कपड़े की क्लिपों से रंगीन कपड़े टाँगिए।

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Breakdown of कपड़े की क्लिपों से रंगीन कपड़े टाँगिए।

• कपड़ा: clothing
• कपड़े की क्लिप: clothespin
• रंगीन: colored; colorful

Questions & Answers about कपड़े की क्लिपों से रंगीन कपड़े टाँगिए।

Why does कपड़े appear twice in this sentence?

They are doing two different jobs.

• In कपड़े की क्लिपों, कपड़े is part of the expression meaning clothespins / clothes clips.
• In रंगीन कपड़े, कपड़े means clothes / garments — the things being hung.

So even though the same word appears twice, the first is inside a noun phrase meaning clothespins, and the second refers to the actual clothes.

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Why is it कपड़े की क्लिपों and not कपड़े के क्लिपों?

Because क्लिप is a feminine noun in Hindi, so the genitive marker agrees with क्लिप, not with कपड़े.

• masculine singular: का
• feminine singular/plural: की
• masculine plural/oblique: के

Here the head noun is क्लिप (feminine), so Hindi uses की:

• कपड़े की क्लिप = a clothes clip / clothespin

Even though क्लिपों is plural in the full sentence, this kind of compound often keeps की with feminine nouns in this lexicalized expression.

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Why is क्लिपों written with -ों at the end?

Because क्लिप is plural and oblique here.

The postposition follows it, and nouns before a postposition usually go into the form.