जूता (jootaa)
noun
A single common-noun sense: shoe. Almost always heard in the plural जूते (joote) since footwear comes in pairs, and figures in a well-known idiom about beating someone with a shoe.
Sense
1
:
shoe
noun, masculine
Synonyms: बूट (boot, boot-style footwear)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Taking off your जूते (joote) before entering a home, temple, or gurdwara is such basic etiquette that you will see a shoe rack (जूता स्टैंड, jootaa staind) right by the door in most Indian houses. There is also a famous idiom, जूते मारना (joote maarnaa, 'to hit with shoes'), used to describe someone being publicly humiliated or thrashed -- shoes carry a strong insult connotation in Hindi culture, since they touch the ground and are considered unclean.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often use जूता (jootaa) in the singular when talking about a pair of shoes; native speakers default to the plural जूते (joote) since you wear two at once -- 'मेरे जूते कहाँ हैं' (mere joote kahaan hain, 'where are my shoes'), not the singular, unless referring to just one shoe. 2) जूता (jootaa) refers to closed shoes generally; sandals and slippers are usually called चप्पल (chappal) instead, and mixing the two up is a common learner slip.
Sample Sentences:
कृपया अंदर आने से पहले अपने जूते उतार दीजिए।
Please take off your shoes before coming inside.
(kripyaa andar aane se pahle apne joote utaar diijie।)
दरवाज़े के पास ही जूता स्टैंड रखा है।
There is a shoe rack right next to the door.
(darvaaze ke paas hii jootaa staind rakhaa hai।)
मेरा जूता कहीं खो गया है।
My shoe has gotten lost somewhere.
(meraa jootaa kahiin kho gayaa hai।)
मंदिर में घुसने से पहले हम अपने जूते बाहर उतारते हैं।
Before entering the temple, we take off our shoes outside.
(mandir men ghusne se pahle ham apne joote baahar utaarte hain।)
अगर वह ईमानदार नहीं निकला, तो लोग उसे जूते मारेंगे।
If he doesn't turn out to be honest, people will beat him with shoes (publicly humiliate him).
(agar vah iimaandaar nahiin niklaa, to log use joote maarenge।)
वह गुरुद्वारे के बाहर अपने जूते सम्भाल रहा था।
He was looking after his shoes outside the gurdwara.
(vah gurudvaare ke baahar apne joote sambhaal rahaa thaa।)
काश मेरे पास एक अच्छा जूता होता, इस बारिश में चलना आसान होता।
If only I had a good pair of shoes, walking in this rain would be easy.
(kaash mere paas ek achchhaa jootaa hotaa, is baarish men chalnaa aasaan hotaa।)
क्या तुमने अपना नया जूता पहन लिया?
Did you put on your new shoe?
(kyaa tumne apnaa nayaa jootaa pahan liyaa?)
भ्रष्ट नेता को भीड़ ने जूतों से पीटा।
The crowd beat the corrupt leader with shoes.
(bhrasht netaa ko bhiid ne jooton se piitaa।)
जूता इतना तंग है कि पैर में दर्द होने लगा है।
The shoe is so tight that my foot has started hurting.
(jootaa itnaa tang hai ki pair men dard hone lagaa hai।)
उसका जूता सामने के दरवाज़े पर ही पड़ा हुआ है।
His shoe is lying right at the front door.
(uskaa jootaa saamne ke darvaaze par hii padaa huaa hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
जूता
(jootaa)
(sg.m.oblique):
जूता
(jootaa)
(pl.m.direct):
जूता
(jootaa)
(pl.m.oblique):
जूताओं
(jootaaon)