बवासीर (bavaasiir)
noun
A medical/colloquial term for hemorrhoids/piles, also used figuratively for a chronic nuisance or headache-causing problem.
Sense
1
:
hemorrhoids, piles (medical condition)
noun, feminine
Synonyms: अर्श (arsh, formal/medical), पाइल्स (paails, English loanword, common in clinics)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This word comes up often in TV and roadside ads for herbal remedies (हकीम (hakiim) and देसी दवा (desii davaa) shops), since piles are a common ailment linked to spicy food and sedentary lifestyles in everyday conversation. It is spoken about more openly than many other health issues, often with a mix of embarrassment and dark humor.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes treat this as a rude or taboo word to avoid entirely -- it is a normal, if slightly embarrassing, medical term, similar to how 'hemorrhoids' functions in English; people do talk about it with doctors and family without much hesitation. 2) Note the gender is feminine despite ending in a consonant sound -- it takes feminine agreement, e.g. बवासीर हो गई (bavaasiir ho gaii, 'piles occurred/developed'), not हो गया.
Sample Sentences:
मुझे बवासीर की शिकायत हो गई है।
I've developed a case of piles.
(mujhe bavaasiir kii shikaayat ho gaii hai।)
बहुत ज्यादा मसालेदार खाना खाने से बवासीर हो सकती है।
Eating too much spicy food can cause piles.
(bahut jyaadaa masaaledaar khaanaa khaane se bavaasiir ho saktii hai।)
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि यह बवासीर का मामला है, ऑपरेशन करवाना पड़ेगा।
The doctor said this is a case of piles, an operation will be needed.
(doktar ne kahaa ki yah bavaasiir kaa maamlaa hai, opreshan karvaanaa padegaa।)
अरे यार, बवासीर हो गई है, बैठा भी नहीं जाता ठीक से।
Ugh man, I've got piles, I can't even sit properly.
(are yaar, bavaasiir ho gaii hai, baithaa bhii nahiin jaataa thiik se।)
उस नुक्कड़ वाले हकीम का इश्तिहार बवासीर की देसी दवा के बारे में ही रहता है।
That corner hakim's ad is always about a herbal remedy for piles.
(us nukkad vaale hakiim kaa ishtihaar bavaasiir kii desii davaa ke baare men hii rahtaa hai।)
अगर तुम रोज कसरत करते तो शायद बवासीर न होती।
If you exercised daily, you probably wouldn't have gotten piles.
(agar tum roj kasrat karte to shaayad bavaasiir n hotii।)
बवासीर की जांच के लिए मुझे कल अस्पताल जाना है।
I have to go to the hospital tomorrow for a piles checkup.
(bavaasiir kii jaanch ke lie mujhe kal asptaal jaanaa hai।)
बवासीर की वजह से उसे उठने-बैठने में बहुत तकलीफ होती है।
Because of his piles, he has a lot of trouble sitting and standing up.
(bavaasiir kii vajah se use uthne-baithne men bahut takliiph hotii hai।)
बवासीर हो तो शरमाओ मत, डॉक्टर को दिखाओ।
If you have piles, don't be embarrassed, go see a doctor.
(bavaasiir ho to sharmaao mat, doktar ko dikhaao।)
बवासीर के इलाज में देसी नुस्खों को अक्सर तरजीह दी जाती है।
In treating piles, indigenous remedies are often given preference.
(bavaasiir ke ilaaj men desii nuskhon ko aksar tarjiih dii jaatii hai।)
Sense
2
:
figurative: a persistent, irritating problem or headache (person or situation)
noun, feminine Used in phrases like बवासीर बन गया है (bavaasiir ban gayaa hai, 'has become a real pain') to describe a chronically annoying person or issue.
Synonyms: सिरदर्द (sirdard, 'headache', more polite equivalent), झंझट (jhanjhat, hassle, milder)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Much like English speakers might jokingly call a nagging problem 'a pain,' Hindi speakers reach for बवासीर (bavaasiir) for comic exaggeration -- calling an annoying relative or a repeated bureaucratic hassle a बवासीर (bavaasiir) is meant to sound funny and a bit crude, not medically literal.
Common Mistakes: 1) This figurative use is casual/crude in tone -- appropriate among close friends venting about an annoying boss or problem, but not in polite or formal company. 2) Learners may not realize this figurative sense is quite common in spoken banter, more so than its literal medical use in daily small talk.
Sample Sentences:
यह वीज़ा वाला काम तो बवासीर बन गया है।
This visa business has turned into a real headache.
(yah viizaa vaalaa kaam to bavaasiir ban gayaa hai।)
वह आदमी नहीं, बवासीर है, हर मीटिंग में यही सवाल पूछता है।
That guy isn't a man, he's a pain -- he asks the same question in every meeting.
(vah aadmii nahiin, bavaasiir hai, har miiting men yahii savaal poochhtaa hai।)
मत बनो बवासीर, चुपचाप अपना काम करो।
Don't be a nuisance, just quietly do your work.
(mat bano bavaasiir, chupchaap apnaa kaam karo।)
अगर वह बार-बार फोन करता तो सच में बवासीर बन जाता।
If he had called again and again, he really would have become a nuisance.
(agar vah baar-baar phon kartaa to sach men bavaasiir ban jaataa।)
यह पड़ोसी वाली समस्या तो पुरानी बवासीर है, कभी ठीक नहीं होती।
This neighbor problem is an old headache, it never goes away.
(yah padosii vaalii samasyaa to puraanii bavaasiir hai, kabhii thiik nahiin hotii।)
काश यह कागज़ी बवासीर कभी खत्म हो जाए।
I wish this paperwork nightmare would just end already.
(kaash yah kaagzii bavaasiir kabhii khatm ho jaae।)
यार, तेरा यह मोबाइल बिल हर महीने की बवासीर बन गया है।
Dude, this phone bill of yours has become a monthly headache.
(yaar, teraa yah mobaail bil har mahiine kii bavaasiir ban gayaa hai।)
दफ्तर की राजनीति ने मेरी नौकरी को बवासीर बना दिया।
Office politics has turned my job into a nightmare.
(daphtar kii raajniiti ne merii naukrii ko bavaasiir banaa diyaa।)
उस मकानमालिक को बवासीर मत ही समझो, वह तो पूरी महामारी है।
Don't just think of that landlord as a headache, he's a whole epidemic.
(us makaanmaalik ko bavaasiir mat hii samjho, vah to poorii mahaamaarii hai।)
जब से नया बॉस आया है, दफ्तर की हर छोटी बात बवासीर बनती जा रही है।
Ever since the new boss arrived, every little thing at the office is turning into a headache.
(jab se nayaa bos aayaa hai, daphtar kii har chhotii baat bavaasiir bantii jaa rahii hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
बवासीर
(bavaasiir)
(sg.f.oblique):
बवासीर
(bavaasiir)
(pl.f.direct):
बवासीरें
(bavaasiiren)
(pl.f.oblique):
बवासीरों
(bavaasiiron)