पत्रकार (patrkaar)
noun
A single-sense word meaning 'journalist/reporter'; built from पत्र (patr, 'letter/document') + कार (kaar, 'doer/maker'), the same agentive suffix seen in words like कलाकार (kalaakaar, 'artist').
Sense
1
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journalist, reporter
noun, masculine
Synonyms: संवाददाता (sanvaaddaataa, 'correspondent', formal), रिपोर्टर (riportar, colloquial)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: पत्रकार (patrkaar) is the everyday word you will hear on the news itself, in phrases like हमारे पत्रकार ने बताया (hamaare patrkaar ne bataayaa, 'our journalist reported') -- it carries a note of professional respectability, unlike the more casual रिपोर्टर (riportar), which feels borrowed and slightly more informal. The suffix -कार (kaar) is productive and worth learning as a pattern: कलाकार (kalaakaar, 'artist'), साहित्यकार (saahitykaar, 'litterateur'), रचनाकार (rachnaakaar, 'creator/author') all follow the same 'one who does/makes X' logic.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes assume पत्रकार (patrkaar) is grammatically feminine because it ends in -आ (aa) like many feminine nouns; it is actually masculine by default, and a female journalist is still often called पत्रकार (patrkaar) or specified as महिला पत्रकार (mahilaa patrkaar, 'woman journalist').
Sample Sentences:
वह एक जाना-माना पत्रकार है।
He is a well-known journalist.
(vah ek jaanaa-maanaa patrkaar hai।)
हमारे पत्रकार ने बताया कि सड़क हादसे में तीन लोग घायल हुए हैं।
Our journalist reported that three people were injured in the road accident.
(hamaare patrkaar ne bataayaa ki sadak haadse men tiin log ghaayal hue hain।)
वह पत्रकार रोज़ प्रधानमंत्री के भाषणों पर रिपोर्ट लिखता है।
That journalist writes a report on the prime minister's speeches every day.
(vah patrkaar roz pradhaanmantrii ke bhaashnon par riport likhtaa hai।)
पत्रकार मंत्री से तीखे सवाल पूछ रही थी।
The journalist was asking the minister sharp questions.
(patrkaar mantrii se tiikhe savaal poochh rahii thii।)
अगर मैं पत्रकार होता, तो मैं भी युद्ध क्षेत्र में जाकर रिपोर्टिंग करता।
If I were a journalist, I too would go and report from the war zone.
(agar main patrkaar hotaa, to main bhii yuddh kshetr men jaakar riporting kartaa।)
पत्रकार बनना है तो पहले सच बोलने की हिम्मत रखो।
If you want to become a journalist, first have the courage to speak the truth.
(patrkaar bannaa hai to pahle sach bolne kii himmat rakho।)
उस पत्रकार को धमकी दी गई थी क्योंकि उसने भ्रष्टाचार का पर्दाफाश किया था।
That journalist had been threatened because he had exposed the corruption.
(us patrkaar ko dhamkii dii gaii thii kyonki usne bhrashtaachaar kaa pardaaphaash kiyaa thaa।)
शायद वह पत्रकार कल तक अपनी रिपोर्ट सम्पादक को भेज दे।
Perhaps that journalist will send his report to the editor by tomorrow.
(shaayad vah patrkaar kal tak apnii riport sampaadak ko bhej de।)
इस अखबार में सैकड़ों पत्रकार काम करते हैं।
Hundreds of journalists work at this newspaper.
(is akhbaar men saikdon patrkaar kaam karte hain।)
प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस में पत्रकारों की भीड़ जमा हो गई थी।
A crowd of journalists had gathered at the press conference.
(pres konphrens men patrkaaron kii bhiid jamaa ho gaii thii।)
अगले साल तक वह एक अनुभवी पत्रकार बन जाएगा।
By next year, he will have become an experienced journalist.
(agle saal tak vah ek anubhvii patrkaar ban jaaegaa।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
पत्रकार
(patrkaar)
(sg.m.oblique):
पत्रकार
(patrkaar)
(pl.m.direct):
पत्रकार
(patrkaar)
(pl.m.oblique):
पत्रकारों
(patrkaaron)