हरियाली (hariyaalii)
noun
A feminine noun meaning 'greenery' or 'lushness' -- both the literal sight of green vegetation and, by extension, a festive/seasonal association with the monsoon and fresh growth.
Sense
1
:
greenery, lush vegetation
noun, feminine
Synonyms: हरा-भरापन (haraa-bharaapan, rare), वनस्पति (vanaspti, formal, refers more to flora/plant-life than the visual greenness)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the word Delhi-wallahs use the moment the monsoon breaks and the parks, medians, and Ridge forest turn from dusty brown to green almost overnight -- लोग कहते हैं, 'बारिश के बाद कितनी हरियाली आ गई है' (baarish ke baad kitnii hariyaalii aa gaii hai, 'how much greenery has come after the rain'). It also names the Hariyali Teej (hariyaalii tiij) festival, celebrating the monsoon's arrival.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes treat हरियाली (hariyaalii) as just the adjective हरा (haraa, 'green') with a suffix stuck on and try to use it adjectivally -- it is a standalone noun and needs की/से etc. to link to other nouns, e.g. हरियाली की चादर (hariyaalii kii chaadar, 'a blanket of greenery').
Sample Sentences:
बारिश के बाद कितनी हरियाली आ गई है।
How much greenery has come after the rain.
(baarish ke baad kitnii hariyaalii aa gaii hai।)
मानसून में दिल्ली की रिज पर बहुत हरियाली होती है।
During the monsoon, there is a lot of greenery on Delhi's Ridge.
(maansoon men dillii kii rij par bahut hariyaalii hotii hai।)
पहाड़ों की हरियाली देखकर मन खुश हो गया।
Seeing the greenery of the mountains, my heart became happy.
(pahaadon kii hariyaalii dekhkar man khush ho gayaa।)
पार्क की हरियाली बनाए रखने के लिए माली रोज़ पानी देता है।
To maintain the park's greenery, the gardener waters it every day.
(paark kii hariyaalii banaae rakhne ke lie maalii roz paanii detaa hai।)
अगर बारिश ज़्यादा होती तो हरियाली और भी घनी होती।
If it had rained more, the greenery would have been even denser.
(agar baarish zyaadaa hotii to hariyaalii aur bhii ghanii hotii।)
काश इस शहर में इतनी हरियाली होती जितनी पहले हुआ करती थी।
I wish this city had as much greenery as it used to have before.
(kaash is shahar men itnii hariyaalii hotii jitnii pahle huaa kartii thii।)
कृपया इस पार्क की हरियाली को नुकसान न पहुँचाएँ।
Please do not harm the greenery of this park.
(kripyaa is paark kii hariyaalii ko nuksaan n pahunchaaen।)
शहर में नए पेड़ लगाकर हरियाली बढ़ाई जा रही है।
Greenery is being increased in the city by planting new trees.
(shahar men nae ped lagaakar hariyaalii badhaaii jaa rahii hai।)
हरियाली तीज पर औरतें हरे कपड़े पहनकर झूला झूलती हैं।
On Hariyali Teej, women wear green clothes and swing on swings.
(hariyaalii tiij par aurten hare kapde pahankar jhoolaa jhooltii hain।)
खिड़की से बाहर देखो, कितनी हरियाली फैली हुई है।
Look outside the window, how much greenery is spread out.
(khidkii se baahar dekho, kitnii hariyaalii phailii huii hai।)
पेड़ काटे जाने से शहर की हरियाली धीरे-धीरे कम होती जा रही थी।
Because trees were being cut down, the city's greenery was gradually decreasing.
(ped kaate jaane se shahar kii hariyaalii dhiire-dhiire kam hotii jaa rahii thii।)
Sense
2
:
freshness, flourishing/prosperous state (figurative)
noun, feminine Used figuratively to describe a thriving or rejuvenated state, often of a place, relationship, or period of life, by extension from literal greenery.
Synonyms: खुशहाली (khushahaalii, closer to 'prosperity' than literal green)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will hear this in a slightly poetic or hopeful register -- someone might say ज़िंदगी में हरियाली आ गई (zindgii men hariyaalii aa gaii, 'greenery/freshness has come into life') to mean things have turned good and full of promise again, much like English 'a new lease of life.'
Sample Sentences:
उसकी शादी के बाद घर में फिर से हरियाली आ गई।
After his wedding, the household flourished again -- a new lease of life.
(uskii shaadii ke baad ghar men phir se hariyaalii aa gaii।)
नई नौकरी मिलने से उसकी ज़िंदगी में हरियाली आ गई है।
Getting the new job has brought a new lease of life into his life.
(naii naukrii milne se uskii zindgii men hariyaalii aa gaii hai।)
जब भी मुनाफा होता है, दुकान में हरियाली छा जाती है।
Whenever there's a profit, prosperity spreads through the shop.
(jab bhii munaaphaa hotaa hai, dukaan men hariyaalii chhaa jaatii hai।)
अगर वह मेहनत करता तो उसके कारोबार में भी हरियाली आती।
If he had worked hard, his business too would have flourished.
(agar vah mehnat kartaa to uske kaarobaar men bhii hariyaalii aatii।)
भगवान करे, इस परिवार की हरियाली कभी कम न हो।
May God grant that this family's prosperity never diminish.
(bhagvaan kare, is parivaar kii hariyaalii kabhii kam n ho।)
देश की अर्थव्यवस्था में फिर से हरियाली लाने के लिए नई नीतियाँ बनाई जा रही हैं।
New policies are being made to bring prosperity back into the country's economy.
(desh kii arthavyvasthaa men phir se hariyaalii laane ke lie naii niitiyaan banaaii jaa rahii hain।)
बरसों की तंगी के बाद उनके घर में हरियाली लौट आई।
After years of hardship, prosperity returned to their home.
(barson kii tangii ke baad unke ghar men hariyaalii laut aaii।)
काश, हर घर में ऐसी ही हरियाली रहे।
If only such flourishing prosperity remained in every home.
(kaash, har ghar men aisii hii hariyaalii rahe।)
मेहनत करो, एक दिन तुम्हारी ज़िंदगी में भी हरियाली आएगी।
Work hard -- one day prosperity will come into your life too.
(mehnat karo, ek din tumhaarii zindgii men bhii hariyaalii aaegii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
हरियाली
(hariyaalii)
(sg.f.oblique):
हरियाली
(hariyaalii)
(pl.f.direct):
हरियालियाँ
(hariyaaliyaan)
(pl.f.oblique):
हरियालियों
(hariyaaliyon)