चोट (chot)
noun
Primarily a physical 'injury/hurt' word, but it stretches naturally into emotional hurt and into a couple of common idioms built on the same image of a blow or wound.
Sense
1
:
physical injury, wound, or hurt
noun, feminine
Synonyms: ज़ख्म (zakhm), घाव (ghaav)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: चोट लगना (chot lagnaa) is the everyday way Hindi speakers report injuries -- a mother asking a child मुझे दिखाओ, कहाँ चोट लगी? (mujhe dikhaao, kahaan chot lagii?, 'show me, where did you get hurt?') is a very ordinary scene. Note the dative-subject-like feel: the injury 'lands on' you (लगना, lagnaa) rather than you 'getting' it as a direct object.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for दर्द (dard) when they mean चोट (chot): दर्द (dard) is the pain itself (a symptom), while चोट (chot) is the injury or the act of hurting that causes it -- you can have चोट (chot) without much दर्द (dard), or दर्द (dard) (like a headache) with no चोट (chot) at all. 2) The common verb pairing is चोट लगना (chot lagnaa, to get hurt/injured), not चोट होना (chot honaa), for describing that someone got injured.
Sample Sentences:
मुझे दिखाओ, कहाँ चोट लगी?
Show me, where did you get hurt?
(mujhe dikhaao, kahaan chot lagii?)
गिरने से उसके घुटने पर गहरी चोट आ गई।
He got a deep injury on his knee from falling.
(girne se uske ghutne par gahrii chot aa gaii।)
क्या तुम्हें बहुत चोट लगी है?
Did you get hurt badly?
(kyaa tumhen bahut chot lagii hai?)
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि चोट ज्यादा गंभीर नहीं है।
The doctor said the injury isn't too serious.
(doktar ne kahaa ki chot jyaadaa gambhiir nahiin hai।)
अगर वह सावधान रहता तो उसे इतनी चोट न लगती।
If he had been careful, he wouldn't have gotten hurt this much.
(agar vah saavdhaan rahtaa to use itnii chot n lagtii।)
खेलते वक्त हमेशा ध्यान रखो, कहीं चोट न लग जाए।
Always be careful while playing, in case you get hurt somewhere.
(khelte vakt hameshaa dhyaan rakho, kahiin chot n lag jaae।)
उसकी चोट का इलाज अस्पताल में किया गया।
His injury was treated at the hospital.
(uskii chot kaa ilaaj asptaal men kiyaa gayaa।)
पुरानी चोट सर्दियों में फिर से दर्द करने लगती है।
The old injury starts hurting again in winter.
(puraanii chot sardiyon men phir se dard karne lagtii hai।)
खिलाड़ी को मैच के दौरान गंभीर चोट लग गई।
The player sustained a serious injury during the match.
(khilaadii ko maich ke dauraan gambhiir chot lag gaii।)
उसकी बांह पर चोट का निशान अभी भी दिख रहा है।
The mark of the injury is still visible on his arm.
(uskii baanh par chot kaa nishaan abhii bhii dikh rahaa hai।)
सर्जरी के बाद डॉक्टरों ने चोट पर पट्टी बाँध दी।
After the surgery, the doctors bandaged the wound.
(sarjrii ke baad doktron ne chot par pattii baandh dii।)
Sense
2
:
emotional hurt, blow to feelings/pride
noun, feminine
Synonyms: आघात (aaghaat, literary)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi loves this body-as-site-of-emotion move: दिल पर चोट लगना (dil par chot lagnaa, 'a wound lands on the heart') or स्वाभिमान को चोट पहुँचना (svaabhimaan ko chot pahunchnaa, 'a hurt reaches one's self-respect') both use चोट (chot) exactly like a physical blow, just redirected at the heart or the ego -- a nice window into how the language treats emotional pain as something that strikes you from outside.
Common Mistakes: 1) This figurative sense also pairs with लगना (lagnaa) -- दिल पर चोट लगना (dil par chot lagnaa, for it to hurt the heart) -- rather than any form of feel-verb learners might default to from English.
Sample Sentences:
उसकी बातों से मेरे दिल पर गहरी चोट लगी।
His words dealt a deep hurt to my heart.
(uskii baaton se mere dil par gahrii chot lagii।)
उसके इनकार से मेरे स्वाभिमान को चोट पहुँची।
His refusal wounded my self-respect.
(uske inkaar se mere svaabhimaan ko chot pahunchii।)
ऐसी बातें कहकर उसकी भावनाओं को चोट मत पहुँचाओ।
Don't hurt her feelings by saying things like that.
(aisii baaten kahkar uskii bhaavnaaon ko chot mat pahunchaao।)
मुझे नहीं लगता था कि उसकी एक टिप्पणी मुझे इतनी चोट पहुँचाएगी।
I didn't think a single remark of his would hurt me so much.
