सहयोग (sahyog)
noun
A single core meaning of cooperation/collaboration/support, used constantly in both everyday requests for help and formal/institutional contexts. The verb form सहयोग करना (sahyog karnaa) is how you actually use it in a sentence.
Sense
1
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cooperation, collaboration, support (mutual help toward a shared goal)
noun, masculine Almost always appears with करना (karnaa) 'to give/extend cooperation' or चाहिए/माँगना (chaahie/maangnaa) 'to request cooperation.' The person cooperated with is marked with का/की/के ...सहयोग, or the phrase [X] के साथ सहयोग करना (ke saath sahyog karnaa) is used.
Synonyms: मदद (madad), सहायता (sahaaytaa), साथ (saath, informal)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the word you hear on posters, in office memos, from teachers, and in public announcements: सबका सहयोग ज़रूरी है (sabkaa sahyog zaroorii hai, 'everyone's cooperation is necessary'). It carries a slightly more formal, civic-minded flavor than मदद (madad), which is why NGOs, schools, and government notices lean on it heavily -- it frames the listener as a partner in a joint effort rather than someone doing a favor.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for मदद (madad) in every context, but सहयोग (sahyog) implies a two-way, joint effort toward a common goal, not one person simply helping another -- so a boss asking for सहयोग (sahyog) from a team sounds more natural than मदद (madad) in that formal setting. 2) The set phrase आपका सहयोग चाहिए (aapkaa sahyog chaahie, 'your cooperation is needed') is very common in notices, announcements, and requests -- learners often construct this more awkwardly with कृपया मदद करें (kripyaa madad karen) instead, which sounds more like a plea than a polite institutional request.
Sample Sentences:
इस काम के लिए आप सबका सहयोग ज़रूरी है।
Everyone's cooperation is necessary for this work.
(is kaam ke lie aap sabkaa sahyog zaroorii hai।)
कृपया प्रशासन को अपना सहयोग दें।
Please give your cooperation to the administration.
(kripyaa prashaasan ko apnaa sahyog den।)
दोनों कंपनियाँ इस प्रोजेक्ट पर मिलकर सहयोग कर रही हैं।
Both companies are cooperating together on this project.
(donon kampniyaan is projekt par milkar sahyog kar rahii hain।)
अगर सबने सहयोग किया होता, तो काम बहुत पहले पूरा हो जाता।
If everyone had cooperated, the work would have been finished much earlier.
(agar sabne sahyog kiyaa hotaa, to kaam bahut pahle pooraa ho jaataa।)
स्कूल ने माता-पिता से बच्चों की पढ़ाई में सहयोग माँगा।
The school asked the parents for cooperation in the children's studies.
(skool ne maataa-pitaa se bachchon kii padhaaii men sahyog maangaa।)
मुझे उम्मीद है कि आप इस अभियान में सहयोग करेंगे।
I hope that you will cooperate in this campaign.
(mujhe ummiid hai ki aap is abhiyaan men sahyog karenge।)
यह योजना बिना जनता के सहयोग के सफल नहीं हो सकती।
This plan cannot succeed without the public's cooperation.
(yah yojnaa binaa jantaa ke sahyog ke saphal nahiin ho saktii।)
बाढ़ पीड़ितों की मदद के लिए सभी विभागों में सहयोग बनाया गया।
Cooperation was built among all departments to help the flood victims.
(baadh piiditon kii madad ke lie sabhii vibhaagon men sahyog banaayaa gayaa।)
टीम में सहयोग हो तो कोई भी लक्ष्य असंभव नहीं लगता।
If there is cooperation within the team, no goal seems impossible.
(tiim men sahyog ho to koii bhii lakshy asambhav nahiin lagtaa।)
समिति ने बार-बार सहयोग की अपील की, पर लोग टालते रहे।
The committee appealed for cooperation again and again, but people kept avoiding it.
(samiti ne baar-baar sahyog kii apiil kii, par log taalte rahe।)
पड़ोसियों के सहयोग से त्योहार की तैयारी बहुत आसान हो गई।
With the neighbors' cooperation, preparing for the festival became very easy.
(padosiyon ke sahyog se tyohaar kii taiyaarii bahut aasaan ho gaii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
सहयोग
(sahyog)
(sg.m.oblique):
सहयोग
(sahyog)
(pl.m.direct):
सहयोग
(sahyog)
(pl.m.oblique):
सहयोगों
(sahyogon)