घाव में सूजन है।

A helpful pronunciation is:

• घाव = ghaav
  
  • घ is an aspirated g sound
  • आ is a long aa
• में = mein
  • roughly like mayn, with a nasal quality
• सूजन = soojan
  • सू has a long oo
• है = hai
  • often pronounced close to heh or hai, depending on accent and speed

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like: ghaav mein soojan hai.

Word by word:

• घाव = wound
• में = in / in the
• सूजन = swelling
• है = is / there is

So the structure is literally something like: In the wound, swelling is.

में is a postposition meaning in or inside.

In Hindi, when talking about a condition located in a body part or injury, Hindi often uses this pattern:

• X में Y है = There is Y in X

So:

• घाव में सूजन है = There is swelling in the wound

This is a very natural Hindi way to express where the swelling is.

Hindi often expresses medical conditions by naming the location and then stating what is present there.

So instead of directly saying the wound is swollen, Hindi can say:

• घाव में सूजन है = There is swelling in the wound

Both are natural ideas, but the Hindi sentence focuses on the presence of swelling rather than describing the wound with an adjective.

A more direct Hindi equivalent of the wound is swollen would be:

• घाव सूज गया है

That has a slightly different feel:

• घाव में सूजन है = there is swelling in the wound
• घाव सूज गया है = the wound has swollen / become swollen

Because standard Hindi word order is usually Subject/Topic + other information + verb.

Hindi is generally a verb-final language, so the main verb often comes at the end.

Here:

• घाव में = in the wound
• सूजन = swelling
• है = is

So the final है is exactly where you would expect it in Hindi.

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

So a noun like घाव can mean:

• a wound
• the wound

and सूजन can mean:

• swelling
• the swelling

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is why घाव में सूजन है can be translated naturally as:

• There is swelling in the wound
• The wound has swelling
• depending on context

Because सूजन is treated as singular here.

• है = is
• हैं = are

So:

• घाव में सूजन है = There is swelling in the wound
• घाव में सूजनें हैं would mean something like There are swellings in the wound, which is not the normal idea here

Not very visibly in this sentence.

Hindi nouns do have gender, but the present-tense form है does not show gender. It only changes mainly for number/person, such as है vs हैं.

So even if a learner wants to know the noun genders, this particular sentence does not show them clearly through the verb.

That means you can understand and use this sentence correctly without needing to worry much about gender here.

Good question. In Hindi, nouns often take an oblique form before postpositions like में, पर, से, etc.

But not all nouns visibly change.

घाव stays घाव before में, so you get:

• घाव में

There is no visible change here. That is normal for many nouns.

Compare this with a noun that does change:

• लड़का → लड़के में

But:

• घाव → घाव में

So the lack of change is not a mistake.

Usually में is the better choice here.

• में = in / within / at the site of
• पर = on / on top of / upon

With a medical condition like swelling, में sounds natural because the swelling is understood as being in or at the wound.

So:

• घाव में सूजन है = natural

Using पर would usually sound less natural here unless you specifically mean something on the surface of the wound.

Yes, it is natural and correct.

It sounds like something you could hear in:

• a clinic
• a hospital
• a conversation about an injury
• basic medical description

Hindi also has other natural ways to express similar ideas, for example:

• घाव सूज गया है = The wound has swollen
• घाव में बहुत सूजन है = There is a lot of swelling in the wound
• घाव में सूजन हो गई है = Swelling has developed in the wound

But your original sentence is perfectly normal.

To make it negative, add नहीं before है:

• घाव में सूजन नहीं है।
  = There is no swelling in the wound.

To make it a yes/no question, add क्या at the beginning:

• क्या घाव में सूजन है?
  = Is there swelling in the wound?

You can also ask for more detail:

• घाव में कितनी सूजन है?
  = How much swelling is there in the wound?

Yes. A very common alternative is:

• ज़ख्म / जख्म = wound

So you may also hear:

• ज़ख्म में सूजन है।

That means the same thing.

Very roughly:

• घाव can sound a bit more standard or formal
• ज़ख्म is also very common in everyday Hindi/Urdu usage

Both are useful words to know.