जाँघ (jaangh)

noun A concrete body-part noun meaning 'thigh'; it has just the one everyday sense.
Sense 1 : thigh
noun, feminine
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is a plain anatomical term, used matter-of-factly in medical contexts, sports talk (like a pulled muscle), or describing an injury -- it doesn't carry the mild awkwardness that some body-part words do in polite company. You'll hear it often when someone describes a fall or a cricket injury: जाँघ में चोट लग गई (jaangh men chot lag gaii, 'I got hurt in the thigh').
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse जाँघ (jaangh) with पैर (pair, 'leg/foot') -- जाँघ (jaangh) refers specifically to the thigh, the upper part of the leg, not the leg as a whole. 2) The nasalization (chandrabindu) is often dropped in casual typing but is retained in careful pronunciation -- say it as jaangh, not jaagh.
Sample Sentences:
गिरने से उसकी जाँघ में चोट लग गई। He got hurt in the thigh from falling.
(girne se uskii jaangh men chot lag gaii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि हड्डी जाँघ की है, टूटी हुई। The doctor said the broken bone is in the thigh.
(doktar ne kahaa ki haddii jaangh kii hai, tootii huii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
खिलाड़ी की जाँघ की मांसपेशी खिंच गई है। The player's thigh muscle has pulled.
(khilaadii kii jaangh kii maanspeshii khinch gaii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
जाँघ पर बर्फ लगाओ, सूजन कम हो जाएगी। Put ice on your thigh, the swelling will go down.
(jaangh par barph lagaao, soojan kam ho jaaegii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर उसकी जाँघ में इतनी गहरी चोट न होती, तो वह मैच खेल पाता। If his thigh injury hadn't been so deep, he would have been able to play the match.
(agar uskii jaangh men itnii gahrii chot n hotii, to vah maich khel paataa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
नर्स रोज़ाना उसकी जाँघ की पट्टी बदलती है। The nurse changes the bandage on his thigh every day.
(nars rozaanaa uskii jaangh kii pattii badaltii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इंजेक्शन जाँघ में लगाया जाएगा। The injection will be given in the thigh.
(injekshan jaangh men lagaayaa jaaegaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
सर्जरी के बाद उसकी जाँघ में सुन्नपन रहा। After the surgery, there was numbness in his thigh.
(sarjrii ke baad uskii jaangh men sunnpan rahaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मुझे नहीं लगता कि जाँघ की चोट इतनी जल्दी ठीक हो सकती है। I don't think a thigh injury can heal that quickly.
(mujhe nahiin lagtaa ki jaangh kii chot itnii jaldii thiik ho saktii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
गेंद सीधे उसकी जाँघ पर लगी। The ball hit him straight on the thigh.
(gend siidhe uskii jaangh par lagii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): जाँघ (jaangh)
(sg.f.oblique): जाँघ (jaangh)
(pl.f.direct): जाँघें (jaanghen)
(pl.f.oblique): जाँघों (jaanghon)