The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Hindi & Urdu

towards kī taraf
is kā anuvād/tarzumā kar
towel tawliyā
dege?
town shahar could you translate that? English
in town shahar me translation anuvād (H),
just out of town shahar ke tarzumā (U) š
bahār hī translatorr anuvādak (H),
town centre shahar kā bīch tarzumān (U)
town hall tāun hāl trash (waste) kurā karkat Hindi/Urdu
toy khilawnā (poor quality goods) ghatiyā māl
trackk (US) pletfāram trashcan kūredān
which track is it for Jaipur? travel sar karnā
japur ke liye kawnsā we’re travelling around ham
pletfāram ha? ghūmne phirne āye hA
tracksuit trak sūt travel agent’s traval ejant
traditional purāne tawr tarīke traveller’s cheque travlar
kā chak
traffic trafik, yātāyāt (H) do you take traveller’s
traffic jam trafik kī rukāvat cheques? (to man/woman) āp
traffic lights trafik lāit travlar chak lete/letī hA?
trailerr (US) kārvā tray tre
trailer park kārvā kī jagah tree per
train relgārī, gārī trek (noun) padal safar
by train relgārī se trekking padal ghummā
phirnā ABCDEFGHIJKLTr
dialogue tremendous bahut barhiyā
trendy naye fashan kā
is this the train for trim: just a trim please (to
Bangalore? (kyā) ye gārī hairdresser) mere bāl zarā
banglawr ke liye ha? chhāt dījiye
sure jī hā trip (excursion) sar
no, you want that platform I’d like to go on a trip
there jī nahī, āp us to ... (said by man/woman)
pletfāram par jāiye ma ... kī sar ke liye jānā
chāhtā/chāhtī hū
trainers (shoes) khelne ke jūte trolley trālī
train station relve steshan trouble (noun) dikkat
tram trām I’m having trouble with ...
translate anuvād karnā (H), (said about man/woman) mujhe
tarzumā karnā (U) ... dikkat de rahā/de rahī ha
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another type of ... dūsrī kism
trousers patlūn
kā ...
true sach
that’s not true ye sach nahī typical apnī kism kā
trunkk (US: of car) sāman rakhne tyre tāyar
English
kī petī U
š
try (verb) āzmānā
can I try it? (said by man/woman)
mA ise āzmā ke dekh saktāl/ ugly badsūrat
saktī hū? UK briten
try on pahan kar dekhnā ulcer nāsūr
Hindi/Urdu
can I try it on? pahan kar umbrella chhātā
dekhū? uncle (father’s younger brother)
T-shirt tī shart chāchā
Tuesday mangalvār (father’s older brother) tāyā
tuna tūnā machhlī (mother’s brother) māmā
tunnel gufā unconscious behōsh
turban pagrī under (in position) nīche
turn: turn left bāyī taraf mure (less than) se kam
turn right dāyī taraf mure underdone (meat) adhpakā
turn off: where do I turn off? underpants jāghiyā
ma kahā se mur jāū?
understand: I understand mA
can you turn the heating off? samjhā
āp hīting band kar de I don’t understand mA nahī
turn on: can you turn the samjhā
heating on? āp hīting chalā do you understand? āp
de samjhe?
turning (in road) mōr unemployed berōzgār
TV ‘TV’ unfashionable fashan me nahī
ABCDEFGHIJKLTr
tweezers chimtī United States amrīkā
twice dō bār university yūnivarsitī,
twice as much itnā hī dubārā vishvavidyālay (H)
twin beds sāth me lage dō unleaded petrol binā lad kā
bistar petrōl
twin room dō bistarō vālā unlimited mileage dūr tak
kamrā
lejāne me kōī bandish nahī
twist: I’ve twisted my ankle unlock tālā khōlnā
mere takhne me mōch unpack sāmān khōlnā
āgayī until jab tak
type (noun) kism unusual anōkhā
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how long is it valid for? is kī
up ūpar
miyād kab tak ha?
