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Ten Important Prefixes in Hindi

 

In Hindi, there are lot of prefixes which can give you some valuable clues about their meaning. Prefix is called उपसर्ग (Upsarg) in Hindi. In this post, I am going to cover ten important prefixes which can be found in numerous Hindi words.
Let’s have a look with some of the examples.
1. अ (A) means नहीं (Nahi – Not) or बिना (Bina – Without)
Examples: अभाव (Abhaav – Scarcity, Absence), अज्ञान (Agyaan – Ignorance), अधर्म (Adharma – Iniquity)
2. अति (Ati) means अधिक (Adhik – More)
Examples: अत्याचार (Atyaachaar – Oppression), अत्याधिक (Atyaadik – Too much) , अत्यंत (Atyant – Extremely)
3. आ (Aa) means तक (Tak – Upto) or पूर्ण (Purnd – Complete) or भर (Bhar – Full)
Examples: आजीवन (Aajeevan – lifelong), आदान (Aadaan – Exchange) , आमरण (Aamarand – Till death)
4. नि (Ni) means अच्छी तरह (Acchi tarah – In a good way)
Examples: निवास (Nivaas – residence), निरोध (Nirodh – Control), निवारण (Nivaaran – Prevention)
5. परि (Pari) means सब ओर (Sab aur – All over )
Examples: परिमाण (Parimaand – Measure ), परिवर्तन (Parivartan – Change), परिक्रमा (Parikrama – Circle)
6. प्र (Pra) means आगे (Aage – Ahead) or ऊपर (Upar – Above) or अधिक (Adhik – More)
Examples: प्रबल (Prabal – Strong), प्रगति (Pragati – Progress), प्रचार (Prachaar – Publicity)
7. वि (Vi) means विशेष (Vishesh – Special) or अलग (Alag – Different) or उल्टा (Ulta – Opposite)
Examples: विदेश (Videsh – Foreign), विभाग (Vibhag – Department), विज्ञान (Vigyan – Science)
8. सु (Su) means अच्छा (Accha – Good/Nice)
Examples: सुफल (Sufal – Good result), सुकर्म (Sukarm – Good deed), सुर्लभ (Surlabh – Easily available)
9. स्व (Sva) means अपना (Apna – Your) or निजी (Niji – Private)
Examples: स्वदेश (Svadesh – Motherland), स्वतंत्र (Svatant – Self-governing), स्वार्थ (Svaarth – Self-interest)
10. स (Sa) means साथ (Sath – With)
Examples: सफल (Safal – Success), सपरिवार (Saparivaar – With family), सक्रिय (Sakriya – Active)