बारी (baarii)

noun Mainly means 'turn' (as in whose turn it is to do something), with a related sense of a recurring 'time/occasion' or 'round' in a sequence.
Sense 1 : turn (in a sequence, queue, or game)
noun, feminine Common frame: X कि बारी (X kii baarii, 'X's turn') or बारी आना (baarii aanaa, 'for the turn to come/arrive'), treating the turn as something that arrives to a person rather than something the person takes.
Synonyms: मौका (maukaa, chance/opportunity), दौर (daur, round)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Picture kids in a Delhi galli lining up for a cricket bat -- मेरी बारी है! (merii baarii hai, 'It's my turn!') is the classic protest. The idiom अपनी बारी का इंतज़ार करना (apnii baarii kaa intzaar karnaa, 'to wait for one's turn') captures the deeply held value of queueing patience, even if traffic and ration lines don't always reflect it in practice.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often say मेरी बारी है (merii baarii hai) correctly but then try to force ने-marking onto बारी आना (baarii aanaa) or बारी होना (baarii honaa) -- both are intransitive and take no ने, since बारी is the grammatical subject, not an object being acted on. 2) Confusing बारी (baarii, 'turn') with बार (baar, 'time/occasion, as in ek baar') -- they look and sound similar but बार is used for counting occurrences ('once, twice') while बारी is specifically about sequence/order.
Sample Sentences:
मेरी बारी है! It's my turn!
(merii baarii hai!)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अब तुम्हारी बारी है, जल्दी करो। Now it's your turn, hurry up.
(ab tumhaarii baarii hai, jaldii karo।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
हमें अपनी बारी का इंतज़ार करना चाहिए। We should wait for our turn.
(hamen apnii baarii kaa intzaar karnaa chaahie।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
वह लाइन में खड़ा अपनी बारी का इंतज़ार कर रहा था। He was standing in line, waiting for his turn.
(vah laain men khadaa apnii baarii kaa intzaar kar rahaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर तुम धक्का न देते तो शायद अब तक मेरी बारी आ जाती। If you hadn't pushed, my turn probably would have come by now.
(agar tum dhakkaa n dete to shaayad ab tak merii baarii aa jaatii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
टिकट खिड़की पर हर किसी की बारी बारी-बारी से आती है। At the ticket window, everyone's turn comes one by one.
(tikat khidkii par har kisii kii baarii baarii-baarii se aatii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या अगली बारी मेरी होगी? Will the next turn be mine?
(kyaa aglii baarii merii hogii?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
बच्चों को समझाया गया कि सबकी बारी आएगी, धक्का-मुक्की मत करो। The children were told that everyone's turn would come, so don't push and shove.
(bachchon ko samjhaayaa gayaa ki sabkii baarii aaegii, dhakkaa-mukkii mat karo।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
कृपया शांति से अपनी बारी की प्रतीक्षा करें। Please wait patiently for your turn.
(kripyaa shaanti se apnii baarii kii pratiikshaa karen।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
काश उसकी बारी पहले आती। I wish his turn had come first.
(kaash uskii baarii pahle aatii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
जैसे ही मेरी बारी आई, बत्ती चली गई। Just as my turn came, the power went out.
(jaise hii merii baarii aaii, battii chalii gaii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Sense 2 : occasion, instance in a recurring cycle
noun, feminine
Synonyms: दफ़ा (dafaa), बार (baar, more common for this sense)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: Used in phrases like इस बारी (is baarii, 'this time') in some regional speech, though बार (baar) is far more standard in Delhi-NCR for this exact meaning -- learners will hear बारी used this way more in Bihari or Haryanvi-inflected Hindi.
Sample Sentences:
इस बारी बात कुछ और है। This time the matter is something else.
(is baarii baat kuchh aur hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पिछली बारी वो नहीं आया था। Last time he didn't come.
(pichhlii baarii vo nahiin aayaa thaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगली बारी हम गाँव चलेंगे। Next time we'll go to the village.
(aglii baarii ham gaanv chalenge।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
जब भी बारी आए, तू ध्यान से देख लेना। Whenever the occasion comes around, you watch carefully.
(jab bhii baarii aae, too dhyaan se dekh lenaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
उस बारी हमने बहुत मजा किया था। That time we had a lot of fun.
(us baarii hamne bahut majaa kiyaa thaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर इस बारी भी वही होता, तो मैं नहीं जाता। If the same thing had happened this time too, I wouldn't have gone.
(agar is baarii bhii vahii hotaa, to main nahiin jaataa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
इस बारी मेला बहुत जल्दी लग गया। This time the fair was set up very early.
(is baarii melaa bahut jaldii lag gayaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
हर बारी की तरह इस बारी भी उसने बहाना बना दिया। Like every time, this time too he made an excuse.
(har baarii kii tarah is baarii bhii usne bahaanaa banaa diyaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): बारी (baarii)
(sg.f.oblique): बारी (baarii)
(pl.f.direct): बारियाँ (baariyaan)
(pl.f.oblique): बारियों (baariyon)