"खिड़कियाँ खुली हैं।"
Translation:The windows are open.
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Why isn't this खिड़कियाँ खुले हैं? I.e the plural version of open?
खिड़कियाँ, while plural, is still feminine. Works like this for all feminine nouns, यह मेरी बिल्ली है = This is my cat. ये मेरी बिल्लियाँ हैं = these are my cats. Femininity always takes precedence over plurality in Hindi. :)
From the verb and pronoun in a sentence we can find whether a given word is masculine or feminine.
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'Window' is feminine.
For the gender of objects, as a general guideline:
If it ends in ā it is probably masculine, e.g. दरवाज़ा
If it ends in ī it is probably feminine, e.g. खिड़की
Then you only have to memorise the exceptions—there are quite a few.
You can also get hints on the gender from the associated pronouns, possessives (का or की) and verb conjugations.