up there vahā ūpar
he’s not up yet (not out of bed) valley ghātī English
vō abhī uthā nahī valuable (adj) kīmtī
what’s up? (what’s wrong?) kyā can I leave my valuables š
huā? here? (said by man/woman) kyā
upmarket ūche kism kā mA apnī kīmtī chīze yahā
upset stomach pet me chhōr saktā/saktī hū? Hindi/Urdu
garbarī value (noun) kīmat
upside down ultā pultā van van
upstairs ūpar kī manzil me vanilla vanilā
up-to-date naye dhang kā a vanilla ice cream vanilā
Urdu urdū āiskrīm
urgent zarūrī vary: it varies ye badaltā rahtā
us* hame ha
with us hamāre sāth vase phūldān
for us hamāre liye vegetables sabziyā
USA yū as e vegetarian (noun) shākāhārī
use (verb) istemāl karnā vending machine bikrī mashīn
may I use ...? (said by man/ very bahut
woman) kyā mA ... istemāl kar very little for me mere liye
saktā/saktī hū? bahut thōrā
useful kām kā I like it very much mujhe
usual ām bahut pasand ha ABCDEFGHIJKLVi
the usual (drink etc) hameshā vest (under shirt) baniyān
vālā via ke rāste
video (noun: film) vīdiō
V video recorder vīdiō rekārdar
view nazārā
village gāv
vacancy: do you have any vinegar sirkā
vacancies? āpke pās kamre visa vīzā
khālī hA? visit (verb: person) milne jānā
vacation chhuttī (place) dekhne jānā
on vacation chhuttī par I’d like to visit ... (said by man/
vaccination tīkā woman) ma ... dekhne jānā
vacuum cleaner vakum chāhtā/chāhtī hū
klīnar vital: it’s vital that ... ye zarūrī
valid (ticket etc) sahī ha ki ...
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vodka vōdkā
wallet batuā
voice āvāz
voltage vōltej wall dīvār
wander: I like just wandering
vomit ultī ānā around mujhe idhar-udhar
English
ghūmne-phirne kā shawk ha
š
W want: I want
a ... mujhe ... chāhiye
I don’t want any ... mujhe
waist kamar kōī ... nahī chāhiye
waistcoat vāskat I want to go home (said by man/
Hindi/Urdu
wait intzār karnā woman) mA ghar jānā chāhtā/
wait for me merī intzār kare chāhtī hū
don’t wait for me merī intzār I don’t want to ... (said by man/
mat kare woman) mA ... nahī chāhtā/
can I wait until my wife gets chāhtī
here? apnī bībī ke āne tak he wants to ... vō ... chāhtā
mA yahā intzār kar saktā hū? ha
can you do it while I wait? what do you want? āpkō kyā
(said by man/woman) āp abhī kar chāhiye?
dījiye, mA intzār kartā/kartī ward (in hospital) vārd
hū warm garam
could you wait here for me? I’m so warm mujhe bahut
yahā par merā intzār kare garmī lag rahī ha
waiter barā was*: he was vō thā
waiter! barā! she was vō thī
wake: can you wake me up at it was ye thā
5.30? mujhe sāre pāch baje wash (verb) dhōnā
jagā de can you wash these? āp inko
wake-up call jagāne kī ghantī dhō dege?
ABCDEFGHIJKLVo
Wales vels washerr (for bolt etc) vāshar
walk: is it a long walk? (kyā) washhand basin hāth muh
ye lambā rāstā ha? dhōne kī chilamchī
it’s only a short walk ye thōrī washing (clothes) kapre dhōnā
dūr ha washing machine vāshing
I’ll walkk (said by man/woman) mA mashīn
padal chalūgā/chalūgī washing powder kapre dhōne
I’m going for a walk (said kā pāudar
by man/woman) mA ghūmne washing-up: to do the
jārahā/jārahī hū washing-up bartan sāf karnā
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washing-up liquid bartan
dhōne kā sābun
dialogue
wasp tatayā weather mawsam English
watch (wristwatch) hāth kī
gharī what’s the weather š
will you watch my things for forecast? mawsam kasā
me? merī chīzō kī nigrānī rahegā?
