बरदाश्त (bardaasht)
noun
A borrowed noun meaning 'tolerance/endurance,' almost always used with a light verb like करना (karnaa) or होना (honaa) rather than alone. Also spelled बर्दाश्त (bardaasht); both spellings are common.
Sense
1
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tolerance, capacity to endure something unpleasant
noun, feminine Almost always appears as बरदाश्त करना (bardaasht karnaa, 'to tolerate/put up with') or in the negative बरदाश्त नहीं होना (bardaasht nahiin honaa, 'to be unbearable to someone'), the latter with a को-marked experiencer.
Synonyms: सहनशक्ति (sahanshakti), सहनशीलता (sahanshiiltaa), धैर्य (dhairy, patience, meaning scope narrower)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This word carries a slightly dramatic, exasperated flavor in everyday speech -- यह बरदाश्त नहीं होता! (yah bardaasht nahiin hotaa, 'this is unbearable!') is the kind of thing you say about noisy neighbors, bad traffic, or a relative's nagging. It comes from Persian and sits comfortably in both Hindi and Urdu registers, so you will hear it just as often in Bollywood dialogue as in daily conversation.
Common Mistakes: 1) In the 'unbearable to someone' sense, the person who can't stand it is marked with को (ko), not ने (ne) -- मुझसे बरदाश्त नहीं होता (mujhse bardaasht nahiin hotaa) or मुझे बरदाश्त नहीं होता (mujhe bardaasht nahiin hotaa) are both heard, but learners often wrongly reach for a plain subject-verb structure. 2) Learners sometimes treat बरदाश्त (bardaasht) as a verb itself; it is a noun and needs करना (karnaa) or होना (honaa) to function as a predicate.
Sample Sentences:
मुझसे यह शोर बरदाश्त नहीं होता।
I can't tolerate this noise.
(mujhse yah shor bardaasht nahiin hotaa।)
मुझमें अब इतनी बरदाश्त नहीं बची है।
I don't have that much tolerance left in me now.
(mujhmen ab itnii bardaasht nahiin bachii hai।)
उसकी बदतमीज़ी अब बरदाश्त से बाहर हो गई थी।
His rudeness had now gone beyond tolerance.
(uskii badatmiizii ab bardaasht se baahar ho gaii thii।)
यह बरदाश्त नहीं होता!
This is unbearable!
(yah bardaasht nahiin hotaa!)
काश मुझमें थोड़ी और बरदाश्त होती।
If only I had a little more tolerance.
(kaash mujhmen thodii aur bardaasht hotii।)
अगर तुममें थोड़ी बरदाश्त होती, तो यह झगड़ा कभी न होता।
If you had a little tolerance, this quarrel would never have happened.
(agar tummen thodii bardaasht hotii, to yah jhagdaa kabhii n hotaa।)
थोड़ी बरदाश्त रखो, यार, सब ठीक हो जाएगा।
Have a little patience, buddy, everything will be fine.
(thodii bardaasht rakho, yaar, sab thiik ho jaaegaa।)
उनकी बरदाश्त की सीमा आज टूट गई।
The limit of their tolerance broke today.
(unkii bardaasht kii siimaa aaj toot gaii।)
उसकी बेइज़्ज़ती बरदाश्त नहीं की जा सकती थी।
His insult could not be tolerated.
(uskii beizztii bardaasht nahiin kii jaa saktii thii।)
हो सकता है कि हमारी बरदाश्त की भी कोई हद हो।
It's possible that our tolerance also has some limit.
(ho saktaa hai ki hamaarii bardaasht kii bhii koii had ho।)
साहब, इस विभाग में इतनी लापरवाही बरदाश्त नहीं की जाएगी।
Sir, such negligence will not be tolerated in this department.
(saahab, is vibhaag men itnii laaparvaahii bardaasht nahiin kii jaaegii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
बरदाश्त
(bardaasht)
(sg.f.oblique):
बरदाश्त
(bardaasht)
(pl.f.direct):
बरदाश्तें
(bardaashten)
(pl.f.oblique):
बरदाश्तों
(bardaashton)