What is Noun? Types of Noun | Parts of Speech

What Is A Noun? 

The word used as the name to indicate a person, place or thing is called a noun.

Note:- दुनिया मे जितने भी Noun हैं 99% Common Noun है और Common Noun के साथ हमेशा Article आता है अगर वह Singular + Noun + Countable हैं. 

(Noun Sentence Structure: Subject+Verb+Noun)

(किसी व्यक्ति, स्थान या चीज़ को इंगित करने के लिए नाम के रूप में प्रयुक्त शब्द को संज्ञा कहा जाता है।)

Example:-

• Person: Amit, Arjun, Alan. 
• Place: Taj Mahal, Jabalpur, Red fort. 
• Thing: Pen, Pencil, Rubber. 

Sentences:-

• Amit is a good boy.
• Taj mahal is awesome.
• This is a pen.

Types Of Noun:-

The noun is classified into five parts. (संज्ञा पांच भागों में वर्गीकृत किया गया है ).

1) Proper Noun (व्यक्तिवाचक संज्ञा).
2) Common Noun (जातिवाचक संज्ञा).
3) Collective Noun (समूहवाचक संज्ञा).
4) Material Noun (द्रववाचक संज्ञा ).
5) Abstract Noun (भाववाचक संज्ञा ).

1) Proper Noun (व्यक्तिवाचक संज्ञा):

A Noun which belongs to a particular or individual name, person, place or thing is called a proper noun.

(जब किसी भी व्यक्ति, स्थान या वस्तु को उसके नाम से पुकारते है, तो उसे व्यक्तिवाचक संज्ञा कहते है।)

Example:-

• Proper person: Amit, Vijay, Adi, etc. 
• Proper places: Agra, Ganga, Jabalpur, etc. 
• Proper things: Ramayan, Geeta, etc. 

Sentences:-

• Amit is a bad boy. 
• Ganga is a river. 

2) Common Noun(जातिवाचक संज्ञा):

Common nouns are the words which name the place, people, things, etc but they are not the actual name of the place, people or things. For instance, "boy" is a common noun and the boy's name is "Arun" which is a proper noun as it specifies the name.

(जब किसी भी व्यक्ति, स्थान या वस्तु को उसके नाम से न पुकारे बल्कि उनकी जाति भर से पुकारते है उसे जातिवाचक संज्ञा कहते है। )

Example:-

• Common person: Girl, Boy, Man, Woman, etc. 
• Common things: Book, Table, etc. 
• Commonplace: Town, School, State, etc. 

Sentences:-

• The town is very small. 
• Animal lives in a forest.

3) Collective Noun (समूहवाचक संज्ञा):

The Name which has been assigned to some special groups is called collective noun.

(वैसा संज्ञा जिससे पूरे समूह का बोध हो उसे समूहवाचक संज्ञा कहते है।)

Example:-

• Group of person:- A crew of sailors, A team of players, A class of students, Army of soldiers.
• Collection of things: -A fleet of ships, A bunch of flowers, A library of books.

Sentences:-

• I have a lot of books. 
• The Indian team has done great work.

4) Material Noun (द्रववाचक संज्ञा):

Nouns that refer to the names of a liquid or matter is called a material noun.

(वैसा संज्ञा जो तरल अवस्था मे हो जिसकी गिनती संभव नही हो सकती है उसे द्रववाचक संज्ञा कहते है।)

Example:-

• Copper (तांबा ) 
• Silver (चांदी) 
• Tea (चाय) 
• Coffee (कॉफ़ी)
• Ghee (घी)
• Water (पानी).

Sentences:-

• Ghee is good for health. 
• You should drink 3 liters above in a day. 

5) Abstract Noun (भाववाचक संज्ञा):

Abstract Noun is the word which is used as the name of quality, an action that quality and action is considered as an object is called abstract noun.

(वैसा संज्ञा जिसका रूप और आकार नही होता है केवल गुण का आभास होता है उसे समूहवाचक संज्ञा कहते है।)

Example:-

• Beauty (खूबसूरती)
• Kind (अच्छाई)
• Wisdom – स्वतंत्रता
• Humanity -मानवता
• Pride – अभिमान
• Bravery – बहादुरी
• Childhood – बचपन

Sentences:-

• Priyanka show off her beauty. 
• Amit is a kind boy. 

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