आकाश (aakaash)
noun
A single core meaning: the sky or heavens, used in everyday speech as well as in more elevated or poetic registers.
Sense
1
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sky, heavens
noun, masculine
Synonyms: आसमान (aasmaan), गगन (gagan, literary), नभ (nabh, literary), आस्मान (aasmaan, variant form)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: In daily conversation, most Delhi-NCR speakers reach for आसमान (aasmaan) -- 'आसमान में बादल हैं' (aasmaan men baadal hain, 'there are clouds in the sky') -- while आकाश (aakaash) shows up more in written Hindi, children's rhymes, and set phrases like आकाशगंगा (aakaashgangaa, 'Milky Way', literally 'sky-river'). Hearing आकाश (aakaash) used as a boy's name is also extremely common, much like 'Sky' or 'Skye' in English.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often default to आसमान (aasmaan) in speech and are surprised to meet आकाश (aakaash) instead in formal writing, weather reports, or school textbooks -- both mean the same thing, but आकाश (aakaash) leans slightly more bookish/formal even though it is not literary-only. 2) आकाशवाणी (aakaashvaanii) is the name of India's state radio broadcaster (literally 'voice from the sky') -- learners sometimes mistake it for a poetic phrase rather than recognizing it as a proper noun/institution.
Sample Sentences:
आकाश में तारे चमक रहे हैं।
Stars are shining in the sky.
(aakaash men taare chamak rahe hain।)
बच्चे ने कविता में लिखा, "आकाश नीला है, पर रात को काला हो जाता है।"
The child wrote in the poem, "The sky is blue, but at night it turns black."
(bachche ne kavitaa men likhaa, "aakaash niilaa hai, par raat ko kaalaa ho jaataa hai।")
प्राचीन ऋषियों ने आकाश की गति और नक्षत्रों का गहराई से अध्ययन किया था।
The ancient sages had studied the movement of the sky and the constellations in great depth.
(praachiin rishiyon ne aakaash kii gati aur nakshatron kaa gahraaii se adhyyan kiyaa thaa।)
यदि आकाश साफ होता, तो हम आकाशगंगा को स्पष्ट देख पाते।
If the sky were clear, we would be able to see the Milky Way clearly.
(yadi aakaash saaph hotaa, to ham aakaashgangaa ko spasht dekh paate।)
क्या आकाश कभी अपनी सीमा तक पहुँचता है?
Does the sky ever reach its limit?
(kyaa aakaash kabhii apnii siimaa tak pahunchtaa hai?)
कवि ने अपनी रचना में आकाश को धरती का प्रेमी कहा है।
The poet has called the sky the beloved of the earth in his composition.
(kavi ne apnii rachnaa men aakaash ko dhartii kaa premii kahaa hai।)
शास्त्रों में कहा गया है कि आकाश पंच महाभूतों में से एक है।
It is said in the scriptures that the sky (ether) is one of the five great elements.
(shaastron men kahaa gayaa hai ki aakaash panch mahaabhooton men se ek hai।)
आकाश की ओर देखो और सोचो कि यह ब्रह्मांड कितना विशाल है।
Look toward the sky and think about how vast this universe is.
(aakaash kii or dekho aur socho ki yah brahmaand kitnaa vishaal hai।)
बादल छँटने के बाद आकाश फिर से स्वच्छ नीला दिखाई देगा।
After the clouds clear, the sky will appear pure blue again.
(baadal chhantne ke baad aakaash phir se svachchh niilaa dikhaaii degaa।)
पक्षी आकाश में स्वतंत्र रूप से विचरण करते हैं।
Birds roam freely in the sky.
(pakshii aakaash men svatantr roop se vichran karte hain।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
आकाश
(aakaash)
(sg.m.oblique):
आकाश
(aakaash)
(pl.m.direct):
आकाश
(aakaash)
(pl.m.oblique):
आकाशों
(aakaashon)