ज़िप अटक गई है।

A natural pronunciation is:

zip aṭak gaī hai

A rough English-friendly guide:

• ज़िप = zip
• अटक = uh-tuk (with a retroflex ṭ, made with the tongue curled slightly back)
• गई = ga-ee / guh-ee
• है = hai (like hay, but often lighter)

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

zip uh-tuk guh-ee hai

The letter ज़ represents a z sound, while ज normally represents a j sound as in jam.

Since zip is a borrowed word from English and begins with a z sound, Hindi often writes it as ज़िप. The dot under the letter is called a nukta, and it helps show sounds borrowed from Persian, Arabic, English, and other languages.

So:

• जिप would sound more like jip
• ज़िप sounds like zip

It is basically an English loanword used in Hindi. Hindi speakers commonly use many everyday English-origin words, especially for modern objects like:

• ज़िप = zip
• बटन = button
• पैंट = pants
• शर्ट = shirt

Even though the word comes from English, once it is used in Hindi, it follows Hindi grammar.

It comes from the verb अटकना, which means:

• to get stuck
• to jam
• to catch
• to snag

In this sentence, अटक is the main verbal idea: the zip has gotten stuck/jammed.

You will also see similar uses like:

• दरवाज़ा अटक गया। = The door got stuck.
• सुई अटक गई। = The needle got stuck.

Great question. In अटक गई है, the word गई comes from जाना (to go), but here it is not being used in its full literal meaning go.

In Hindi, जाना is often used as a vector verb or light verb after another verb. It can add a sense like:

• the action happened completely
• something ended up happening
• the result has taken effect

So अटक गई means more than just stuck. It gives the sense of:

• got stuck
• ended up getting stuck
• has become stuck

So this is not about the zip physically going anywhere.

This is a very common Hindi pattern.

• गई shows the completed/resultative part
• है marks the present state

So अटक गई है means something like:

• has gotten stuck
• is stuck now

It describes a present situation resulting from a completed event.

Compare:

• ज़िप अटक गई। = The zip got stuck.
• ज़िप अटक गई है। = The zip has gotten stuck / is stuck.

The version with है emphasizes the current state.

Because ज़िप is being treated as feminine in Hindi.

In Hindi, the participle in this kind of construction agrees with the gender and number of the subject. Since ज़िप is feminine, you get:

• गई = feminine singular

If the noun were masculine singular, you would usually get:

• गया

For example:

• दरवाज़ा अटक गया है। = The door is stuck.
• ज़िप अटक गई है। = The zip is stuck.

Loanwords in Hindi can have grammatical gender, and ज़िप is commonly treated as feminine.

Unfortunately, with many nouns in Hindi, especially loanwords, gender often has to be learned through usage.

In this sentence, the clue is the verb agreement:

• गई tells you the speaker is treating ज़िप as feminine

That is one useful way learners can identify noun gender in real sentences: look at the agreeing adjective or verb form.

No, it is not passive.

This is an intransitive/resultative expression. The zip itself is the thing that has become stuck. No passive agent is involved.

A passive sentence would be more like:

• ज़िप फँसाई गई है = The zip has been caused to be trapped/jammed

But ज़िप अटक गई है simply means:

• the zip got stuck
• the zip is stuck

So it is much more natural and straightforward than a passive.

Hindi does not normally use articles like English a, an, and the.

So:

• ज़िप अटक गई है। can mean The zip is stuck or A zip is stuck, depending on context.

Usually the context makes it clear which meaning is intended.

Because ज़िप itself is the subject.

Hindi does not need a dummy pronoun like English it in this sentence. English says:

• It is stuck or
• The zip is stuck

Hindi simply says:

• ज़िप अटक गई है।

Also, Hindi often leaves out pronouns when they are not needed.

The order is:

ज़िप + अटक + गई + है

You can think of it as:

• subject
• main verbal idea
• light/resultative verb
• present auxiliary

Very roughly:

• The zip
  • stuck
    • went
      • is

Of course, in natural English that becomes:

• The zip is stuck or
• The zip has gotten stuck

Hindi often puts the full verb complex at the end.

Yes, in many situations that would also sound natural.

Both अटकना and फँसना can be used for getting stuck, but there can be a slight difference in feel:

• अटकना often suggests jammed, caught, snagged
• फँसना often suggests trapped, caught in something

For a zipper, both are possible depending on context.
For example, if the zipper catches cloth, many speakers may also say:

• ज़िप फँस गई है।

Sometimes in very casual spoken Hindi, people may shorten things and say:

• ज़िप अटक गई।

This is still completely natural, but it shifts a little more toward got stuck rather than explicitly is stuck now.

In standard careful speech, ज़िप अटक गई है is a very normal full sentence.

Then the agreement would change.

For feminine plural:

• ज़िपें अटक गई हैं। = The zippers are stuck.

For masculine plural:

• दरवाज़े अटक गए हैं। = The doors are stuck.

Notice the changes:

• feminine singular: गई है
• masculine plural: गए हैं
• feminine plural: often गई हैं in this kind of usage

So the verb form helps show gender and number.

A very literal breakdown is:

• ज़िप = zip
• अटक = stuck / caught
• गई = went
• है = is

So, word-for-word:

• Zip stuck went is

But that is only a grammatical breakdown, not good English. The natural meaning is:

• The zip is stuck
• The zip has gotten stuck

That kind of literal breakdown can still be useful for understanding how Hindi builds meaning.