बैलगाड़ी (bailgaadii)
noun
A compound noun combining बैल (bail, 'ox/bullock') and गाड़ी (gaadii, 'cart/vehicle'); it has a single, concrete meaning.
Sense
1
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bullock cart
noun, feminine
Synonyms: बैलगाड़ा (bailgaadaa, less common variant)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: बैलगाड़ी (bailgaadii) is a classic image of rural India, still seen in villages carrying grain, sugarcane, or wedding parties, and it shows up often in Hindi textbooks, folk songs, and paintings as a symbol of simple village life. In everyday city conversation it is now mostly a nostalgic or literary reference rather than something people use daily.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use गाड़ी (gaadii) alone expecting it to be understood as a bullock cart, but गाड़ी (gaadii) by itself defaults to a car or generic vehicle in modern speech; the बैल- (bail) prefix is necessary to specify the animal-drawn cart.
Sample Sentences:
गाँव में लोग अभी भी सामान ढोने के लिए बैलगाड़ी का इस्तेमाल करते हैं।
In villages people still use bullock carts to carry goods.
(gaanv men log abhii bhii saamaan dhone ke lie bailgaadii kaa istemaal karte hain।)
खेतों में गन्ने से लदी बैलगाड़ी धीरे-धीरे चली जा रही थी।
The bullock cart, loaded with sugarcane, was moving slowly through the fields.
(kheton men ganne se ladii bailgaadii dhiire-dhiire chalii jaa rahii thii।)
दादाजी ने बताया कि उनके ज़माने में शादी की बारात बैलगाड़ी में जाती थी।
Grandfather told us that in his time, the wedding procession used to travel by bullock cart.
(daadaajii ne bataayaa ki unke zamaane men shaadii kii baaraat bailgaadii men jaatii thii।)
बैलगाड़ी को खेत के रास्ते से सीधे बाज़ार तक ले जाओ।
Take the bullock cart straight to the market through the field path.
(bailgaadii ko khet ke raaste se siidhe baazaar tak le jaao।)
अगर सड़क कच्ची न होती, तो बैलगाड़ी इतनी धीमी न चलती।
If the road weren't unpaved, the bullock cart wouldn't move so slowly.
(agar sadak kachchii n hotii, to bailgaadii itnii dhiimii n chaltii।)
उस पुरानी पेंटिंग में एक बैलगाड़ी सूरज की रोशनी में खड़ी दिखाई गई है।
In that old painting, a bullock cart is depicted standing in the sunlight.
(us puraanii penting men ek bailgaadii sooraj kii roshnii men khadii dikhaaii gaii hai।)
किसान ने अनाज की बोरियाँ बैलगाड़ी पर लाद दीं।
The farmer loaded the sacks of grain onto the bullock cart.
(kisaan ne anaaj kii boriyaan bailgaadii par laad diin।)
काश हमारे शहर में भी कभी-कभी बैलगाड़ी दिख जाती, बच्चों को पुराने दिनों का अंदाज़ा होता।
I wish a bullock cart would occasionally be seen in our city too, so children could get a sense of the old days.
(kaash hamaare shahar men bhii kabhii-kabhii bailgaadii dikh jaatii, bachchon ko puraane dinon kaa andaazaa hotaa।)
पाठ्यपुस्तक में एक कविता है जिसमें बैलगाड़ी को गाँव की शान बताया गया है।
There is a poem in the textbook in which the bullock cart is described as the pride of the village.
(paathypustak men ek kavitaa hai jismen bailgaadii ko gaanv kii shaan bataayaa gayaa hai।)
सुबह-सुबह बैलगाड़ी की घंटियों की आवाज़ पूरे गाँव में गूँजती थी।
Early in the morning, the sound of the bullock cart's bells used to echo through the whole village.
(subah-subah bailgaadii kii ghantiyon kii aavaaz poore gaanv men goonjtii thii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
बैलगाड़ी
(bailgaadii)
(sg.f.oblique):
बैलगाड़ी
(bailgaadii)
(pl.f.direct):
बैलगाड़ियाँ
(bailgaadiyaan)
(pl.f.oblique):
बैलगाड़ियों
(bailgaadiyon)