नीचे झुकना
neeche jhukna
To get down in Hindi is नीचे झुकना (neeche jhukna).
The phrase is used to describe lowering your body by bending or crouching, often to avoid being seen or hit.
Which one should you use?
While नीचे झुकना is the default form for the action of bending down, other phrases focus on different types of movement. नीचे आइए means to descend from a higher place, whereas नीचे आओ and उतर जा are ways to tell someone to get down. नीचे जाओ specifically means to go down.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In some parts of North India, the phrase नीचे जाओ is commonly used to mean 'go down.'
How do you pronounce it?
neeche jhukna
Did you know?
- Because झुकना (jhukna) is used for bowing, telling someone to 'get down' in a very forceful or rude way might actually sound like you are telling them to submit or show subservience.
- The verb झुकना is part of a causative chain: झुकाना (jhukānā) means to make someone else bend, and झुकवाना (jhukvānā) means to cause someone to be made to bend.
- In poetic Hindi, झुकना is often used metaphorically to describe a person's ego 'bending' or breaking in the face of truth or love.
Examples in context
- नमस्ते, कृपया नीचे आइए।Hello, please come down.
- औरत: बेटा, जल्दी से पेड़ से उतर जा।Woman: Son, get down from the tree quickly.
- जल्दी नीचे झुक जाओ!Get down quickly!
- खतरा देखकर नीचे झुकना ज़रूरी है।khatra dekhkar neeche jhukna zaroori hai.It is necessary to get down when you see danger.
- वह छिपने के लिए नीचे झुकना चाहता है।voh chhipne ke liye neeche jhukna chahta hai.He wants to get down to hide.
- गेंद से बचने के लिए नीचे झुकना होगा।gend se bachne ke liye neeche jhukna hoga.You will have to get down to avoid the ball.
Example conversation
Aditya and Priya are playing hide and seek.
- आदित्य Adityaप्रिया, जल्दी नीचे झुकना!Priya, jaldi neeche jhukna!Priya, get down quickly!
- प्रिया Priyaमैं कोशिश कर रही हूँ!Main koshish kar rahi hoon!I am trying!
- आदित्य Adityaवो हमें देख लेगा!Woh humein dekh lega!He will see us!
- प्रिया Priyaठीक है, मैं नीचे झुक गई हूँ।Theek hai, main neeche jhuk gayi hoon.Okay, I have gotten down.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries झुकना, नीचे, CC BY-SA 4.0.
