पाद (paad)
noun
Primarily a crude/casual word for breaking wind, though it also has a literary sense meaning 'foot' or 'verse-quarter' (as in a poem's structure), which is deprioritized here.
Sense
1
:
fart, flatulence
noun, masculine
Synonyms: गैस (gais, euphemistic, medical-ish)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is playground and family-joke vocabulary in Hindi -- the kind of word that gets kids (and honestly, adults too) giggling. It is not vulgar in the sense of being taboo like a swear word, but it is definitely not something you would say in a boardroom or to your boss.
Common Mistakes: 1) This is a blunt, somewhat crude word -- not used in polite or formal company. In front of elders or in mixed formal settings, people say something vaguer like गैस बनना (gais bannaa) or पेट में गड़बड़ (pet men gadbad) instead. 2) The common verb phrase is पाद मारना (paad maarnaa, 'to fart') or पाद निकलना (paad nikalnaa, 'a fart to escape/slip out') -- learners sometimes try to use पाद (paad) as a verb directly, but it needs one of these support verbs.
Sample Sentences:
उसने सबके सामने पाद मार दिया।
He let out a fart in front of everyone.
(usne sabke saamne paad maar diyaa।)
क्लास में अचानक एक ज़ोर की पाद की आवाज़ आई।
Suddenly a loud fart sound came from the classroom.
(klaas men achaanak ek zor kii paad kii aavaaz aaii।)
बच्चे पाद की बात सुनकर हँसने लगते हैं।
Kids start laughing whenever they hear about a fart.
(bachche paad kii baat sunkar hansne lagte hain।)
यार, ये पाद की बदबू कहाँ से आ रही है?
Dude, where's this fart smell coming from?
(yaar, ye paad kii badboo kahaan se aa rahii hai?)
अगर तूने अभी पाद मारा तो मैं कमरे से बाहर चला जाऊँगा।
If you fart right now, I'm going to walk out of the room.
(agar toone abhii paad maaraa to main kamre se baahar chalaa jaaoongaa।)
मत पाद रे, यहाँ सब लोग बैठे हैं!
Don't fart, man, everyone's sitting here!
(mat paad re, yahaan sab log baithe hain!)
अगर उसे पेट दर्द नहीं होता, तो वो इतनी पाद नहीं मारता।
If his stomach didn't hurt, he wouldn't fart this much.
(agar use pet dard nahiin hotaa, to vo itnii paad nahiin maartaa।)
पापा ने पाद मारी और सब हँसते-हँसते लोटपोट हो गए।
Dad let one rip, and everyone was rolling with laughter.
(paapaa ne paad maarii aur sab hanste-hanste lotpot ho gae।)
बस में किसी की पाद से पूरा डिब्बा बदबू से भर गया।
Someone's fart on the bus filled the whole compartment with stink.
(bas men kisii kii paad se pooraa dibbaa badboo se bhar gayaa।)
छोटे भाई की पाद सुनकर पूरा परिवार ठहाके लगाने लगा।
Hearing little brother's fart, the whole family burst out laughing.
(chhote bhaaii kii paad sunkar pooraa parivaar thahaake lagaane lagaa।)
Sense
2
:
foot; quarter of a verse (literary/prosody)
noun, masculine This sense survives mainly in compound/literary words (e.g. चतुष्पाद (chatushpaad, 'four-footed')) and in classical poetry, where a verse is divided into पाद (paad, 'quarters/feet').
Synonyms: पैर (pair, everyday word for 'foot', not used for the verse sense), चरण (charan, literary, closer overlap for the verse sense)
Frequency: literary
Cultural Note: You will meet this sense less in daily conversation and more if you ever study Sanskritic compounds or classical Hindi/Sanskrit poetry, where a doha or shloka is described as having four पाद (paad).
Sample Sentences:
इस श्लोक के चार पाद हैं।
This shloka has four verse-quarters.
(is shlok ke chaar paad hain।)
दोहे का पहला पाद यहाँ से आरम्भ होता है।
The first verse-quarter of the doha begins here.
(dohe kaa pahlaa paad yahaan se aarambh hotaa hai।)
आचार्य ने प्रत्येक पाद की व्याख्या विस्तार से की।
The scholar explained each verse-quarter in detail.
(aachaary ne pratyek paad kii vyaakhyaa vistaar se kii।)
इस पद्य का अंतिम पाद छूट गया है, कृपया उसे पूर्ण करें।
The last verse-quarter of this verse is missing; please complete it.
(is pady kaa antim paad chhoot gayaa hai, kripyaa use poorn karen।)
यदि इस श्लोक का चतुर्थ पाद बदल दिया जाए, तो अर्थ ही बदल जाएगा।
If the fourth verse-quarter of this shloka were changed, the meaning itself would change.
(yadi is shlok kaa chaturth paad badal diyaa jaae, to arth hii badal jaaegaa।)
प्रत्येक पाद में सोलह मात्राएँ होनी चाहिए, ऐसा छन्दशास्त्र कहता है।
Each verse-quarter should have sixteen metrical units, so prosody dictates.
(pratyek paad men solah maatraaen honii chaahie, aisaa chhandshaastr kahtaa hai।)
इस चौपाई का हर पाद तुलसीदास ने बड़े कौशल से रचा था।
Tulsidas had composed every verse-quarter of this chaupai with great skill.
(is chaupaaii kaa har paad tulsiidaas ne bade kaushal se rachaa thaa।)
काश यह पाद इतना क्लिष्ट न होता, तो विद्यार्थी सहज ही समझ लेते।
If only this verse-quarter were not so difficult, the students would have understood it easily.
(kaash yah paad itnaa klisht n hotaa, to vidyaarthii sahaj hii samajh lete।)
इस मंत्र के चतुष्पाद स्वरूप में हर पाद का अपना छन्द है।
In this mantra's four-quarter form, each verse-quarter has its own meter.
(is mantr ke chatushpaad svaroop men har paad kaa apnaa chhand hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
पाद
(paad)
(sg.m.oblique):
पाद
(paad)
(pl.m.direct):
पाद
(paad)
(pl.m.oblique):
पादों
(paadon)