टंकी (tankii)

noun A concrete, everyday noun for a storage tank -- most often the overhead or rooftop water tank found on Indian homes, but also used for tanks in vehicles and machines.
Sense 1 : water tank (rooftop/overhead storage tank)
noun, feminine
Synonyms: पानी की टंकी (paanii kii tankii, explicit form)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Almost every Indian home or apartment building has a टंकी (tankii) on the roof, filled by a motor pump, and dry-season chatter about "टंकी में पानी नहीं है" (tankii men paanii nahiin hai, 'there's no water in the tank') is a very real, very common household complaint in Delhi-NCR summers.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes say टैंक (taink) for the household water tank; टैंक (taink) in everyday speech leans toward military tanks or large industrial tanks, while टंकी (tankii) is the word people actually use for the rooftop water tank at home.
Sample Sentences:
छत पर एक बड़ी टंकी रखी है। There is a big tank kept on the roof.
(chhat par ek badii tankii rakhii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
टंकी में पानी नहीं है। There's no water in the tank.
(tankii men paanii nahiin hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
गर्मियों में टंकी रोज़ खाली हो जाती है। In summer, the tank becomes empty every day.
(garmiyon men tankii roz khaalii ho jaatii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मोटर चलाकर टंकी भर दो। Turn on the motor and fill the tank.
(motar chalaakar tankii bhar do।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
कल टंकी की सफ़ाई हुई थी। The tank was cleaned yesterday.
(kal tankii kii safaaii huii thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
अगर टंकी में पानी होता, तो नहाने में इतनी दिक्कत नहीं होती। If there had been water in the tank, there wouldn't have been so much trouble bathing.
(agar tankii men paanii hotaa, to nahaane men itnii dikkat nahiin hotii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
टंकी भरते ही मोटर बंद कर देना। As soon as the tank fills up, turn off the motor.
(tankii bharte hii motar band kar denaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
शायद टंकी में लीकेज हो, इसलिए पानी जल्दी खत्म हो जाता है। Maybe there's a leak in the tank, that's why the water runs out quickly.
(shaayad tankii men liikej ho, islie paanii jaldii khatm ho jaataa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बिल्डिंग की टंकी हर हफ़्ते साफ़ की जाती है। The building's tank is cleaned every week.
(bilding kii tankii har hafte saaf kii jaatii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
प्लंबर कल टंकी की पाइपलाइन ठीक करने आएगा। The plumber will come tomorrow to fix the tank's pipeline.
(plambar kal tankii kii paaiplaain thiik karne aaegaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
पड़ोसी की टंकी हमारी छत से भी दिखती है। The neighbor's tank is visible even from our roof.
(padosii kii tankii hamaarii chhat se bhii dikhtii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Sense 2 : fuel tank
noun, feminine
Synonyms: टैंक (taink)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Bike and scooter riders casually ask a mechanic to check the टंकी (tankii) meaning the petrol tank, as in "टंकी फुल कर दो" (tankii phul kar do, 'fill up the tank') -- a phrase you will hear at nearly every petrol pump.
Sample Sentences:
भाईसाहब, टंकी फुल कर दो। Sir, fill up the tank.
(bhaaiisaahab, tankii phul kar do।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
मेरी बाइक की टंकी खाली हो गई है। My bike's fuel tank has become empty.
(merii baaik kii tankii khaalii ho gaii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पेट्रोल पंप पर हर कोई यही कहता है, टंकी फुल कर दो। At the petrol pump everyone says the same thing, fill up the tank.
(petrol pamp par har koii yahii kahtaa hai, tankii phul kar do।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम टंकी में पेट्रोल डाल रहे हो? Are you putting petrol into the tank?
(kyaa tum tankii men petrol daal rahe ho?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कार की टंकी में अभी थोड़ा डीज़ल बचा है। There's still a little diesel left in the car's tank.
(kaar kii tankii men abhii thodaa diizal bachaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर टंकी लीक न होती तो हम इतना पेट्रोल न खोते। If the tank hadn't been leaking, we wouldn't have lost so much petrol.
(agar tankii liik n hotii to ham itnaa petrol n khote।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
मिस्त्री ने टंकी की जांच करके बताया कि उसमें छेद है। The mechanic checked the tank and said there's a hole in it.
(mistrii ne tankii kii jaanch karke bataayaa ki usmen chhed hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
लंबी यात्रा से पहले टंकी पूरी भरवा लेनी चाहिए। Before a long trip, you should get the tank filled up completely.
(lambii yaatraa se pahle tankii poorii bharvaa lenii chaahie।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
टंकी में पेट्रोल भरा जा रहा था जब बारिश शुरू हो गई। Petrol was being filled into the tank when it started raining.
(tankii men petrol bharaa jaa rahaa thaa jab baarish shuroo ho gaii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
कल तक टंकी सूख जाएगी, हमें पेट्रोल भरवाना होगा। By tomorrow the tank will run dry, we'll have to get petrol.
(kal tak tankii sookh jaaegii, hamen petrol bharvaanaa hogaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
यह स्कूटर एक टंकी में लगभग चार सौ किलोमीटर चलता है। This scooter runs about four hundred kilometers on one tank.
(yah skootar ek tankii men lagbhag chaar sau kilomiitar chaltaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): टंकी (tankii)
(sg.f.oblique): टंकी (tankii)
(pl.f.direct): टंकियाँ (tankiyaan)
(pl.f.oblique): टंकियों (tankiyon)