rakhe it’s going to be fine acchhā Hindi/Urdu
watch out! khabar dār! rahegā
watch strap gharī kā fītā it’s going to rain bārish
water pānī hōgī
may I have some water? it’ll brighten up later bād
mujhe thorā pānī chāhiye me dhūp niklegī
waterprooff (adj) vātarprūf
waterskiing vātar skī wedding shādī
wave (in sea) lahar wedding ring shādī kī
way: it’s this way idhar ha angūthī
it’s that way udhar ha Wednesday budhvār
is it a long way to ...? week haftā
kyā ... bahut dūr ha? a week (from) today āj se ek
no way! hargiz nahī! hafte bād
a week (from) tomorrow kal
dialogue se ek hafte bād
weekend shanivār awr itvār ABCDEFGHIJKLWe
could you tell me the way at the weekend shani awr
to ...? ... ke liye kis rāste itvār kō
se jāū? weight vazan
go straight on until you weird ajīb
reach the traffic lights welcome: you’re welcome
trafik kī battī tak sīdhe (don’t mention it) kōī bāt nahī
jāye well: I don’t feel well meri
turn left bāyī taraf mure tabiyat thīk nahī
take the first on the right she’s not well inkī tabiyat
dāyī taraf kī pahlī sarak le thīk nahī
see where you speak English very
well (to man/woman) āp bahut
we* ham acchhī angrezī bōlte/
weakk (person) kamzōr bōltī hA
(drink) halkā well done! shābāsh!
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I don’t know where it is
this one as well ye bhī
mujhe mālūm nahī ki ye
well, well! are vāh!
kahā ha
dialogue
English
dialogue
š
how are you? (to man/
woman) āp kase/kasī hA? where is the temple?
very well, thanks, and you? mandir kahā ha?
thīk hū, shukriyā, awr āp? it’s over there vahā par ha
could you show me where
Hindi/Urdu
well-done (meat) khūb pakā it is on the map? mujhe
Welsh velsh nakshe me dikhāiye ki ye
I’m Welsh (man/woman) mA kahā par ha?
vels kā/kī hū it’s just here yahā par ha
were* the see way
west pashchim (H),
magrib (U) which: which bus? kawnsī
in the west pashchim me bas?
West Indian vest indīz kā
western pashchimī (H), dialogue
magribī (U)
wet gīlā which one? kawnsā?
what? kyā? that one vo vālā
what’s that? ye kyā ha? this one? ye vālā?
what should I do? ma kyā no, that one jī nahī, vō
karū? vālā
what a view! kyā nazārā
ha! while: while I’m here jabtak
what bus do I take? mA mA yahā hū
ABCDEFGHIJKLWe
kawnsī bas lū? whisky viskī
wheel pahiyā white safed
wheelchair pahiyōvālī white wine vāit vāin
kursī who? kawn?
when? kab? who is it? kawn ha?
when we get back jab ham the man who ... vō ādmī jō ...
vāpas āyege whole: the whole week sāre
when’s the train/ferry? gārī/ hafte
nāv kab jāyegī? the whole lot sāre kā sārā
where? kahā? whose: whose is this? ye
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kiskā ha?
will you be a witness for me?
why? kyō?
merī gavāhī dege?
why not? kyō nahī? woman awrat English
wide chawrā worm kīrā
wife: my wife merī bībī wonderful bahut barhiyā š
will*: will you do it for me? kyā won’t*: it won’t start ye chālu
mere liye ye kar dege? nahī hōtā
wind (noun) tez havā see not Hindi/Urdu
window khirkī wood (material) lakrī
near the window khirkī ke (forest) jangal
pās wool ūn
in the window (of shop) khirkī word shabd (H), lafz (U)
me workk (noun) kām
window seat khirkī vālī sīt it’s not working ye thīk nahī
windscreen vind skrīn chal rahī
windscreen wiper vind skrīn world duniyā
vāipar worry: I’m worried ma
windsurfing vind sarfing pareshān hū
windy: it’s so windy bahut tez worse: it’s worse ye zyādā
havā chal rahī ha kharāb ha
wine vāin worst sabse kharāb
can we have some more worth: is it worth a visit? kyā
wine? thōrī awr vāin dījiye ye dekhne lāyak ha?
