घमंड (ghamand)

noun A single-sense noun meaning 'pride' or 'arrogance' -- almost always used negatively, unlike English 'pride' which can be positive.
Sense 1 : arrogance, conceit, excessive pride
noun, masculine
Synonyms: अभिमान (abhimaan), गुरूर (guroor), अहंकार (ahankaar, more philosophical, often tied to ego/self)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the word behind the common moral scolding घमंड मत करो (ghamand mat karo, 'don't be so arrogant') that elders in Delhi-NCR households use freely -- money, looks, a new job, a foreign trip, all can invite the accusation of घमंड (ghamand). It carries a strong whiff of 'pride goes before a fall,' often paired in cautionary speech with words like नाश (naash, 'ruin') or गिरना (girnaa, 'to fall/be humbled').
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes reach for घमंड (ghamand) to translate positive 'pride' (like a parent's pride in a child) -- that sense needs गर्व (garv) instead, which is neutral-to-positive. घमंड (ghamand) is almost always a criticism. 2) The common verb pairing is घमंड करना (ghamand karnaa, 'to be arrogant/to boast') or घमंड होना (ghamand honaa, 'to have/feel pride', often with a को (ko)-marked subject: उसे घमंड है (use ghamand hai, 'he is arrogant')) -- not घमंड लगना (ghamand lagnaa), which is not idiomatic.
Sample Sentences:
घमंड मत करो, ये सब एक दिन खत्म हो जाएगा। Don't be so arrogant, all this will end one day.
(ghamand mat karo, ye sab ek din khatm ho jaaegaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
उसे अपने पैसों का बहुत घमंड है। He is very arrogant about his money.
(use apne paison kaa bahut ghamand hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पहले वो बहुत घमंड करती थी, अब बिल्कुल बदल गई है। She used to be very arrogant before, now she has changed completely.
(pahle vo bahut ghamand kartii thii, ab bilkul badal gaii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर तुम इतना घमंड न करते तो लोग तुम्हें पसंद करते। If you didn't act so arrogant, people would like you.
(agar tum itnaa ghamand n karte to log tumhen pasand karte।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
घमंड इंसान के नाश का कारण बनता है। Arrogance becomes the cause of a person's ruin.
(ghamand insaan ke naash kaa kaaran bantaa hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उसका घमंड आखिरकार टूट गया जब उसे नौकरी से निकाल दिया गया। His arrogance finally broke when he was fired from his job.
(uskaa ghamand aakhirkaar toot gayaa jab use naukrii se nikaal diyaa gayaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
क्या तुम्हें अपनी विदेश यात्रा का इतना घमंड है? Are you really this arrogant about your foreign trip?
(kyaa tumhen apnii videsh yaatraa kaa itnaa ghamand hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मुझे उम्मीद है कि सफलता मिलने के बाद वो घमंड नहीं करेगा। I hope that after achieving success, he won't become arrogant.
(mujhe ummiid hai ki saphaltaa milne ke baad vo ghamand nahiin karegaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
घमंड में आकर उसने सबकी बातें अनसुनी कर दी। Overcome by arrogance, he ignored everyone's advice.
(ghamand men aakar usne sabkii baaten ansunii kar dii।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इतनी सुंदरता का घमंड करना ठीक नहीं है, बेटा। It's not right to be this proud of your looks, dear.
(itnii sundartaa kaa ghamand karnaa thiik nahiin hai, betaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
घमंड करने वालों का सिर एक दिन जरूर झुकता है। The heads of the arrogant surely bow down one day.
(ghamand karne vaalon kaa sir ek din jaroor jhuktaa hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): घमंड (ghamand)
(sg.m.oblique): घमंड (ghamand)
(pl.m.direct): घमंड (ghamand)
(pl.m.oblique): घमंडों (ghamandon)