प्रदूषण (pradooshan)
noun
A single-sense noun meaning 'pollution' -- used for environmental pollution (air, water, noise) in everyday and news Hindi.
Sense
1
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pollution, contamination of the environment
noun, masculine
Synonyms: गंदगी (gandgii, meaning scope: general dirtiness/filth, not specifically environmental pollution), दूषण (dooshan, literary)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: In Delhi-NCR this word is inescapable every winter -- you will hear it constantly in the context of वायु प्रदूषण (vaayu pradooshan, 'air pollution') and स्मॉग (smog, 'smog') on the news, in taxi conversations, and in school essays. It is a Sanskrit-derived formal-register word but has become completely ordinary and current through daily use, much like 'pollution' itself feels totally normal in English despite its Latin roots.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to use प्रदूषण (pradooshan) as a verb by adding endings directly; it only works as a noun, paired with verbs like होना (honaa, 'to occur/be') or फैलाना (phailaanaa, 'to spread'), as in प्रदूषण फैलाना (pradooshan phailaanaa, 'to spread/cause pollution'). 2) The word is masculine, so learners often mismatch adjective/verb agreement, saying प्रदूषण बढ़ रही है (pradooshan badh rahii hai) instead of the correct प्रदूषण बढ़ रहा है (pradooshan badh rahaa hai, 'pollution is increasing').
Sample Sentences:
दिल्ली में सर्दियों में प्रदूषण बहुत बढ़ जाता है।
Pollution increases a lot in Delhi during winter.
(dillii men sardiyon men pradooshan bahut badh jaataa hai।)
आज सुबह वायु प्रदूषण का स्तर खतरनाक हद तक पहुँच गया।
This morning the air pollution level reached a dangerous extent.
(aaj subah vaayu pradooshan kaa star khatarnaak had tak pahunch gayaa।)
फैक्ट्री से निकलने वाला धुआँ नदी में प्रदूषण फैला रहा है।
The smoke coming out of the factory is spreading pollution in the river.
(phaiktrii se nikalne vaalaa dhuaan nadii men pradooshan phailaa rahaa hai।)
अगर हम पेड़ नहीं लगाएँगे, तो प्रदूषण और बढ़ेगा।
If we don't plant trees, pollution will increase further.
(agar ham ped nahiin lagaaenge, to pradooshan aur badhegaa।)
कृपया गाड़ी का इंजन बंद कर दें, इससे प्रदूषण कम होगा।
Please turn off the car's engine, this will reduce pollution.
(kripyaa gaadii kaa injan band kar den, isse pradooshan kam hogaa।)
सरकार चाहती है कि उद्योगों से होने वाला प्रदूषण नियंत्रित किया जाए।
The government wants the pollution caused by industries to be controlled.
(sarkaar chaahtii hai ki udyogon se hone vaalaa pradooshan niyantrit kiyaa jaae।)
अगर पहले से सख्त कानून होते, तो इतना प्रदूषण नहीं होता।
If there had been strict laws earlier, there wouldn't have been so much pollution.
(agar pahle se sakht kaanoon hote, to itnaa pradooshan nahiin hotaa।)
दीवाली के बाद शहर का प्रदूषण मापा गया और आँकड़े चिंताजनक थे।
After Diwali, the city's pollution was measured, and the figures were worrying.
(diivaalii ke baad shahar kaa pradooshan maapaa gayaa aur aankde chintaajnak the।)
स्कूल के निबंध में उसने प्रदूषण के कारणों और उपायों पर लिखा।
In the school essay, she wrote about the causes and remedies of pollution.
(skool ke nibandh men usne pradooshan ke kaarnon aur upaayon par likhaa।)
टैक्सी वाला बोला, "भाई साहब, इस स्मॉग में प्रदूषण की वजह से साँस लेना मुश्किल हो गया है।"
The taxi driver said, "Brother, because of the pollution in this smog, it's become hard to breathe."
(taiksii vaalaa bolaa, "bhaaii saahab, is smog men pradooshan kii vajah se saans lenaa mushkil ho gayaa hai।")
मनुष्य की लापरवाही से प्रकृति में जो प्रदूषण फैला है, वह अंततः मनुष्य को ही निगल जाएगा।
The pollution that has spread in nature due to human carelessness will ultimately swallow humanity itself.
(manushy kii laaparvaahii se prakriti men jo pradooshan phailaa hai, vah anttah manushy ko hii nigal jaaegaa।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
प्रदूषण
(pradooshan)
(sg.m.oblique):
प्रदूषण
(pradooshan)
(pl.m.direct):
प्रदूषण
(pradooshan)
(pl.m.oblique):
प्रदूषणों
(pradooshnon)