wine list vāin list would: would you give this to ABCDEFGHIJKLWr
winter jārā ...? ye ... kō de de
in the winter jāre me wrap: could you wrap it up?
winter holiday jāre kī ise kāgaz me lapet de
chhuttiyā wrapping paper lapetne kā
wire tār kāgaz
(electric) bijlī kā tār wrist kalāī
wish: best wishes write likhnā
mubārakbād, shubh could you write it down? ise
kāmnāye (H) likh de
with ke sāth how do you write it? ise kis
I’m staying with ... (said by man/ tarah likhte ha?
woman) ma ... ke sāth thahrā/ writing paper likhne kā
thahrī hū kāgaz
without binā wrong: it’s the wrong key ye
witness gavāh galat chābī ha
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this is the wrong train ye
galat gārī ha
longer yet āpkō thōrī
the bill’s wrong bil galat ha you’ll have to wait a little
der tak awr intzār karnī
sorry, wrong number māf paregā
English
kījiye, galat nambar
š
sorry, wrong room māf kījiye, yoghurt dahī
galat kamrā yoga yōg
there’s something wrong you* (pol) āp
with ... ... me kuchh garbar (fam) tum
ha this is for you (pol) ye āpke
Hindi/Urdu
what’s wrong? kyā garbarī liye ha
ha? (fam) ye tumhāre liye ha
with you (pol) āpke sāth
X (fam) tumhāre sāth
young javān
your* (pol) āpkā
X-ray aks-re (fam) tumhārā
yours* (pol) āpke
Y (fam) tumhāre
that’s yours ye āpke/tumhāre
hA
yacht nawkā youth hostel yūth hōstal
yard (place) āngan
year sāl Z
yellow pīlā
yes hā
yesterday kal zero sifar, shūny (H)
yesterday morning kal zip zip
subah could you put a new zip on?
ABCDEFGHIJKLXr
the day before yesterday āp nayī zip lagā dege?
parsō zipcode dāk kā kōd
yet abhī tak zoo chiriyāghar
dialogue
is it here yet? abhī tak
yahā nahī āyā?
no, not yet jī nahī, abhī
tō nahī
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Colloquialisms
You might well hear the following expressions, but on no
account should you use any of the stronger ones – local
people will not be amused or impressed by your efforts.
Hindi/Urdu
abe! swine!
š
andhā hA kyā? are you blind?
are! really!, hey!, well!
badmāsh wicked person; naughty child
English
bakvās nonsense
bāp re bāp! good heavens!
bhāR me Jāye he/she/it can go to hell
buddhū idiot; stupid
chal sāle nikal ya hāse! get lost!
chālū cunning, crafty
chōr kahī kā!ī bloody thief!
dhat tere kī! damn it!
gadhā kahī kā!ī stupid idiot!
harāmi/harāmkhōr good-for-nothing, layabout
hāy marā I’ve had it
kaminā! low life!
kuttā kahī kā!ī low life!
kuttā kamina! bloody low life!
kyā Khūb! that’s great!
lambū beanpole
mōTi chiRiyā moneybags
nīch! low life!
mar sāle! go to hell!
mujhe banātā hA? do you think I’m stupid?
pāgal crazy, mad
sankī eccentric, crazy
sālā jhūThā kahī kāī bloody liar
shābāsh! well done!
sālā kuttā! bloody low life!
suvar (kā bachhā) bastard (literally: piglet)
tīs mār Khā show-off
t t
ullū kā paTThā absolute idiot
vāh great, terrific
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agrim (H) advance (money)
In this section, alphabetical order is
ajanabī stranger
as follows:
ajāyab ghar museum Hindi/Urdu
a, ā, A, b, ch, d, D, e, f, g, h, i, ajīb funny, odd, weird
ī, j,k, K, l, m, n, ō, p,r, R,RR s, t, akasmāt unexpectedly, by
T, u, ū, v, y, z chance š
akāran for no reason
a akelā alone; single,
unmarried; on my own English
akelāpan loneliness
ab now aksar often
abbā dad aksar nahī not often
abhāgā unlucky akTūbar October
abhinetā actor aKhbār newspaper
abhinetrī actress aKhbār kā sTāl newspaper
abhī! just a second! kiosk
abhī bhīyahā still aKhbār vālā newsagent’s
abhī tak yet alag separate; different
acchhā good, nice, fine
acchhā hō ki mA ... I’d alag se separately
rather ... allah (U) God
acchhā lagnā to like allāh kā shukr hA! (U) bless
acchhā tō! really? you!
