तोप (top)
adjective/noun
Primarily a noun meaning 'cannon,' and by extension used colloquially as an adjective/exclamation for something or someone impressive or excellent.
Sense
1
:
excellent, impressive, top-notch (colloquial)
adjective Used predicatively, often as an exclamation about a person or thing: तू तो तोप है (too to top hai, 'you're amazing/a real star').
Synonyms: बढ़िया (badhiyaa), शानदार (shaandaar), कमाल (kamaal, colloquial)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is a classic bit of Delhi slang -- calling someone तोप (top) is like calling them a 'blast' or 'a total star' in English; you'll hear it a lot among friends praising someone's cleverness or guts, especially in casual banter.
Common Mistakes: 1) This is a colloquial, spoken-register usage -- it sounds odd in formal writing or polite formal speech. 2) It is invariant here (does not inflect like a regular -आ adjective) since it functions more like a fixed exclamatory label borrowed from the noun.
Sample Sentences:
तू तो एकदम तोप है!
You're absolutely awesome!
(too to ekdam top hai!)
उसका आइडिया एकदम तोप था।
His idea was absolutely brilliant.
(uskaa aaidiyaa ekdam top thaa।)
यार, तेरी प्लानिंग तो तोप निकली।
Dude, your planning turned out to be amazing.
(yaar, terii plaaning to top niklii।)
अगर तू ये कर दे तो सच में तोप बन जाएगा।
If you pull this off, you'll really become the man.
(agar too ye kar de to sach men top ban jaaegaa।)
काश मैं भी उसकी तरह तोप होता।
I wish I was as awesome as him.
(kaash main bhii uskii tarah top hotaa।)
अगर वो टीम में होता, तो टीम तोप होती।
If he had been on the team, the team would have been top-notch.
(agar vo tiim men hotaa, to tiim top hotii।)
इस बार तूने जो किया, वो तोप था!
What you did this time was awesome!
(is baar toone jo kiyaa, vo top thaa!)
मुझे लगता है वो लड़की सच में तोप है, इतनी हिम्मत से बोली।
I think that girl is really something, she spoke with so much guts.
(mujhe lagtaa hai vo ladkii sach men top hai, itnii himmat se bolii।)
तेरा गाना तो तोप निकला, सबको पसंद आया।
Your song turned out amazing, everyone loved it.
(teraa gaanaa to top niklaa, sabko pasand aayaa।)
बॉस बोला तेरा प्रेजेंटेशन तोप था, अब मुझे भी यकीन नहीं हो रहा।
The boss said your presentation was amazing, now even I can't believe it.
(bos bolaa teraa prejenteshan top thaa, ab mujhe bhii yakiin nahiin ho rahaa।)
Sense
2
:
cannon, artillery piece
noun, feminine
Synonyms: गोला-बारूद (golaa-baarood, ammunition/artillery, broader term)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Old forts across Delhi-NCR (Purana Qila, Red Fort) display historic तोपें (topen) from Mughal and colonial times, so the word carries a strong visual, historical association for most Hindi speakers, not just a dictionary meaning.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse तोप (top) with बंदूक (bandook) 'gun/rifle' -- तोप (top) specifically means a large cannon, not a handheld firearm.
Sample Sentences:
किले की दीवार पर एक पुरानी तोप रखी है।
An old cannon is placed on the fort's wall.
(kile kii diivaar par ek puraanii top rakhii hai।)
मुगल सेना तोपों का इस्तेमाल किलों पर हमला करने के लिए करती थी।
The Mughal army used to use cannons to attack forts.
(mugal senaa topon kaa istemaal kilon par hamlaa karne ke lie kartii thii।)
पुराना किला घूमते हुए हमें कई तोपें दिखीं।
While touring Purana Qila, we saw several cannons.
(puraanaa kilaa ghoomte hue hamen kaii topen dikhiin।)
सैनिक तोप को दीवार की ओर घुमा रहे थे।
The soldiers were turning the cannon towards the wall.
(sainik top ko diivaar kii or ghumaa rahe the।)
अगर उस समय तोप न होती तो किला इतनी आसानी से न जीता जाता।
If there had been no cannon at that time, the fort would not have been won so easily.
(agar us samay top n hotii to kilaa itnii aasaanii se n jiitaa jaataa।)
तोप दागो!
Fire the cannon!
(top daago!)
किले की तोप हर रोज़ शाम को दागी जाती थी।
The fort's cannon used to be fired every evening.
(kile kii top har roz shaam ko daagii jaatii thii।)
लाल किले की तोपें अब सिर्फ इतिहास की निशानी हैं।
The Red Fort's cannons are now merely relics of history.
(laal kile kii topen ab sirph itihaas kii nishaanii hain।)
शायद इस तोप का इस्तेमाल अंग्रेज़ों के ज़माने में हुआ हो।
Perhaps this cannon was used during the British era.
(shaayad is top kaa istemaal angrezon ke zamaane men huaa ho।)
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
तोप
(top)
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
तोप
(top)
(sg.f.oblique):
तोप
(top)
(pl.f.direct):
तोपें
(topen)
(pl.f.oblique):
तोपों
(topon)