दरज़ी (darzii)
noun
A single-sense everyday noun meaning 'tailor.'
Sense
1
:
tailor
noun, masculine
Synonyms: सिलाई करने वाला (silaaii karne vaalaa, descriptive phrase, not a single-word synonym)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Every neighborhood market in Delhi-NCR has its own दरज़ी (darzii), often a small shop with a sewing machine humming in the doorway, where you get blouses, kurtas, and suits stitched or altered. Taking fabric to the दरज़ी (darzii) for a wedding outfit, and the ritual of getting measurements taken and then going back two or three times for fitting, is a very familiar experience for most North Indian households.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes write or say दर्जी (darjii) without the nuqta -- this is a common and widely accepted variant spelling, not an error, but दरज़ी (darzii) with the nuqta is closer to the Persian-derived pronunciation. 2) The word is masculine regardless of the tailor's actual gender in casual speech; a female tailor is still often called दरज़ी (darzii), though some speakers add महिला (mahilaa, woman) before it to specify.
Sample Sentences:
हमारी गली के नुक्कड़ पर एक दरज़ी की दुकान है।
There is a tailor's shop at the corner of our street.
(hamaarii galii ke nukkad par ek darzii kii dukaan hai।)
मैं कल यह कपड़ा दरज़ी को दे आऊँगी।
I will go give this fabric to the tailor tomorrow.
(main kal yah kapdaa darzii ko de aaoongii।)
शादी के सूट के लिए हमें दरज़ी के पास तीन बार जाना पड़ा।
For the wedding suit, we had to go to the tailor three times.
(shaadii ke soot ke lie hamen darzii ke paas tiin baar jaanaa padaa।)
दरज़ी नाप लेते हुए बता रहा था कि ब्लाउज़ कब तक तैयार होगा।
The tailor was telling us, while taking measurements, when the blouse would be ready.
(darzii naap lete hue bataa rahaa thaa ki blaauz kab tak taiyaar hogaa।)
अच्छा दरज़ी मिलना आजकल मुश्किल हो गया है।
Finding a good tailor has become difficult these days.
(achchhaa darzii milnaa aajkal mushkil ho gayaa hai।)
कृपया यह कुर्ता दरज़ी को दिखा दीजिए, कमर थोड़ी ढीली है।
Please show this kurta to the tailor, the waist is a bit loose.
(kripyaa yah kurtaa darzii ko dikhaa diijie, kamar thodii dhiilii hai।)
अगर दरज़ी समय पर सिलाई कर देता तो हम फ़ंक्शन में यह सूट पहन पाते।
If the tailor had stitched it on time, we would have been able to wear this suit to the function.
(agar darzii samay par silaaii kar detaa to ham fankshan men yah soot pahan paate।)
पुराने ज़माने में हर मोहल्ले का अपना दरज़ी हुआ करता था।
In olden times, every neighborhood used to have its own tailor.
(puraane zamaane men har mohalle kaa apnaa darzii huaa kartaa thaa।)
मेरी माँ चाहती हैं कि दरज़ी इस बार नाप ठीक से ले।
My mother wants the tailor to take the measurements properly this time.
(merii maan chaahtii hain ki darzii is baar naap thiik se le।)
यह पोशाक शहर के सबसे मशहूर दरज़ी द्वारा सिली गई थी।
This outfit was stitched by the city's most famous tailor.
(yah poshaak shahar ke sabse mashahoor darzii dvaaraa silii gaii thii।)
दरज़ी दुकान में बैठा सिलाई मशीन चला रहा है।
The tailor is sitting in the shop, running the sewing machine.
(darzii dukaan men baithaa silaaii mashiin chalaa rahaa hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
दरज़ी
(darzii)
(sg.m.oblique):
दरज़ी
(darzii)
(pl.m.direct):
दरज़ी
(darzii)
(pl.m.oblique):
दरज़ीयों
(darziiyon)