achānak suddenly almārī cupboard
achhe se achhe best amīr rich (person)
achraj bharā astonishing amrīkā America
adālat court amrīkī American
adhpakā underdone, not andar inside
cooked andar āiye come in
alag kisam ke different types ABCDEFGHIJKLan
afrīkī African andar āne kā rāstā entrance
afsōs: mujhe bahut afsōs hA andar band hōnā to lock in
I’m really sorry andar jānā to go in, to enter
afsōs ki bāt hA it’s regrettable andar ki bāt secret
agar if andāz estimate; style
agast August andāzan approximately
aglā next; front andāzā approximation
agle hafte next week andhā blind
aglī bār next time andhera darkness
aglā hissā front (part) angrezī English
Key: (H) = Hindi only (U) = Urdu only
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angrezī me in English
angūThā thumb
inconvenient
angūThī ring (on finger) asuvidhā janak (H)
asvasth unhealthy
anivārya unavoidable aTAchī briefcase
anjān unknown, unfamiliar; aThattar seventy-eight
Hindi/Urdu
unaware aTThā-īs twenty-eight
anōkhā unusual aTThānve ninety-eight
š
anōpchārik (H) informal aTThārā eighteen
ant end aTThāsī eighty-eight
antardeshīy uRān (H) domestic aTThāvan fifty-eight
English
flight avdhi (H) period
antar-rāshTrīy (H) awr and; more
international awr sunāō tell us more
antyeshTi sanskār (H) funeral awrat woman
anubhavī (H) experienced awratō ke sAniTarī Tāvel
anuchit unfair; unacceptable sanitary towels, sanitary
anuvād (H) translation napkins
anuvādak (H) translator awr kahī somewhere else
anuvād karnā (H) to translate awr kharchā supplement,
apāhij disabled extra charge
apne āp by myself awr kuchh something else
apnī kism kā typical awr kuchh? anything else?
aprArr l April awr kuchh nahī nothing else
are! really!, hey!, well! awrtō ke kapRe ladies’ wear
are vāh! well well!
arthī bier ā
arthī uThanā to die
aRsaTh sixty-eight
aRtālīs forty-eight ābādī population
ABCDEFGHIJKLan
aRtīs thirty-eight ābhār thanks
asabhya uncivilized ādat habit
asahya unbearable ādhā half
asambhav (H) impossible ādhā ghanTā half an hour
asbāb (U) baggage ādhā kirāyā half fare
aslī real, genuine ādhī kīmat half-price
aspatāl hospital ādhī rāt midnight
assalam ālekam (U) good ādhī rāt kō at midnight; in
morning; good evening the middle of the night
assī eighty ādhunik (H) modern
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ādhunik chitrshālā modern art
gallery
āp hA you are
āpkā your
ādi et cetera āp you Hindi/Urdu
ādmī man; men āpke yours
āg fire āpke bād after you
āgan forecourt āpreshan operation (medical) š
āgbabūlā angry āpreTar operator
āge further; in the future āp the you were
āge bhejne kā patā ārām rest English
forwarding address ārām deh comfortable
āge le jānā to lead ārāmghar lounge (in airport)
āge pīchhe dekhō watch āsān easy, simple
where you’re going āshā (H) hope
āg lagī hA! fire! āshchary janak (H) amazing,
āgrah (H) insist astonishing
āhistā āhistā gradually; (U) āshram sanctuary; monastery
slowly āsmān sky
āinā mirror āstīn sleeve
āiye welcome ātō kī sūjan appendicitis
āj today āTh eight
āj se ek hafte bād a week āūgā to call back; to call
(from) today round
āj dōpahar this afternoon āvāz voice
ājkal kā modern āyarish Irish ABCDEFGHIJKLAn
āj shām this evening āyarlAnD Ireland
āj subah this morning āyu (H) age
āj rāt tonight āzād free
ā
ākāshvāni radio āzmānā to try
ākh eye
āKhir end A
āKhirī last; latter
āKhir kār eventually
ālpin pin AgzhawsT nalī exhaust pipe
ām usual; general (adj); Akspres Dāk express mail
mango Alarjī allergic
ām pasand (U) popular Alarjī kī davā antihistamine
ānā to come AmbulAns ambulance
āntarrāshtrīya havāi aDDā Ampiyar amp
international airport Anak glasses, eyeglasses
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Anak banāne vālā optician
bahut bahut shukriyā thank
Asā of this sort
Asā-vAsā so-so bahut adhik too (excessively)
you very much
Ash-ārām luxury bahut baRā enormous
Ash-ārām deh luxurious bahut baRhiyā great,
wonderful
b bahut burā awful, horrible
Hindi/Urdu š
bahut chhōTā tiny
bahut der a long time
bacchā baby (male); child bahut Khūb that’s nice
English
(male) bahut Khūb! excellent!
