मोल (mol)
noun/verb
Primarily a noun meaning 'price/cost/value', but it lives mainly in a set of common idiomatic phrases (मोल लेना (mol lenaa), मोल-भाव (mol-bhaav), मुँह-माँगा मोल (munh-maangaa mol)) rather than in plain standalone use.
Sense
1
:
price, cost
noun, masculine
Synonyms: कीमत (kiimat), दाम (daam), भाव (bhaav)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You'll hear मोल-भाव (mol-bhaav) constantly at a Delhi sabzi mandi or Sunday bazaar -- it's the whole ritual of haggling, not just asking the price once. A shopkeeper who won't budge might say यह मुँह-माँगा मोल है (yah munh-maangaa mol hai, 'this is exactly the asked price'), implying no further bargaining is possible.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for कीमत (kiimat) by default and forget मोल (mol) is equally common in spoken bargaining contexts, especially in the fixed phrase मोल-भाव (mol-bhaav, 'haggling/bargaining'). 2) मोल (mol) itself does not inflect for plural in the way some nouns do when used abstractly for 'price' -- this is covered further in the morphology table.
Sample Sentences:
इस साड़ी का मोल क्या है?
What is the price of this sari?
(is saadii kaa mol kyaa hai?)
दुकानदार ने मोल-भाव करने से साफ इनकार कर दिया।
The shopkeeper flatly refused to haggle over the price.
(dukaandaar ne mol-bhaav karne se saaph inkaar kar diyaa।)
यह मुँह-माँगा मोल है, इससे एक रुपया कम नहीं होगा।
This is exactly the asked price -- it won't go down by even one rupee.
(yah munh-maangaa mol hai, isse ek rupyaa kam nahiin hogaa।)
सब्ज़ी मंडी में हर चीज़ का मोल मौसम के साथ बदलता रहता है।
In the vegetable market, the price of everything keeps changing with the season.
(sabzii mandii men har chiiz kaa mol mausam ke saath badaltaa rahtaa hai।)
अगर मोल इतना ज़्यादा न होता, तो मैं दो साड़ियाँ खरीद लेती।
If the price hadn't been so high, I would have bought two saris.
(agar mol itnaa zyaadaa n hotaa, to main do saadiyaan khariid letii।)
पहले मोल पूछो, फिर मोल-भाव शुरू करो।
First ask the price, then start bargaining.
(pahle mol poochho, phir mol-bhaav shuroo karo।)
क्या इस कुर्ते का मोल थोड़ा कम हो सकता है?
Could the price of this kurta be reduced a little?
(kyaa is kurte kaa mol thodaa kam ho saktaa hai?)
पिछले साल इस चीज़ का मोल आधा था।
Last year, the price of this thing was half.
(pichhle saal is chiiz kaa mol aadhaa thaa।)
इतवार बाज़ार में मोल-भाव किए बिना कुछ भी मत खरीदना।
Don't buy anything at the Sunday bazaar without haggling over the price.
(itvaar baazaar men mol-bhaav kie binaa kuchh bhii mat khariidnaa।)
दुकान में हर सामान का मोल टैग लगा हुआ है।
Every item in the shop has its price tag attached.
(dukaan men har saamaan kaa mol taig lagaa huaa hai।)
मुझे यकीन नहीं होता कि इस साधारण थैले का मोल इतना ऊँचा रखा गया है।
I can't believe the price of this ordinary bag has been set so high.
(mujhe yakiin nahiin hotaa ki is saadhaaran thaile kaa mol itnaa oonchaa rakhaa gayaa hai।)
Sense
2
:
value, worth (figurative)
noun, masculine Used abstractly for the worth of a person, relationship, effort, or time, distinct from a literal shopping price.
Synonyms: कीमत (kiimat), महत्व (mahatv)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is the मोल (mol) you hear in advice from elders: रिश्तों का मोल समझो (rishton kaa mol samjho, 'understand the worth of relationships'). It carries a slightly reflective, almost moralizing tone, common in the kind of gentle scolding a Hindi-speaking parent or grandparent gives.
Common Mistakes: 1) In sentences like समय का मोल (samay kaa mol, 'the value of time'), learners sometimes substitute दाम (daam), which sounds odd here -- दाम (daam) stays tied to literal monetary cost, while मोल (mol) extends naturally to abstract worth.
Sample Sentences:
समय का मोल कोई नहीं समझता।
No one understands the worth of time.
(samay kaa mol koii nahiin samajhtaa।)
रिश्तों का मोल समझो, बेटा।
Understand the worth of relationships, son.
(rishton kaa mol samjho, betaa।)
जब चीज़ खो जाती है, तभी उसका मोल पता चलता है।
It is only when a thing is lost that its worth becomes known.
(jab chiiz kho jaatii hai, tabhii uskaa mol pataa chaltaa hai।)
अगर तुम मेहनत का मोल समझते तो इतना समय बर्बाद नहीं करते।
If you understood the worth of hard work, you wouldn't waste so much time.
(agar tum mehnat kaa mol samajhte to itnaa samay barbaad nahiin karte।)
उसकी बातों का कोई मोल नहीं रहा।
His words no longer have any worth.
(uskii baaton kaa koii mol nahiin rahaa।)
माँ-बाप के प्यार का मोल पैसों से नहीं लगाया जा सकता।
The worth of parents' love cannot be measured in money.
(maan-baap ke pyaar kaa mol paison se nahiin lagaayaa jaa saktaa।)
काश तुम उसकी दोस्ती का मोल समझते।
I wish you understood the worth of his friendship.
