तरबूज़ (tarbooz)

noun A common fruit name: watermelon. One straightforward sense; also spelled तरबूज (tarbooj) without the nuqta.
Sense 1 : watermelon
noun, masculine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: तरबूज़ (tarbooz) is the fruit of Indian summers -- you will see carts piled high with them on Delhi roadsides from April onward, and street vendors slicing them into red wedges to cool people down in the heat. Families also love to thump a whole तरबूज़ (tarbooz) to check if it sounds hollow enough to be ripe before buying.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse तरबूज़ (tarbooz) with खरबूजा (kharboojaa), which is muskmelon/cantaloupe, not watermelon -- the two are different fruits with different Hindi names, not variants of the same word.
Sample Sentences:
गर्मियों में तरबूज़ बहुत मिलता है। Watermelon is widely available in the summer.
(garmiyon men tarbooz bahut miltaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या तुमने आज तरबूज़ खाया? Did you eat watermelon today?
(kyaa tumne aaj tarbooz khaayaa?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
वह ठेले वाला सड़क किनारे तरबूज़ बेच रहा है। That cart vendor is selling watermelons by the roadside.
(vah thele vaalaa sadak kinaare tarbooz bech rahaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बाज़ार से एक बड़ा तरबूज़ ले आओ। Bring a big watermelon from the market.
(baazaar se ek badaa tarbooz le aao।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
पापा तरबूज़ को थपथपाकर देखते हैं कि वह पका है या नहीं। Dad thumps the watermelon to check whether it is ripe or not.
(paapaa tarbooz ko thapathpaakar dekhte hain ki vah pakaa hai yaa nahiin।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर तरबूज़ ताज़ा होता तो हम उसे ज़रूर खरीदते। If the watermelon had been fresh, we would definitely have bought it.
(agar tarbooz taazaa hotaa to ham use zaroor khariidte।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
इस गर्मी में हर घर में तरबूज़ काटा जाएगा। This summer, watermelon will be cut in every household.
(is garmii men har ghar men tarbooz kaataa jaaegaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
शायद बाज़ार में अभी तरबूज़ मिल जाए। Maybe watermelon can still be found in the market right now.
(shaayad baazaar men abhii tarbooz mil jaae।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
मंडी में तरबूज़ों के ढेर लगे हुए थे। Heaps of watermelons were piled up in the wholesale market.
(mandii men tarboozon ke dher lage hue the।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्या आप ठंडा तरबूज़ पसंद करेंगे? Would you like some chilled watermelon?
(kyaa aap thandaa tarbooz pasand karenge?)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
इतनी लू में तरबूज़ खाकर ही राहत मिलती है। In such scorching heat, only eating watermelon brings relief.
(itnii loo men tarbooz khaakar hii raahat miltii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): तरबूज़ (tarbooz)
(sg.m.oblique): तरबूज़ (tarbooz)
(pl.m.direct): तरबूज़ (tarbooz)
(pl.m.oblique): तरबूज़ों (tarboozon)