नर्स (nars)
noun
A borrowed word from English 'nurse' -- one straightforward sense, used exactly as in English.
Sense
1
:
nurse (medical profession)
noun, feminine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: नर्स (nars) is one of many English loanwords that walked straight into everyday Hindi via the colonial-era hospital and healthcare system, alongside डॉक्टर (doktar) and अस्पताल (asptaal, though the latter is originally Persian). In a Delhi hospital or clinic, you will hear this word used constantly and naturally, with no native Hindi equivalent in common use.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to make this agree like a native feminine noun in -ई (ी) by changing its ending -- it doesn't inflect that way; it stays नर्स (nars) regardless of number, with plurality shown only on the verb or an added log (log)/log word if needed. 2) Because most nurses encountered in daily life are women, learners assume the word is grammatically restricted to females -- but नर्स (nars) is used for a male nurse too, simply written and pronounced the same way, with agreement following the real-world referent, not a fixed grammatical gender.
Sample Sentences:
मेरी बहन नर्स है।
My sister is a nurse.
(merii bahan nars hai।)
नर्स ने मरीज़ को दवा दी।
The nurse gave the patient medicine.
(nars ne mariiz ko davaa dii।)
नर्स रोज़ सुबह मरीज़ों का बुखार चेक करती है।
The nurse checks the patients' temperature every morning.
(nars roz subah mariizon kaa bukhaar chek kartii hai।)
नर्स अभी इंजेक्शन लगा रही है।
The nurse is giving an injection right now.
(nars abhii injekshan lagaa rahii hai।)
नर्स को बुलाओ, मरीज़ को तकलीफ़ हो रही है!
Call the nurse, the patient is in pain!
(nars ko bulaao, mariiz ko takliif ho rahii hai!)
अगर मैं डॉक्टर नहीं बन पाती, तो शायद नर्स बनती।
If I couldn't become a doctor, I would probably have become a nurse.
(agar main doktar nahiin ban paatii, to shaayad nars bantii।)
मरीज़ को नर्स द्वारा हर घंटे दवा दी जाती है।
The patient is given medicine by the nurse every hour.
(mariiz ko nars dvaaraa har ghante davaa dii jaatii hai।)
अस्पताल में काम करने के लिए नर्स को बहुत धैर्य चाहिए।
A nurse needs a lot of patience to work in a hospital.
(asptaal men kaam karne ke lie nars ko bahut dhairy chaahie।)
क्या तुम्हें लगता है कि नर्स की नौकरी आसान है?
Do you think being a nurse is an easy job?
(kyaa tumhen lagtaa hai ki nars kii naukrii aasaan hai?)
जब मैं ऑपरेशन के बाद उठी, तो एक नर्स मेरे पास खड़ी थी।
When I woke up after the operation, a nurse was standing beside me.
(jab main opreshan ke baad uthii, to ek nars mere paas khadii thii।)
सरकार ने घोषणा की है कि हर सरकारी अस्पताल में और नर्सें रखी जाएंगी।
The government has announced that more nurses will be hired in every government hospital.
(sarkaar ne ghoshnaa kii hai ki har sarkaarii asptaal men aur narsen rakhii jaaengii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
नर्स
(nars)
(sg.f.oblique):
नर्स
(nars)
(pl.f.direct):
नर्सें
(narsen)
(pl.f.oblique):
नर्सों
(narson)