bacchā gāRīRR pushchair, bahut subah dawn
buggy bahut subah kō at dawn
bacche children bahut zyādā a lot, lots; too
bacche kā khānā baby food much
bacche kā pōtRā nappy, bahut zyādā nahī not very
diaper much
bacche kī bōtal baby’s bottle bahū daughter-in-law
bacche kī chūsnī dummy baje o’clock
(baby’s) bakhār village barn,
bacche kīkk ūchī kursī highchair storehouse
bacchī baby (female); child bakrī goat
(female) baks box
bachāō! help! baksā bag; case
badalnā to change bakvās: bakvās! nonsense!
badbū bad smell ye sab bakvās hA! rubbish!
badhazmī indigestion bakvās band karō stop talking
badhāi! (H) congratulations! rubbish
badsūrat ugly baKhshīsh tip (to waiter etc)
ABCDEFGHIJKLAn
bahan sister balātkār rape
bahattar seventy-two balki moreover
bahādūr brave ballā racket (tennis, squash)
bahānā excuse bambai Bombay
bahār (U) spring banā huā make, brand name
bahrā deaf banānā to make
bahut much; many; very, banāv-singār make-up
extremely band closed; blocked;
bahut nahī not many switched off
bahut acchhā! good! bandagī salutation; greetings
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bandar monkey
bas bus; coach
bandargāh harbour, port
bas: bas, rahne dījiye! don’t
band hōnā to close, to shut baRī saRR Rak main road
bandī prisoner mention it! Hindi/Urdu š
band karnā to close, to shut; bas, ye kāfī hA, shukriyā
to switch off that’s plenty, thanks
band karō! stop it! bas kā aDDā bus station,
bandūk gun, rifle coach station
bangalā bungalow bas kī sī Ar coach trip English
bangālī Bengali bas sTāp bus stop
baniyā grocer; merchant bas sTeshan bus station
baniyān vest (under shirt) batānā to tell
bansī flute batlānā to explain
ban Than ke well-dressed battī lamp
barāmdā lobby; veranda battīs thirty-two
barāt wedding procession baTan button
barf ice; snow baTuā wallet; purse
barmā Burma bavanDar violent storm
barmī Burmese bawchhār shower
barsātī raincoat bawddh Buddhist
barsāt kā mawsam bayālīs forty-two
monsoon bayān description
bartan dhōne kā sābun bayāsī eighty-two
washing-up liquid bābuji gentleman; sir ABCDEFGHIJKLbā
bartan pōchhne kā kapRā bād after
dishcloth bādal cloud
bartāniyā Britain bādh dam
bartānvī British bād me later on, afterwards
barth berth; couchette bādshāh king
baRā big, large bāg garden
baRā banānā enlargement bāgh tiger
baRā din Christmas bāh arm
baRā din mubārak! merry bāhar: vō bāhar gayā hA he’s
Christmas! out
baRā Dāk Khānā main post bāhar jānā to go out
office bāhar jāne kā rāstā exit
baRhānā to develop bāhar khule me outdoors
baRhiyā great, super bāhar nikalnā to get out (of
baRī dūkānRR department store car etc)
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bāhar se tālā na khulnā to
lock out
centre
bā-īs twenty two bāzār market; shopping
bāzārū downmarket
bājā musical instrument bāzū arm
bāje vālī Tōlī orchestra bAgnī purple
bākā crooked; showy bAlgaRi ox cart
bāKīKK the rest bAnk kārD credit card
Hindi/Urdu š
bāl hair bArā waiter
bālak child bAsākhī crutches
bālbachhe children bAtul Khalā (U) toilet,
English
bālig adult restroom
bālī earrings bATarī battery
bāl kaTāi haircut bATarī vālī Tārch torch
bāl krishna young Lord bAThak lounge (in house, hotel)
Krishna bATh jāiye! sit down!
