restaurants

Hindi translation: भोजनालय

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English term or phrase:	restaurants
Hindi translation:	भोजनालय
Entered by:	bochkor

14:29 Feb 2, 2010

English to Hindi translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Food & Drink

English term or phrase: restaurants

I selected PRO for this question, exactly because the average person wouldn't think much of it and just give me रेस्तरां, which is not Hindi, just an English transcription. I know, it's popular in India, but I don't care, I'm looking for a pure Hindi word, even if you scold me for that. So it is a PRO level, because somebody, who knows the restaurant field and the different types and names of restaurants in India, that the person I'm looking for, not the average person. And no, you don't have to work in the restaurant business, just give more thought to this question, than the average person, that's all.

Now having gotten rid of cultural colonialism, I'm moving on to what I really need. I got this word from my 1993 dictionary and not knowing Hindi grammar, I just copied it as भोजना-लय. However, somebody told me that the dash (hyphen) is not needed. Well, here's my problem with that: I'd like to know, whether this is really a one-root word OR is this a compound word, made up from 2 words joined together: भोजना and लय? So if these are 2 words indeed, then I'd like to know, what भोजना means and what लय means, in order to understand this.

But that's not all. My dictionary obviously gave the singular form for restaurant. But I need it in plural: restaurants. So how do we have to change भोजना-लय to become plural?

PLEASE, ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS! Thank you!

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भोजनालय

Explanation:
Yes, hyphen isn't needed.
भोजनालय itself can be used as plural and in some case when refering to them भोजनालयों will be the plural form.

वहाँ के भोजनालय ठीक नहीं हैं ।

वहाँ के भोजनालयों की हालत खराब है ।

Here you plural sense of the word.

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Note added at 14 mins (2010-02-02 14:44:02 GMT)
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I meant to write:

Here you have plural sense of the word.

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Note added at 16 mins (2010-02-02 14:46:45 GMT)
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भोजन means food; and the suffix आलय the place, etc. Hence भोजनालय implies the place where food is served.

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Ramesh Bhatt
Nepal
Local time: 09:00

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Thank you both for your help! Although India was not occupied by the French and restaurant is a French word, it is STILL cultural colonialism, by most likely not by the French, but by the Americans. So if you're really against the mindless use of English in any country, especially when that country has its own word for it, then why submit to English in case of such a simple, basic word. It's totally unnecessary in my opinion. In languages, where you don't have your own word for it, just the derivative of restaurant, there unfortunately we have no choice, but to accept it. But here we do have a choice: भोजनालय and the English-imported रेस्तरां is not a bit better. I also noticed that you (Suyash) spelled रेस्तरां differently and I haven't found your version anywhere, but I found my version both in Google Translation Tools and in my 1993 printed dictionary. Anyway, we're all entitled to our own opinions, but I still appreciate all of your inputs. Exchanging views is the best thing!
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भोजनालय

Ramesh Bhatt

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रेस्तराँ, भोजनालय (रेस्तराओं, भोजनालयों)

Suyash Suprabh

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भोजनालय

Ramesh Bhatt
Nepal
Local time: 09:00
Native speaker of:

Urdu,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

रेस्तराँ, भोजनालय (रेस्तराओं, भोजनालयों)

Explanation:
Both translations are acceptable in Hindi.

The term भोजनालय consists of the words 'भोजन' and 'आलय'.

The terms भोजन and आलय mean food and house respectively.

The direct and oblique plural forms of रेस्तराँ (भोजनालय) are रेस्तराँ (भोजनालय) and रेस्तराओं (भोजनालयों) respectively.

The oblique plural form is used when the term is used with the post-positions like को, से, में, etc.

Please look at the following examples:

1. दिल्ली में सैकड़ों भोजनालय (रेस्तराँ) हैं। (Direct form)

2. यहाँ के भोजनालयों (रेस्तराओं) में अच्छा भोजन मिलता है। (Oblique form)

The term restaurant is a French word and cannot be given as an example of cultural colonialism in the context of India. I am opposed to the mindless use of English words in Hindi, but at the same time I feel that some foreign words make our language rich.

Suyash Suprabh
India
Local time: 08:45
Native speaker of:

Hindi

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