कब्ज़ (kabz)
noun
A medical/everyday term meaning constipation. It has essentially one core meaning, used constantly in daily talk about health and digestion.
Sense
1
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constipation
noun, feminine
Synonyms: कोष्ठबद्धता (koshthbaddhtaa, formal/medical)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is one of those words every Indian household discusses with surprising openness -- over chai, in the kitchen, with the family doctor -- because digestion and constipation are treated as a normal, even central, topic of daily wellbeing talk. You will constantly hear मुझे कब्ज़ है (mujhe kabz hai, 'I have constipation') or पेट में कब्ज़ है (pet men kabz hai, 'there is constipation in the stomach'), both using the dative/locative-subject pattern rather than an active 'I have' construction.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often say कब्ज़ होना (kabz honaa) with a subject-agent construction like in English ('I have constipation'), but Hindi uses the dative-subject frame: मुझे कब्ज़ है (mujhe kabz hai, 'I have constipation'), literally 'to me constipation is.' 2) Note the nuqta: कब्ज़ (kabz) with the dot under ज is the correct everyday spelling; कब्ज (kabj) without it is also seen but less standard.
Sample Sentences:
मुझे कब्ज़ है।
I have constipation.
(mujhe kabz hai।)
उसके पेट में कब्ज़ है।
There is constipation in his stomach.
(uske pet men kabz hai।)
पिछले हफ्ते मुझे बहुत कब्ज़ हो गया था।
Last week I had really bad constipation.
(pichhle haphte mujhe bahut kabz ho gayaa thaa।)
अगर तुम रोज़ फल नहीं खाओगे, तो तुम्हें कब्ज़ हो जाएगा।
If you don't eat fruit every day, you'll get constipation.
(agar tum roz phal nahiin khaaoge, to tumhen kabz ho jaaegaa।)
डॉक्टर साहब, मुझे कई दिनों से कब्ज़ की शिकायत है।
Doctor, I've been having complaints of constipation for several days.
(doktar saahab, mujhe kaii dinon se kabz kii shikaayat hai।)
अगर मैं ज़्यादा पानी पीता, तो मुझे कब्ज़ नहीं होता।
If I drank more water, I wouldn't have constipation.
(agar main zyaadaa paanii piitaa, to mujhe kabz nahiin hotaa।)
कब्ज़ से बचने के लिए ज़्यादा रेशेदार भोजन खाओ।
Eat more fiber-rich food to avoid constipation.
(kabz se bachne ke lie zyaadaa reshedaar bhojan khaao।)
शायद उसे कब्ज़ की वजह से पेट में दर्द हो रहा हो।
Maybe he's having stomach pain because of constipation.
(shaayad use kabz kii vajah se pet men dard ho rahaa ho।)
इस दवा से मरीज़ का कब्ज़ ठीक किया जाता है।
The patient's constipation is treated with this medicine.
(is davaa se mariiz kaa kabz thiik kiyaa jaataa hai।)
बचपन में मुझे अक्सर कब्ज़ रहता था।
In childhood, I often had constipation.
(bachpan men mujhe aksar kabz rahtaa thaa।)
नानी कहती हैं कि कब्ज़ हो तो सुबह गर्म पानी पीना चाहिए।
Grandma says that if there's constipation, one should drink warm water in the morning.
(naanii kahtii hain ki kabz ho to subah garm paanii piinaa chaahie।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
कब्ज़
(kabz)
(sg.f.oblique):
कब्ज़
(kabz)
(pl.f.direct):
कब्ज़ें
(kabzen)
(pl.f.oblique):
कब्ज़ों
(kabzon)