चौड़ाई (chaudaaii)

noun A single-sense noun meaning 'width/breadth', derived from the adjective चौड़ा (chaudaa, 'wide').
Sense 1 : width, breadth
noun, feminine
Synonyms: विस्तार (vistaar, also means 'expanse/extent' more broadly)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is the standard abstract noun you get by adding the suffix आई (aaii) to the adjective चौड़ा (chaudaa) -- the same pattern gives you लंबाई (lambaaii) from लंबा (lambaa, 'long/tall') and ऊँचाई (oonchaaii) from ऊँचा (oonchaa, 'high'). Useful to know for a whole family of measurement words at once.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse चौड़ाई (chaudaaii, 'width') with लंबाई (lambaaii, 'length/height') -- remember चौड़ा (chaudaa) means 'wide', not 'long'. 2) When stating measurements, the pattern is noun + की चौड़ाई (kii chaudaaii) + है/थी, e.g. मेज़ की चौड़ाई (mez kii chaudaaii, 'the table's width'), not a direct adjective-to-noun swap.
Sample Sentences:
इस कमरे की चौड़ाई कितनी है? What is the width of this room?
(is kamre kii chaudaaii kitnii hai?)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
सड़क की चौड़ाई लगभग बीस फ़ीट है। The width of the road is about twenty feet.
(sadak kii chaudaaii lagbhag biis fiit hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मिस्त्री ने दीवार की चौड़ाई नाप ली। The mason measured the width of the wall.
(mistrii ne diivaar kii chaudaaii naap lii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
पहले यह गली इतनी चौड़ाई की नहीं थी। This lane did not used to be this wide before.
(pahle yah galii itnii chaudaaii kii nahiin thii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
कृपया मेज़ की लंबाई और चौड़ाई दोनों बता दीजिए। Please tell me both the length and the width of the table.
(kripyaa mez kii lambaaii aur chaudaaii donon bataa diijie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर नदी की चौड़ाई कम होती, तो पुल बनाना आसान होता। If the river's width were less, building the bridge would have been easy.
(agar nadii kii chaudaaii kam hotii, to pul banaanaa aasaan hotaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
नक़्शे में हर कमरे की चौड़ाई साफ़ लिखी गई है। The width of every room is clearly written on the map.
(naqshe men har kamre kii chaudaaii saaf likhii gaii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
इंजीनियर चाहता है कि पुल की चौड़ाई दोगुनी कर दी जाए। The engineer wants the width of the bridge to be doubled.
(injiiniyar chaahtaa hai ki pul kii chaudaaii dogunii kar dii jaae।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
अगले साल तक इस सड़क की चौड़ाई बढ़ जाएगी। By next year, the width of this road will have increased.
(agle saal tak is sadak kii chaudaaii badh jaaegii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): चौड़ाई (chaudaaii)
(sg.f.oblique): चौड़ाई (chaudaaii)
(pl.f.direct): चौड़ाईएँ (chaudaaiien)
(pl.f.oblique): चौड़ाईओं (chaudaaiion)