बर्बरता (barbartaa)

noun A single-sense abstract noun meaning 'barbarity, savagery, cruelty' -- the noun form built from बर्बर (barbar, 'barbaric/savage').
Sense 1 : barbarity, savage cruelty
noun, feminine
Synonyms: क्रूरता (kroortaa), निर्दयता (nirdaytaa), जंगलीपन (jangliipan, colloquial)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is a heavy word, most often heard in news broadcasts and editorials describing war, terrorism, or violent crime -- the tone is closer to English 'atrocity' than a casual complaint. It shares its root with बर्बर (barbar), 'barbaric,' so if a learner already knows that adjective, this noun is just its natural abstract-quality extension (like 'cruel' becoming 'cruelty').
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use it for everyday rudeness or bad behavior; it is reserved for extreme, often violent cruelty -- news reports, historical atrocities, war crimes -- not for someone being merely impolite or unkind, which would call for बदतमीज़ी (badatmiizii) or बुरा व्यवहार (buraa vyavahaar) instead.
Sample Sentences:
आतंकवादियों ने जो बर्बरता दिखाई, उसे देखकर पूरा देश सहम गया। The barbarity the terrorists showed left the entire country shaken.
(aatankvaadiyon ne jo barbartaa dikhaaii, use dekhkar pooraa desh saham gayaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
युद्ध में की गई बर्बरता के सबूत अब सामने आ रहे हैं। Evidence of the barbarity committed during the war is now coming to light.
(yuddh men kii gaii barbartaa ke saboot ab saamne aa rahe hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
संपादकीय में लिखा था कि यह हमला मानवता के इतिहास की सबसे बड़ी बर्बरता में से एक है। The editorial had written that this attack is one of the greatest barbarities in human history.
(sampaadkiiy men likhaa thaa ki yah hamlaa maanavtaa ke itihaas kii sabse badii barbartaa men se ek hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्या मानव इतिहास में ऐसी बर्बरता पहले कभी देखी गई है? Has such barbarity ever been witnessed before in human history?
(kyaa maanav itihaas men aisii barbartaa pahle kabhii dekhii gaii hai?)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
अगर सरकार समय पर हस्तक्षेप करती, तो शायद इतनी बर्बरता न होती। If the government had intervened in time, perhaps such barbarity would not have occurred.
(agar sarkaar samay par hastakshep kartii, to shaayad itnii barbartaa n hotii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
रिपोर्टर ने बर्बरता के दृश्यों का वर्णन करते हुए अपनी आवाज़ को संयत रखने की कोशिश की। While describing the scenes of barbarity, the reporter tried to keep her voice steady.
(riportar ne barbartaa ke drishyon kaa varnan karte hue apnii aavaaz ko sanyat rakhne kii koshish kii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
ऐसी बर्बरता की कड़ी निंदा की जानी चाहिए। Such barbarity should be strongly condemned.
(aisii barbartaa kii kadii nindaa kii jaanii chaahie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Passive
इतिहासकार लिखते हैं कि उस साम्राज्य का पतन बर्बरता और अत्याचार से भरा था। Historians write that the fall of that empire was filled with barbarity and tyranny.
(itihaaskaar likhte hain ki us saamraajy kaa patan barbartaa aur atyaachaar se bharaa thaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
काश मानवता ऐसी बर्बरता को कभी दोबारा न देखे। If only humanity would never witness such barbarity again.
(kaash maanavtaa aisii barbartaa ko kabhii dobaaraa n dekhe।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): बर्बरता (barbartaa)
(sg.f.oblique): बर्बरता (barbartaa)
(pl.f.direct): बर्बरताएँ (barbartaaen)
(pl.f.oblique): बर्बरताओं (barbartaaon)