers still live even today.
(puraane shahar kii galiyon men aaj bhii kuchh rangrez rahte hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
रँगरेज़ कपड़े को नील के कुंड में डुबोता है। The dyer dips the cloth into the vat of indigo.
(rangrez kapde ko niil ke kund men dubotaa hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
वह रँगरेज़ पीढ़ियों से यही काम करता आया है। That dyer has been doing this very work for generations.
(vah rangrez piidhiyon se yahii kaam kartaa aayaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर मशीनें न आई होतीं, तो शायद हर मोहल्ले में एक रँगरेज़ होता। If machines hadn't come along, perhaps every neighborhood would still have a dyer.
(agar mashiinen n aaii hotiin, to shaayad har mohalle men ek rangrez hotaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
इस दुपट्टे को उस रँगरेज़ से रंगवा लाना। Get this scarf dyed by that dyer.
(is dupatte ko us rangrez se rangvaa laanaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
कहते हैं कि रँगरेज़ की अपनी चादर सफ़ेद रहती है। They say a dyer's own sheet stays white.
(kahte hain ki rangrez kii apnii chaadar safed rahtii hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बाज़ार में रँगरेज़ की दुकान बरसों से बंद पड़ी है। The dyer's shop in the market has been shut for years.
(baazaar men rangrez kii dukaan barson se band padii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम्हें कोई रँगरेज़ मिला जो हाथ से रंगता हो? Did you find any dyer who dyes by hand?
(kyaa tumhen koii rangrez milaa jo haath se rangtaa ho?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
साड़ी रँगरेज़ द्वारा हल्दी और नील से रंगी गई थी। The sari had been dyed by the dyer using turmeric and indigo.
(saadii rangrez dvaaraa haldii aur niil se rangii gaii thii।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): रँगरेज़ (rangrez)
(sg.m.oblique): रँगरेज़ (rangrez)
(pl.m.direct): रँगरेज़ (rangrez)
(pl.m.oblique): रँगरेज़ों (rangrezon)