ख़तरे (khatre)
noun
This is the oblique/plural inflected form of ख़तरा (khatraa, 'danger, risk'); it appears before postpositions like में (men) or as the plural subject/object form.
Sense
1
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danger, risk (oblique/plural form)
noun, masculine This is not a separate lemma-level sense but the inflected form of ख़तरा (khatraa) used either as the plural (ख़तरे, khatre, 'dangers') or as the oblique singular before a postposition, e.g. ख़तरे में (khatre men, 'in danger').
Synonyms: जोखिम (jokhim), संकट (sankat, more formal, often 'crisis')
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will meet this form constantly in the fixed phrase ख़तरे में (khatre men, 'in danger'), used everywhere from news headlines about wildlife to a friend joking that their diet is 'ख़तरे में' after a big meal. It is essentially always encountered as this inflected form or as the plural, rarely as bare ख़तरा (khatraa) itself in running speech.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes treat ख़तरे (khatre) as a distinct word rather than recognizing it as ख़तरा (khatraa) changing form before postpositions like में (men) or से (se) -- compare जान ख़तरे में है (jaan khatre men hai, 'life is in danger'). 2) The nuqta on ख़ (kh) is often dropped in casual writing as खतरे (khatre); both are read the same in speech by most Delhi-NCR speakers.
Sample Sentences:
यह प्रजाति ख़तरे में है।
This species is in danger.
(yah prajaati khatre men hai।)
मेरी नौकरी ख़तरे में है।
My job is in danger.
(merii naukrii khatre men hai।)
इतना खा लिया, अब तो डाइट ख़तरे में है।
I ate so much, now my diet is basically in danger.
(itnaa khaa liyaa, ab to daait khatre men hai।)
बाँध टूटने से पूरा गाँव ख़तरे में आ गया था।
The whole village came into danger because the dam broke.
(baandh tootne se pooraa gaanv khatre men aa gayaa thaa।)
अगर तुमने सावधानी नहीं बरती, तो कंपनी के सारे कर्मचारी ख़तरे में पड़ जाएँगे।
If you don't take precautions, all the company's employees will end up in danger.
(agar tumne saavdhaanii nahiin bartii, to kampnii ke saare karmchaarii khatre men pad jaaenge।)
उसकी जान ख़तरे में डाली गई।
His life was put in danger.
(uskii jaan khatre men daalii gaii।)
डॉक्टरों ने कहा कि मरीज़ की हालत ख़तरे से बाहर है।
The doctors said that the patient's condition is out of danger.
(doktron ne kahaa ki mariiz kii haalat khatre se baahar hai।)
कृपया इस इलाके में सावधानी से चलें, यह ख़तरे से भरा है।
Please walk carefully in this area, it is full of dangers.
(kripyaa is ilaake men saavdhaanii se chalen, yah khatre se bharaa hai।)
यदि समय पर इलाज न होता, तो उसकी जान ख़तरे में होती।
If treatment hadn't happened in time, his life would have been in danger.
(yadi samay par ilaaj n hotaa, to uskii jaan khatre men hotii।)
प्रशासन चाहता है कि नागरिक बेवजह ख़तरे में न पड़ें।
The administration wants citizens not to needlessly fall into danger.
(prashaasan chaahtaa hai ki naagrik bevjah khatre men n paden।)
पर्यावरण के बढ़ते ख़तरों से पूरी दुनिया चिंतित है।
The whole world is worried about the growing environmental dangers.
(paryaavran ke badhte khatron se poorii duniyaa chintit hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
ख़तरे
(khatre)
(sg.m.oblique):
ख़तरे
(khatre)
(pl.m.direct):
ख़तरे
(khatre)
(pl.m.oblique):
ख़तरेों
([[ख़तरेों]])