उँगली (unglii)
noun
A single, everyday sense: the finger (or, by extension, toe). Also commonly spelled अंगुली (angulii) or उंगली (unglii, with an anusvara instead of a candrabindu).
Sense
1
:
finger
noun, feminine
Synonyms: अंगुली (angulii, variant form), उंगली (unglii, variant form)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This word lives inside several vivid idioms every learner runs into fast: उँगली उठाना (unglii uthaanaa, 'to point/accuse'), उँगलियों पर नचाना (ungliyon par nachaanaa, 'to make someone dance on your fingers' -- i.e., to control someone completely), and उँगली पकड़ कर चलना (unglii pakad kar chalnaa, 'to walk holding someone's finger') which is exactly the tender image Hindi uses for a parent guiding a toddler by the finger, more common than 'holding hands' for that scene.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often forget that this word takes feminine agreement throughout -- मेरी उँगली (merii unglii), not मेरा। 2) उँगली उठाना (unglii uthaanaa) does not mean 'to raise a finger' casually as in English -- it specifically means 'to point a finger of blame/suspicion at someone,' so it is used more narrowly than its literal English translation suggests. 3) The word also covers toes in casual speech (पैर की उँगली, pair kii unglii, 'toe' -- literally 'finger of the foot'); there is no separate everyday word for toe.
Sample Sentences:
उसकी उँगली कट गई।
His finger got cut.
(uskii unglii kat gaii।)
बच्चा अपनी माँ की उँगली पकड़ कर चल रहा था।
The child was walking holding his mother's finger.
(bachchaa apnii maan kii unglii pakad kar chal rahaa thaa।)
सबने उसी पर उँगली उठाई।
Everyone pointed the finger at him.
(sabne usii par unglii uthaaii।)
वह सबको अपनी उँगलियों पर नचाती है।
She makes everyone dance to her tune.
(vah sabko apnii ungliyon par nachaatii hai।)
अपनी उँगली मत जलाना, तवा गरम है।
Don't burn your finger, the griddle is hot.
(apnii unglii mat jalaanaa, tavaa garam hai।)
अगर तुमने फिर मुझ पर उँगली उठाई, तो मैं बात नहीं करूँगी।
If you point the finger at me again, I won't talk to you.
(agar tumne phir mujh par unglii uthaaii, to main baat nahiin karoongii।)
डॉक्टर ने उसकी उँगली में सुई चुभाई।
The doctor pricked a needle into his finger.
(doktar ne uskii unglii men suii chubhaaii।)
उसकी उँगली में एक अंगूठी पहनी हुई थी।
A ring was worn on her finger.
(uskii unglii men ek angoothii pahnii huii thii।)
काश मुझ पर कोई उँगली न उठाता।
I wish no one had pointed a finger at me.
(kaash mujh par koii unglii n uthaataa।)
अगर मैं उसकी उँगली न पकड़ता तो वह गिर जाता।
If I hadn't held his finger, he would have fallen.
(agar main uskii unglii n pakadtaa to vah gir jaataa।)
कृपया अपनी उँगली यहाँ रखिए ताकि मशीन आपका निशान ले सके।
Please place your finger here so the machine can take your print.
(kripyaa apnii unglii yahaan rakhie taaki mashiin aapkaa nishaan le sake।)
उसकी टूटी हुई उँगली पर पट्टी बँधी हुई है।
A bandage is tied on his broken finger.
(uskii tootii huii unglii par pattii bandhii huii hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
उँगली
(unglii)
(sg.f.oblique):
उँगली
(unglii)
(pl.f.direct):
उँगलियाँ
(ungliyaan)
(pl.f.oblique):
उँगलियों
(ungliyon)