उपन्यासकार (upanyaaskaar)

noun A compound noun meaning 'novelist' -- built from उपन्यास (upanyaas, 'novel') plus the agentive suffix -कार (kaar, 'maker/doer'). Single sense, straightforward and stable in meaning.
Sense 1 : novelist
noun, masculine
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: The -कार (kaar) suffix is a handy building block in Hindi -- you'll meet it again in words like पत्रकार (patrkaar, 'journalist') and कलाकार (kalaakaar, 'artist'). Once you know उपन्यास (upanyaas) for 'novel', this word is easy to reconstruct and remember rather than needing to be memorized separately.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to make this agree like an adjective or add extra gender marking -- it stays the same form for male and female novelists alike (though it grammatically behaves as masculine for agreement purposes); the sex of the person is understood from context, not from the word's form. 2) Don't confuse with कहानीकार (kahaaniikaar, 'story writer/short-story writer') -- उपन्यासकार (upanyaaskaar) is specifically for novel-length fiction.
Sample Sentences:
प्रेमचंद एक महान उपन्यासकार थे। Premchand was a great novelist.
(premchand ek mahaan upanyaaskaar the।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
वह एक मशहूर उपन्यासकार है। She is a famous novelist.
(vah ek mashahoor upanyaaskaar hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मैं बड़ा होकर उपन्यासकार बनना चाहता हूँ। I want to become a novelist when I grow up.
(main badaa hokar upanyaaskaar bannaa chaahtaa hoon।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
यह उपन्यासकार हर साल एक नई किताब लिखता है। This novelist writes a new book every year.
(yah upanyaaskaar har saal ek naii kitaab likhtaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
वह उपन्यासकार अगले महीने दिल्ली आ रहा है। That novelist is coming to Delhi next month.
(vah upanyaaskaar agle mahiine dillii aa rahaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर वह उपन्यासकार न होता, तो शायद पत्रकार होता। If he weren't a novelist, he would perhaps have been a journalist.
(agar vah upanyaaskaar n hotaa, to shaayad patrkaar hotaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
उस उपन्यासकार को इस साल का सबसे बड़ा पुरस्कार दिया गया। That novelist was given the biggest award of this year.
(us upanyaaskaar ko is saal kaa sabse badaa puraskaar diyaa gayaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
क्या तुम सच में एक उपन्यासकार बनोगे? Will you really become a novelist?
(kyaa tum sach men ek upanyaaskaar banoge?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
काश मैं भी उस जैसा उपन्यासकार बन पाता। I wish I too could become a novelist like him.
(kaash main bhii us jaisaa upanyaaskaar ban paataa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
इस उपन्यासकार की रचनाएँ पूरे देश में पढ़ी जाती हैं। This novelist's works are read all over the country.
(is upanyaaskaar kii rachnaaen poore desh men padhii jaatii hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): उपन्यासकार (upanyaaskaar)
(sg.m.oblique): उपन्यासकार (upanyaaskaar)
(pl.m.direct): उपन्यासकार (upanyaaskaar)
(pl.m.oblique): उपन्यासकारों (upanyaaskaaron)