(kaash tum uskii dostii kaa mol samajhte।)
जिंदगी में कुछ चीज़ों का मोल शब्दों में नहीं बताया जा सकता।
The worth of some things in life cannot be expressed in words.
(jindgii men kuchh chiizon kaa mol shabdon men nahiin bataayaa jaa saktaa।)
क्या तुम्हें अपने माता-पिता की कुर्बानियों का मोल पता है?
Do you even know the worth of your parents' sacrifices?
(kyaa tumhen apne maataa-pitaa kii kurbaaniyon kaa mol pataa hai?)
उस ज़माने में इज़्ज़त का मोल आज से कहीं ज़्यादा था।
In those days, the worth of honor was far greater than it is today.
(us zamaane men izzat kaa mol aaj se kahiin zyaadaa thaa।)
Sense
3
:
to buy, to purchase (in the fixed expression मोल लेना)
verb, transitive Occurs almost exclusively as the compound मोल लेना (mol lenaa); मोल (mol) itself is the noun 'price' here, paired with लेना (lenaa, 'to take') to mean 'to buy'.
Synonyms: खरीदना (khariidnaa)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: झगड़ा मोल लेना (jhagdaa mol lenaa, 'to buy a quarrel') is a classic scolding line -- कोई क्यों झगड़ा मोल ले? (koii kyon jhagdaa mol le?, 'why would anyone go looking for a fight?') -- treating trouble as something you can literally purchase for yourself.
Common Mistakes: 1) मोल लेना (mol lenaa) is also used figuratively for bringing trouble on oneself, as in दुश्मनी मोल लेना (dushmnii mol lenaa, 'to invite enmity') -- learners who only know खरीदना (khariidnaa) miss this figurative extension entirely.
Sample Sentences:
उसने बाज़ार से सस्ते दाम पर एक पुरानी घड़ी मोल ली।
He bought an old watch from the market at a cheap price.
(usne baazaar se saste daam par ek puraanii ghadii mol lii।)
तुम क्यों दूसरों का झगड़ा मोल लेते हो?
Why do you keep buying other people's quarrels?
(tum kyon doosron kaa jhagdaa mol lete ho?)
कोई क्यों झगड़ा मोल ले?
Why would anyone go looking for a fight?
(koii kyon jhagdaa mol le?)
मत जाओ उस दुकान पर, बेकार की मुसीबत मोल ले लोगे।
Don't go to that shop, you'll end up buying needless trouble for yourself.
(mat jaao us dukaan par, bekaar kii musiibat mol le loge।)
अगर मैं उसकी बात में पड़ता, तो अपनी मुसीबत मोल लेता।
If I had gotten involved in his matter, I would have brought trouble on myself.
(agar main uskii baat men padtaa, to apnii musiibat mol letaa।)
वह हर हफ्ते सब्ज़ी मंडी से ताज़ी सब्ज़ियाँ मोल लेती है।
She buys fresh vegetables from the vegetable market every week.
(vah har haphte sabzii mandii se taazii sabziyaan mol letii hai।)
यह ज़मीन उसने बहुत पहले मोल ली थी।
He had bought this land a long time ago.
(yah zamiin usne bahut pahle mol lii thii।)
कृपया बिना सोचे-समझे कोई झगड़ा मोल न लें।
Please do not go looking for a quarrel without thinking it through.
(kripyaa binaa soche-samjhe koii jhagdaa mol n len।)
यह मकान उन लोगों द्वारा नीलामी में मोल लिया गया।
This house was bought by those people at an auction.
(yah makaan un logon dvaaraa niilaamii men mol liyaa gayaa।)
क्या तुम यह किताब मोल लोगे या लाइब्रेरी से ले लोगे?
Will you buy this book or just borrow it from the library?
(kyaa tum yah kitaab mol loge yaa laaibrerii se le loge?)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
मोल
(mol)
(sg.m.oblique):
मोल
(mol)
(pl.m.direct):
मोल
(mol)
(pl.m.oblique):
मोलों
(molon)
Verb
infinitive:
मोल
(mol)
infinitive oblique:
मोने
(mone)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
मोता
(motaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
मोते
(mote)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
मोती
(motii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
मोतीं
(motiin)
continuous (sg.m):
मो रहा
(mo rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
मो रहे
(mo rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
मो रही
(mo rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
मो रहीं
(mo rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
मोया
(moyaa)
perfective (pl.m):
मोए
(moe)
perfective (sg.f):
मोई
(moii)
perfective (pl.f):
मोईं
(moiin)
imperative (informal):
मो
(mo)
imperative (neutral):
मोओ
(moo)
imperative (formal):
मोइए
(moie)
future (1sg.m):
मोऊँगा
(mooongaa)
future (1sg.f):
मोऊँगी
(mooongii)
future (1pl.m):
मोएँगे
(moenge)
future (1pl.f):
मोएँगी
(moengii)
future (2sg.m):
मोएगा
(moegaa)
future (2sg.f):
मोएगी
(moegii)
future (2pl.m):
मोओगे
(mooge)
future (2pl.f):
मोओगी
(moogii)
future (3sg.m):
मोएगा
(moegaa)
future (3sg.f):
मोएगी
(moegii)
future (3pl.m):
मोएँगे
(moenge)
future (3pl.f):
मोएँगी
(moengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
मोऊँ
(mooon)
subjunctive (1pl):
मोएँ
(moen)
subjunctive (2sg):
मोए
(moe)
subjunctive (2pl):
मोओ
(moo)
subjunctive (3sg):
मोए
(moe)
subjunctive (3pl):
मोएँ
(moen)