नया साल मुबारक (nayaa saal mubaarak)
interjection
A fixed festive greeting meaning 'Happy New Year' -- literally 'new year blessed/auspicious.' Used as a standalone exclamation, not built into a full sentence.
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Happy New Year (greeting)
interjection
Synonyms: नव वर्ष की शुभकामनाएँ (nav varsh kii shubhkaamnaaen, formal), हैप्पी न्यू ईयर (haippii nyoo iiyar, colloquial, English borrowing)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: मुबारक (mubaarak) comes from Urdu/Arabic and shows up in lots of festival greetings -- ईद मुबारक (iid mubaarak, 'Happy Eid'), जन्मदिन मुबारक हो (janmdin mubaarak ho, 'happy birthday') -- so learning this phrase gives you a template for several other greetings too. In everyday Delhi speech people often just say साल मुबारक (saal mubaarak) or drop straight into the English 'Happy New Year,' so both versions are common on the street and on WhatsApp messages alike.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to conjugate this as a sentence (adding है (hai) at the end) -- it is used as a standalone exclamation, like 'Happy New Year!' in English, not as a statement needing a verb. 2) मुबारक (mubaarak) is an adjective meaning 'blessed/auspicious' and is invariant here -- it does not change form for gender or number, even though साल (saal) is masculine.
Sample Sentences:
नया साल मुबारक!
Happy New Year!
(nayaa saal mubaarak!)
आप सभी को नया साल मुबारक हो।
Happy New Year to all of you.
(aap sabhii ko nayaa saal mubaarak ho।)
उसने फोन करके मुझे नया साल मुबारक कहा।
He called and wished me a Happy New Year.
(usne phon karke mujhe nayaa saal mubaarak kahaa।)
हर साल पापा सबको सुबह-सुबह नया साल मुबारक कहते हैं।
Every year Dad wishes everyone a Happy New Year first thing in the morning.
(har saal paapaa sabko subah-subah nayaa saal mubaarak kahte hain।)
जैसे ही घड़ी बारह बजाएगी, सब एक-दूसरे को नया साल मुबारक कहेंगे।
As soon as the clock strikes twelve, everyone will wish each other Happy New Year.
(jaise hii ghadii baarah bajaaegii, sab ek-doosre ko nayaa saal mubaarak kahenge।)
उसने ग्रुप में सबको मैसेज करके नया साल मुबारक कहा।
She messaged everyone in the group wishing them a Happy New Year.
(usne grup men sabko maisej karke nayaa saal mubaarak kahaa।)
बस "साल मुबारक" बोल दो, इतना काफी है।
Just say "Happy New Year," that's enough.
(bas "saal mubaarak" bol do, itnaa kaaphii hai।)
काश मैं समय पर पहुँच पाता और सबको आधी रात को ही नया साल मुबारक कह पाता।
I wish I could have arrived on time and wished everyone Happy New Year right at midnight.
(kaash main samay par pahunch paataa aur sabko aadhii raat ko hii nayaa saal mubaarak kah paataa।)
प्रिय ग्राहकों, हमारी टीम की ओर से आपको नया साल मुबारक हो।
Dear customers, Happy New Year from our whole team.
(priy graahkon, hamaarii tiim kii or se aapko nayaa saal mubaarak ho।)
वॉट्सएप पर सुबह से ही नया साल मुबारक के मैसेज आने शुरू हो गए।
Happy New Year messages started coming in on WhatsApp right from the morning.
(votsaep par subah se hii nayaa saal mubaarak ke maisej aane shuroo ho gae।)