दिन भर / रात भर

All Day or All Night

Level 4Sounds Like dina bhara aura rāta bhara

भर after a time word means the whole of that time.

How It Works

भर after a time word means for the whole of that time:

PhraseMeaning
दिन भरall day
रात भरall night
हफ़्ते भरall week
महीने भरfor a whole month
साल भरall year

The phrase works like an adverb and usually needs no postposition: मैं दिन भर घर पर रहा। Masculine nouns in -आ usually take their -ए form before भर, as they do before a postposition: हफ़्ते भर, महीने भर. You will also hear the plain form, as in घंटा भर or महीना भर. You will also see the words written together: दिनभर, रातभर.

After a place, भर means all over: शहर भर में (all over the city), दुनिया भर में (all over the world). Here में usually follows.

After a container it means ...ful: गिलास भर पानी (a glassful of water), मुट्ठी भर लोग (a handful of people).

सारा and पूरा give the same time meaning and are just as common: सारा दिन, पूरी रात.

Examples (5)

  1. मैं दिन भर दफ़्तर में था।

    I was at the office all day.

    दिन भर needs no postposition.

  2. बच्चा रात भर रोता रहा।

    The baby cried all night.

    रात भर goes well with -ता रहा, kept on doing.

  3. वह साल भर पैसे बचाती है और गर्मियों में घूमने जाती है।

    She saves money all year and travels in the summer.

    साल भर covers the whole year.

  4. हम हफ़्ते भर बाहर रहेंगे।

    We'll be away for the whole week.

    हफ़्ता becomes हफ़्ते before भर.

  5. यह गाना दुनिया भर में मशहूर है।

    This song is famous all over the world.

    After a place, भर means all over, and में follows.

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दिन भर / रात भरLevel 4All Day or All Night

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भर is another way to say the whole of a time span.

Words in This Pattern

दिन भररात भरभरसालभरदुनियाभर