(mujhe nahiin lagtaa thaa ki uskii ek tippnii mujhe itnii chot pahunchaaegii।)
अगर तुम सच में उसकी परवाह करते, तो कभी उसके अभिमान को चोट न पहुँचाते।
If you really cared about him, you would never have hurt his pride.
(agar tum sach men uskii parvaah karte, to kabhii uske abhimaan ko chot n pahunchaate।)
बचपन में मिली उस उपेक्षा से उसे गहरी चोट पहुँची थी, जो अब तक नहीं भरी।
That childhood neglect had dealt him a deep hurt that hasn't healed even now.
(bachpan men milii us upekshaa se use gahrii chot pahunchii thii, jo ab tak nahiin bharii।)
क्या तुम्हें उसकी बात से चोट नहीं पहुँची?
Didn't his remark hurt you?
(kyaa tumhen uskii baat se chot nahiin pahunchii?)
महोदय, आपकी टिप्पणी से समिति के सम्मान को गहरी चोट पहुँची है।
Sir, your comment has dealt a deep blow to the committee's dignity.
(mahoday, aapkii tippnii se samiti ke sammaan ko gahrii chot pahunchii hai।)
उसकी बेवफाई से मिली चोट को वह सालों तक नहीं भुला पाई।
She couldn't forget the hurt caused by his betrayal for years.
(uskii bevphaaii se milii chot ko vah saalon tak nahiin bhulaa paaii।)
शायद मेरी चुप्पी ने ही उसे सबसे ज़्यादा चोट पहुँचाई हो।
Perhaps it was my silence that hurt her the most.
(shaayad merii chuppii ne hii use sabse zyaadaa chot pahunchaaii ho।)
Sense
3
:
a strike, blow, or stroke (in idiomatic/set expressions)
noun, feminine Appears mainly inside fixed expressions rather than as a freestanding 'blow' word for ordinary hitting -- for a plain physical strike, मार (maar) or वार (vaar) is more typical.
Synonyms: प्रहार (prahaar, literary)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You'll hear this in contexts like व्यापार को चोट पहुँची (vyaapaar ko chot pahunchii, 'the business took a hit') -- चोट (chot) here functions almost like English 'a blow to...' in headlines, extending the injury image to abstract setbacks.
Common Mistakes: 1) चोट खाना (chot khaanaa, to suffer a blow/setback) is a set idiom (business चोट खा गया, chot khaa gayaa, 'took a hit') -- learners sometimes try to build this meaning with लगना (lagnaa) instead, but खाना (khaanaa) is the fixed verb here.
Sample Sentences:
व्यापार को इस मंदी से बड़ी चोट पहुँची।
The business took a big hit from this recession.
(vyaapaar ko is mandii se badii chot pahunchii।)
इस फैसले से देश की अर्थव्यवस्था को गहरी चोट पहुँचती है।
This decision deals a deep blow to the country's economy.
(is phaisle se desh kii arthavyvasthaa ko gahrii chot pahunchtii hai।)
सरकार की नई नीति से किसानों के हितों पर चोट पड़ेगी।
The government's new policy will deal a blow to the farmers' interests.
(sarkaar kii naii niiti se kisaanon ke hiton par chot padegii।)
इस घोटाले से पार्टी की साख पर गहरी चोट पड़ी है।
This scandal has dealt a deep blow to the party's credibility.
(is ghotaale se paartii kii saakh par gahrii chot padii hai।)
अगर ब्याज दरें बढ़ीं, तो रियल एस्टेट को चोट पहुँच सकती है।
If interest rates rise, real estate could take a hit.
(agar byaaj daren badhiin, to riyal estet ko chot pahunch saktii hai।)
निर्यात में गिरावट से उद्योग को बड़ी चोट पहुँचाई गई है।
The decline in exports has dealt a major blow to the industry.
(niryaat men giraavat se udyog ko badii chot pahunchaaii gaii hai।)
यदि नीति में बदलाव न होता, तो व्यापार को इतनी चोट न पहुँचती।
If the policy hadn't changed, the business wouldn't have taken such a hit.
(yadi niiti men badlaav n hotaa, to vyaapaar ko itnii chot n pahunchtii।)
अख़बार की सुर्खी थी: 'पर्यटन उद्योग को कोरोना से गहरी चोट'।
The newspaper headline read: 'Tourism industry dealt a severe blow by Corona.'
(akhbaar kii surkhii thii: 'parytan udyog ko koronaa se gahrii chot'।)
विश्लेषकों का मानना है कि नई तकनीक से पुराने कारोबारी मॉडल को चोट पहुँचेगी।
Analysts believe that the new technology will deal a blow to the old business model.
(vishleshkon kaa maannaa hai ki naii takniik se puraane kaarobaarii modal ko chot pahunchegii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
चोट
(chot)
(sg.f.oblique):
चोट
(chot)
(pl.f.direct):
चोटें
(choten)
(pl.f.oblique):
चोटों
(choton)