मार्च (maarch)

noun A loanword from English: the month of March, and (less commonly) a marching pace or march-song.
Sense 1 : the month of March
noun, masculine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Like most Gregorian month names in Hindi, मार्च (maarch) is simply borrowed from English and written in Devanagari -- you will see it on calendars, in newspapers, and in daily conversation about dates far more often than the traditional Hindu calendar months.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to use the Hindi lunar-calendar month names (chaitr etc.) interchangeably with मार्च (maarch) -- in everyday spoken and written Hindi, the English-derived Gregorian month names (जनवरी (janavrii), फरवरी (pharavrii), मार्च (maarch) ...) are what people actually use for dates, appointments, and news.
Sample Sentences:
मार्च का महीना बहुत सुहाना होता है। The month of March is very pleasant.
(maarch kaa mahiinaa bahut suhaanaa hotaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मेरा जन्मदिन मार्च में आता है। My birthday falls in March.
(meraa janmdin maarch men aataa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
स्कूल की परीक्षाएँ मार्च में शुरू हुईं। The school exams started in March.
(skool kii pariikshaaen maarch men shuroo huiin।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर वित्तीय वर्ष मार्च में समाप्त न होता, तो लेखा-जोखा अलग तरीके से होता। If the financial year did not end in March, the accounting would be done differently.
(agar vittiiy varsh maarch men samaapt n hotaa, to lekhaa-jokhaa alag tariike se hotaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
कृपया मार्च की पहली तारीख से पहले फॉर्म जमा कर दीजिए। Please submit the form before the first of March.
(kripyaa maarch kii pahlii taariikh se pahle phorm jamaa kar diijie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगली मार्च तक यह प्रोजेक्ट पूरा हो जाएगा। This project will be completed by next March.
(aglii maarch tak yah projekt pooraa ho jaaegaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
मुझे उम्मीद है कि मार्च तक बारिश कम हो जाए। I hope the rain lessens by March.
(mujhe ummiid hai ki maarch tak baarish kam ho jaae।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
पिछले मार्च में यहाँ बहुत गर्मी पड़ी थी। Last March, it was very hot here.
(pichhle maarch men yahaan bahut garmii padii thii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
बजट हर साल मार्च में संसद में पेश किया जाता है। The budget is presented in Parliament every year in March.
(bajat har saal maarch men sansad men pesh kiyaa jaataa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
क्या तुम्हारी शादी मार्च में हो रही है? Is your wedding happening in March?
(kyaa tumhaarii shaadii maarch men ho rahii hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मार्च की धूप में अब हल्की गर्माहट महसूस होने लगी है। In the March sunshine, one now begins to feel a slight warmth.
(maarch kii dhoop men ab halkii garmaahat mahsoos hone lagii hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Sense 2 : a march (military marching, or a protest march)
noun, masculine
Synonyms: कदम-ताल (kadam-taal, military marching step), जुलूस (juloos, procession/protest march)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: This sense turns up mainly in phrases borrowed wholesale from English, like मार्च करना (maarch karnaa, 'to march') used for soldiers on parade or protestors marching through the streets -- it is far less common in daily speech than the month sense.
Sample Sentences:
सैनिक मार्च कर रहे हैं। The soldiers are marching.
(sainik maarch kar rahe hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कल हज़ारों लोगों ने संसद तक मार्च किया। Yesterday thousands of people marched to the parliament.
(kal hazaaron logon ne sansad tak maarch kiyaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मज़दूर संगठन अगले हफ़्ते एक बड़ा मार्च निकालेगा। The workers' union will hold a big march next week.
(mazdoor sangthan agle hafte ek badaa maarch nikaalegaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
जवानो, मार्च करो! Soldiers, march!
(javaano, maarch karo!)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
गणतंत्र दिवस पर सेना का मार्च देखने लायक होता है। The army's march on Republic Day is worth watching.
(gantantr divas par senaa kaa maarch dekhne laayak hotaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर सरकार माँगें नहीं मानती, तो हम फिर से मार्च करेंगे। If the government does not accept our demands, we will march again.
(agar sarkaar maangen nahiin maantii, to ham phir se maarch karenge।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
पुलिस ने मार्च को शहर की सीमा पर ही रोक दिया। The police stopped the march right at the edge of the city.
(pulis ne maarch ko shahar kii siimaa par hii rok diyaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
पूरे शहर में मार्च का रास्ता पुलिस द्वारा बंद कर दिया गया। The march's route across the city was closed off by the police.
(poore shahar men maarch kaa raastaa pulis dvaaraa band kar diyaa gayaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
काश हम भी उस ऐतिहासिक मार्च में शामिल होते। If only we too had been part of that historic march.
(kaash ham bhii us aitihaasik maarch men shaamil hote।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): मार्च (maarch)
(sg.m.oblique): मार्च (maarch)
(pl.m.direct): मार्च (maarch)
(pl.m.oblique): मार्चों (maarchon)