सब्ज़ीमंडी (sabziimandii)
noun
A compound noun combining सब्ज़ी (sabzii, 'vegetable') and मंडी (mandii, 'wholesale market'), meaning 'vegetable market' as a general category of place.
Sense
1
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vegetable market
noun, feminine
Synonyms: सब्ज़ी बाज़ार (sabzii baazaar)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Every Indian town of any size has its सब्ज़ीमंडी (sabziimandii), usually a bustling, crowded area best visited early in the morning when the produce is freshest and prices are best before the midday heat sets in. In several cities (Delhi included) 'Sabzi Mandi' is also the actual name of a neighborhood that grew up around a historic wholesale market -- much like how 'Market Street' can be both an ordinary phrase and a real address elsewhere.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes treat सब्ज़ीमंडी (sabziimandii) as always a specific proper place name because several Indian cities have a locality actually called this; as a common noun it just means 'the vegetable market' in general, the way you'd say 'I'm going to the vegetable market' about any town's produce market. 2) Don't confuse मंडी (mandii) here with a regular दुकान (dukaan, 'shop') -- a मंडी (mandii) is specifically a large wholesale market, not a single stall.
Sample Sentences:
सुबह-सुबह सब्ज़ीमंडी जाओ तो ताज़ी सब्ज़ियाँ मिलती हैं।
If you go to the vegetable market early in the morning, you get fresh vegetables.
(subah-subah sabziimandii jaao to taazii sabziyaan miltii hain।)
माँ हर रोज़ सब्ज़ीमंडी से आलू-प्याज़ लाती है।
Mom brings potatoes and onions from the vegetable market every day.
(maan har roz sabziimandii se aaloo-pyaaz laatii hai।)
कल हम सब्ज़ीमंडी गए थे और वहाँ बहुत भीड़ थी।
We went to the vegetable market yesterday, and it was very crowded there.
(kal ham sabziimandii gae the aur vahaan bahut bhiid thii।)
सब्ज़ीमंडी जाकर टमाटर ले आओ, घर में ख़त्म हो गए हैं।
Go to the vegetable market and bring some tomatoes, we've run out at home.
(sabziimandii jaakar tamaatar le aao, ghar men khatm ho gae hain।)
अगर दोपहर तक सब्ज़ीमंडी न पहुँचो तो अच्छी सब्ज़ियाँ नहीं मिलतीं।
If you don't reach the vegetable market by noon, you won't get good vegetables.
(agar dopahar tak sabziimandii n pahuncho to achchhii sabziyaan nahiin miltiin।)
अगर मैं सुबह उठ पाता तो सब्ज़ीमंडी होकर आता।
If I had been able to wake up in the morning, I would have swung by the vegetable market.
(agar main subah uth paataa to sabziimandii hokar aataa।)
यह पुरानी दिल्ली की सब्ज़ीमंडी सौ साल से भी ज़्यादा पुरानी है।
This vegetable market in Old Delhi is more than a hundred years old.
(yah puraanii dillii kii sabziimandii sau saal se bhii zyaadaa puraanii hai।)
थोक व्यापारियों के लिए हर बड़े शहर में एक सब्ज़ीमंडी बनाई गई है।
A vegetable market has been built in every big city for wholesale traders.
(thok vyaapaariyon ke lie har bade shahar men ek sabziimandii banaaii gaii hai।)
सब्ज़ीमंडी में सुबह से ही रेहड़ी वाले अपनी दुकानें सजा रहे थे।
The cart vendors had been setting up their stalls in the vegetable market since morning.
(sabziimandii men subah se hii rehdii vaale apnii dukaanen sajaa rahe the।)
क्या आपको पता है कि यहाँ की सबसे बड़ी सब्ज़ीमंडी कहाँ है?
Do you know where the biggest vegetable market here is?
(kyaa aapko pataa hai ki yahaan kii sabse badii sabziimandii kahaan hai?)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
सब्ज़ीमंडी
(sabziimandii)
(sg.f.oblique):
सब्ज़ीमंडी
(sabziimandii)
(pl.f.direct):
सब्ज़ीमंडियाँ
(sabziimandiyaan)
(pl.f.oblique):
सब्ज़ीमंडियों
(sabziimandiyon)