तनख़ाह (tankhaah)
noun
A everyday word for 'salary' or 'wages' -- the money you get regularly from a job. One core sense; also commonly spelled तनख्वाह (tanakhvaah).
Sense
1
:
salary, monthly pay
noun, feminine
Synonyms: वेतन (vetan, formal), पगार (pagaar)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: तनख़ाह (tankhaah) comes from Persian and carries a slight Mughal-administrative echo -- it's the word a salaried employee (a नौकरी (naukrii) holder) uses, distinct from money earned by a shopkeeper or farmer. Asking तनख़ाह कब मिलेगी (tankhaah kab milegii, 'when will the salary arrive') is a very common end-of-month complaint in Indian offices. You'll also frequently see it spelled तनख्वाह (tanakhvaah) -- both spellings are completely standard and used interchangeably in speech and writing.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for वेतन (vetan) by default because it's the 'dictionary' word, but तनख़ाह (tankhaah) is what people actually say at home and at work about their own pay -- वेतन (vetan) sounds more like something you'd read on an official form or hear in a news report. 2) The verb pairing is मिलना (milnaa) -- तनख़ाह मिलती है (tankhaah miltii hai, 'the salary is received') -- not पाना (paanaa) or कमाना (kamaanaa), which describe earning in general rather than the act of getting paid on payday.
Sample Sentences:
इस महीने तनख़ाह अभी तक नहीं मिली।
This month's salary hasn't come yet.
(is mahiine tankhaah abhii tak nahiin milii।)
तनख़ाह कब मिलेगी, यह कोई नहीं बता रहा।
No one is saying when the salary will arrive.
(tankhaah kab milegii, yah koii nahiin bataa rahaa।)
वह हर महीने अपनी तनख़ाह का आधा हिस्सा घर भेजता है।
He sends half of his salary home every month.
(vah har mahiine apnii tankhaah kaa aadhaa hissaa ghar bhejtaa hai।)
कंपनी अगले हफ्ते सबकी तनख़ाह बढ़ा देगी।
The company will raise everyone's salary next week.
(kampnii agle haphte sabkii tankhaah badhaa degii।)
अगर तनख़ाह समय पर मिलती तो मैं किराया चुका देता।
If the salary had come on time, I would have paid the rent.
(agar tankhaah samay par miltii to main kiraayaa chukaa detaa।)
कृपया इस महीने तनख़ाह समय से जारी कर दीजिए।
Please release this month's salary on time.
(kripyaa is mahiine tankhaah samay se jaarii kar diijie।)
हो सकता है तनख़ाह इस बार देर से आए।
It's possible the salary might come late this time.
(ho saktaa hai tankhaah is baar der se aae।)
कर्मचारियों को उनकी तनख़ाह बैंक खाते में दी जाती है।
Employees are given their salary in a bank account.
(karmchaariyon ko unkii tankhaah baink khaate men dii jaatii hai।)
मैनेजर ने बताया कि इस साल तनख़ाह में बढ़ोतरी नहीं होगी।
The manager said there won't be a salary increase this year.
(mainejar ne bataayaa ki is saal tankhaah men badhotrii nahiin hogii।)
पूरे दफ्तर में महीने के आख़िर में बस यही चर्चा रहती है कि तनख़ाह कब मिलेगी।
At the end of every month, the only talk in the whole office is about when the salary will arrive.
(poore daphtar men mahiine ke aakhir men bas yahii charchaa rahtii hai ki tankhaah kab milegii।)
तनख़ाह मिलते ही उसने सारा उधार चुका दिया।
As soon as the salary arrived, he paid off all his debts.
(tankhaah milte hii usne saaraa udhaar chukaa diyaa।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
तनख़ाह
(tankhaah)
(sg.f.oblique):
तनख़ाह
(tankhaah)
(pl.f.direct):
तनख़ाहें
(tankhaahen)
(pl.f.oblique):
तनख़ाहों
(tankhaahon)