दंपति (dampti)
noun
A formal, respectful word for 'married couple' or 'husband and wife' -- used in invitations, news reports, and polite address, not in casual chat.
Sense
1
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married couple, husband and wife (as a unit)
noun, masculine/feminine
Synonyms: पति-पत्नी (pati-patnii, everyday), जोड़ा (jodaa, general pair, not necessarily married)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will see दंपति (dampti) constantly on wedding invitations, in temple donor lists, and in news headlines like 'दंपति ने बचाई जान' (dampti ne bachaaii jaan, 'the couple saved a life') -- it has a formal, almost official flavor, the kind of word you'd use introducing a couple on stage at a function, not describing your neighbors over chai.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often treat दंपति (dampti) like an ordinary countable noun and try to pluralize or gender-mark it the way they would पति (pati) or पत्नी (patnii) individually -- but दंपति (dampti) already refers to the pair as one unit, so it takes verbs and adjectives in ways that can feel unfamiliar until you see it in context (covered in the morphology notes). 2) It is easy to overuse this in casual speech; native speakers reach for पति-पत्नी (pati-patnii) when just chatting about 'the husband and wife next door.'
Sample Sentences:
यह दंपति पिछले तीस साल से इसी मोहल्ले में रहता है।
This couple has been living in this neighborhood for the last thirty years.
(yah dampti pichhle tiis saal se isii mohalle men rahtaa hai।)
मंच पर आज के सम्मानित दंपति का स्वागत कीजिए।
Please welcome today's honored couple onto the stage.
(manch par aaj ke sammaanit dampti kaa svaagat kiijie।)
उस दंपति ने बाढ़ में फंसे तीन बच्चों की जान बचाई।
That couple saved the lives of three children trapped in the flood.
(us dampti ne baadh men phanse tiin bachchon kii jaan bachaaii।)
मंदिर की दानदाताओं की सूची में इस दंपति का नाम सबसे ऊपर लिखा है।
This couple's name is written at the very top of the temple's list of donors.
(mandir kii daandaataaon kii soochii men is dampti kaa naam sabse oopar likhaa hai।)
निमंत्रण पत्र पर दोनों परिवारों के साथ मेजबान दंपति का नाम भी छपा होगा।
The host couple's name will also be printed on the invitation card, along with both families.
(nimantran patr par donon parivaaron ke saath mejbaan dampti kaa naam bhii chhapaa hogaa।)
अगर यह दंपति समय पर पहुँच जाता तो पूरा समारोह और भी शानदार होता।
If this couple had arrived on time, the whole ceremony would have been even grander.
(agar yah dampti samay par pahunch jaataa to pooraa samaaroh aur bhii shaandaar hotaa।)
पुलिस चाहती है कि लापता दंपति जल्द से जल्द मिल जाए।
The police want the missing couple to be found as soon as possible.
(pulis chaahtii hai ki laaptaa dampti jald se jald mil jaae।)
अखबार में छपा था कि एक बुजुर्ग दंपति ने अपनी सारी संपत्ति अनाथालय को दान कर दी।
It was printed in the newspaper that an elderly couple had donated their entire property to an orphanage.
(akhbaar men chhapaa thaa ki ek bujurg dampti ne apnii saarii sampatti anaathaalay ko daan kar dii।)
समारोह में आए हर दंपति को एक-एक स्मृति चिन्ह दिया जा रहा था।
Every couple who came to the function was being given a memento each.
(samaaroh men aae har dampti ko ek-ek smriti chinh diyaa jaa rahaa thaa।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m/f.direct):
दंपति
(dampti)
(sg.m/f.oblique):
दंपति
(dampti)
(pl.m/f.direct):
दंपतिएँ
(damptien)
(pl.m/f.oblique):
दंपतिओं
(damption)