केतली (ketlii)

noun A simple, single-sense everyday noun: the kettle used for boiling water or making tea.
Sense 1 : kettle
noun, feminine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: In most Indian homes, the केतली (ketlii) is the workhorse that boils water for chai every morning -- often whistling on the gas stove before the tea leaves and milk even go in. It is a straightforward loanword (from English 'kettle') and behaves like any ordinary feminine noun.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes reach for चायदानी (chaaydaanii) as if it were the same thing -- but चायदानी (chaaydaanii) is the teapot you brew and serve from, while केतली (ketlii) is specifically the vessel you boil water in. In many Indian kitchens both sit side by side and are not interchangeable.
Sample Sentences:
सुबह सबसे पहले माँ केतली में पानी चढ़ाती है। First thing in the morning, mom puts water on to boil in the kettle.
(subah sabse pahle maan ketlii men paanii chadhaatii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
केतली सीटी बजा रही है, गैस बंद कर दो। The kettle is whistling, turn off the gas.
(ketlii siitii bajaa rahii hai, gais band kar do।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
केतली में पानी उबल चुका है, अब चायपत्ती डाल दो। The water in the kettle has already boiled, now add the tea leaves.
(ketlii men paanii ubal chukaa hai, ab chaaypattii daal do।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कल रात केतली गैस पर रखी हुई भूल गई थी। Last night the kettle was left forgotten on the gas stove.
(kal raat ketlii gais par rakhii huii bhool gaii thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
क्या तुम केतली में थोड़ा और पानी भर दोगे? Will you fill a bit more water in the kettle?
(kyaa tum ketlii men thodaa aur paanii bhar doge?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
केतली उठाओ और चाय बना लो, मेहमान आने वाले हैं। Pick up the kettle and make tea, guests are about to arrive.
(ketlii uthaao aur chaay banaa lo, mehmaan aane vaale hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर केतली नई होती, तो पानी इतनी देर में उबल जाता। If the kettle were new, the water would have boiled by now.
(agar ketlii naii hotii, to paanii itnii der men ubal jaataa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
इस दुकान पर स्टील और बिजली, दोनों तरह की केतलियाँ मिलती हैं। This shop has both steel and electric kettles available.
(is dukaan par stiil aur bijlii, donon tarah kii ketliyaan miltii hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
मुझे उम्मीद है कि नई केतली पुरानी से ज़्यादा टिकाऊ हो। I hope the new kettle turns out more durable than the old one.
(mujhe ummiid hai ki naii ketlii puraanii se zyaadaa tikaaoo ho।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
इलेक्ट्रिक केतली से पानी गर्म करना गैस से ज़्यादा आसान है। Heating water with an electric kettle is easier than using the gas stove.
(ilektrik ketlii se paanii garm karnaa gais se zyaadaa aasaan hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कृपया केतली को स्टोव के पास रख दीजिए। Please place the kettle near the stove.
(kripyaa ketlii ko stov ke paas rakh diijie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): केतली (ketlii)
(sg.f.oblique): केतली (ketlii)
(pl.f.direct): केतलियाँ (ketliyaan)
(pl.f.oblique): केतलियों (ketliyon)