बुख़ार (bukhaar)

noun A single, everyday sense: fever, the physical condition. Also spelled बुखार (bukhaar) without the nuqta, which is very common in casual writing.
Sense 1 : fever (bodily temperature/illness)
noun, masculine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Hindi treats fever the same way it treats hunger or sleep: it 'arrives' or 'is' on you rather than something you 'have' in the English sense, so मुझे बुख़ार है (mujhe bukhaar hai, 'I have a fever') and मुझे बुख़ार आ रहा है (mujhe bukhaar aa rahaa hai, 'I'm getting a fever') both feel natural, echoing the same dative-subject logic as लगना (lagnaa) and चाहिए (chaahie) constructions the learner already knows.
Common Mistakes: 1) Fever is described with होना (honaa) or आना (aanaa) plus a को (ko)-marked person: मुझे बुख़ार है (mujhe bukhaar hai, 'I have a fever'), not a possessive construction like English 'I have.' 2) Learners sometimes try पास है (paas hai) as with possessions, but बुख़ार (bukhaar) takes the dative को (ko) pattern like other bodily/emotional states (भूख (bhookh), नींद (niind)).
Sample Sentences:
मुझे बुख़ार है। I have a fever.
(mujhe bukhaar hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मुझे बुख़ार आ रहा है। I'm getting a fever.
(mujhe bukhaar aa rahaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कल रात उसे तेज़ बुख़ार हो गया था। He got a high fever last night.
(kal raat use tez bukhaar ho gayaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
बच्चे को अक्सर मौसम बदलने पर बुख़ार हो जाता है। The child often gets a fever when the weather changes.
(bachche ko aksar mausam badalne par bukhaar ho jaataa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर तुम बारिश में भीगते रहे तो तुम्हें बुख़ार हो जाएगा। If you keep getting soaked in the rain, you'll get a fever.
(agar tum baarish men bhiigte rahe to tumhen bukhaar ho jaaegaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
डॉक्टर साहब, मुझे तीन दिन से बुख़ार है। Doctor, I've had a fever for three days.
(doktar saahab, mujhe tiin din se bukhaar hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर उसे इतना बुख़ार न होता तो वह आज दफ़्तर आता। If he didn't have such a high fever, he would have come to office today.
(agar use itnaa bukhaar n hotaa to vah aaj daftar aataa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
बुख़ार में गर्म पानी पीते रहो। Keep drinking warm water when you have a fever.
(bukhaar men garm paanii piite raho।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
हो सकता है उसे बुख़ार हो, इसलिए वह स्कूल नहीं आया। He might have a fever, that's why he didn't come to school.
(ho saktaa hai use bukhaar ho, islie vah skool nahiin aayaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
मरीज़ का बुख़ार दवाई से उतार दिया गया। The patient's fever was brought down with medicine.
(mariiz kaa bukhaar davaaii se utaar diyaa gayaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
पूरे मोहल्ले में बुख़ार फैल रहा है। Fever is spreading throughout the neighborhood.
(poore mohalle men bukhaar phail rahaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): बुख़ार (bukhaar)
(sg.m.oblique): बुख़ार (bukhaar)
(pl.m.direct): बुख़ार (bukhaar)
(pl.m.oblique): बुख़ारों (bukhaaron)