अक्तूबर (aktoobar)

noun The month of October (aktoobar) in the Gregorian calendar used alongside the traditional Hindu calendar in everyday Indian life.
Sense 1 : October (the calendar month)
noun, masculine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will see this spelled both अक्तूबर (aktoobar) and ऑक्टोबर (oktobar) -- the former is the more Hindi-ized rendering taught in schools and used in print, while the latter closely mirrors the English pronunciation and shows up often in spoken city Hindi. Both are completely normal and understood everywhere in Delhi-NCR.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to inflect it like a native noun for the oblique case (e.g. before postpositions), but month names like अक्तूबर (aktoobar) stay invariant: अक्तूबर में (aktoobar men, 'in October'), not a changed form.
Sample Sentences:
अक्तूबर साल का दसवाँ महीना है। October is the tenth month of the year.
(aktoobar saal kaa dasvaan mahiinaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
दिल्ली में अक्तूबर के महीने में मौसम बहुत सुहाना हो जाता है। In Delhi, the weather becomes very pleasant during the month of October.
(dillii men aktoobar ke mahiine men mausam bahut suhaanaa ho jaataa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पिछले अक्तूबर में हमने एक नई गाड़ी खरीदी थी। Last October, we had bought a new car.
(pichhle aktoobar men hamne ek naii gaadii khariidii thii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मीटिंग अक्तूबर के पहले हफ़्ते में होगी। The meeting will be held in the first week of October.
(miiting aktoobar ke pahle hafte men hogii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
कृपया अपना फॉर्म तीस अक्तूबर तक जमा करें। Please submit your form by the thirtieth of October.
(kripyaa apnaa phorm tiis aktoobar tak jamaa karen।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर अक्तूबर में छुट्टी मिलती तो हम पहाड़ों पर घूमने जाते। If we got leave in October, we would go traveling to the hills.
(agar aktoobar men chhuttii miltii to ham pahaadon par ghoomne jaate।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
दुर्गा पूजा अक्सर अक्तूबर के महीने में मनाई जाती है। Durga Puja is often celebrated in the month of October.
(durgaa poojaa aksar aktoobar ke mahiine men manaaii jaatii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
शायद इस बार अक्तूबर में दिवाली पड़े। Perhaps Diwali will fall in October this time.
(shaayad is baar aktoobar men divaalii pade।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
उसका जन्मदिन ऑक्टोबर में आता है, ना कि नवंबर में। Her birthday falls in October, not in November.
(uskaa janmdin oktobar men aataa hai, naa ki navambar men।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कंपनी की सालाना रिपोर्ट हर साल अक्तूबर में प्रकाशित होती है। The company's annual report is published every year in October.
(kampnii kii saalaanaa riport har saal aktoobar men prakaashit hotii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
अक्तूबर आते ही बाज़ारों में त्योहारों की रौनक शुरू हो जाती है। As soon as October arrives, the markets start buzzing with festive excitement.
(aktoobar aate hii baazaaron men tyohaaron kii raunak shuroo ho jaatii hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): अक्तूबर (aktoobar)
(sg.m.oblique): अक्तूबर (aktoobar)
(pl.m.direct): अक्तूबर (aktoobar)
(pl.m.oblique): अक्तूबरों (aktoobron)