bālō kā burush hairbrush bATh jāō! sit down!
bālTīTT bucket bAThnā to sit
bānve ninety-two bechnā to sell
bāp dad begunāh innocent
bārā twelve behōsh unconscious
bār bār frequent behōsh hō jānā to faint
bārish rain behtar better
bārish hō rahī hA it’s raining behtar banānā to improve
bāRā fence bejān dull (pain)
bāRh flood berōzgār unemployed
bās bamboo beshak of course
bāsaTh sixty-two betukā ridiculous
bāsī stale beTā son
bāt talk beTīTT daughter
ABCDEFGHIJKLbā
kyā bāt hA? what’s the bevkūf stupid
matter? bhagvān God
bātchīt karnā to talk bhagvān āpkā bhalā kare! (H)
bāT delivery (of mail) bless you!
bāTnā to deliver bhagvān kā shukriyā! thank
bāvan fifty-two God!
bāyā left bhakti religious devotion
bāyīy taraf ī on the left; to the bhalā well; good
left āpkā bhalā hō may God bless
bāyī taraf muRe turn left you
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bhalāi goodness
bhūkhā hungry
bhale hi it doesn’t matter
bhūl jānā to forget
bharā full, crowded bhunānā to change (money)
bhar denā to fill up bhūrā brown; grey Hindi/Urdu š
bharnā to fill in bigaRnā to break down; to
bhatījā nephew (brother’s son) damage
bhatījī niece (brother’s daughter) bigRīRR damaged
bhaTThī oven bijlī electricity; lightning
bhavishya (H) future bijlī kā electric English
bhayānak (H) dangerous bijlī kā balb light bulb
bhābhī sister-in-law (brother’s bijlī kā fyūz fuse
wife) bijlī kā laTTū light bulb
bhāda fare bijlī kā mistrī ī electrician
bhāDā pot bijlī kā pankhā fan (electrical)
bhāgō bhāgō! run, run! bijlī kā plag plug (electrical)
bhāgya (H) luck bijlī kā sākeT socket, power
bhāi brother point
bhāiō awr bahnō! ladies and bijlī kā sāmān electrical
gentlemen! appliances
bhāi sāhab! mister! bijlī kā tār lead, wire
bhānDe-bartan pots and pans bijlī kā ustarā shaver
bhāng hashish bijlī kī katawtī power cut
bhānjā nephew (sister’s son) bikrī sale
bhānjī niece (sister’s daughter) bikrī ke liye for sale ABCDEFGHIJKLbi
bhārat India bilding apartment block
bhārī heavy bilkul completely
bhārtīya Indian bilkul! exactly!
bhāshā (H) language bilkul nahī of course not;
bhāshā pāThya kram (H) definitely not
language course bilkul sahī quite correct
bhejnā to send bilkul Thīk absolutely, I
bhikhārī beggar agree
bhī too, also; even billī cat
bhīR crowd binā without
bhīR ke vaKt rush hour binā lAd kā petrōl unleaded
bhītar kā tālāb indoor pool petrol, unleaded gas
bhōjan (H) meal binā mahsūl kā (sāmān) duty-
bhōlā bhālā simple free (goods)
bhrashTāchār corruption binā mahsūl kī dukān duty-
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free shop
bindiyā dot on the forehead
būth kiosk
birlā rare, uncommon būRhā/buRhiyā old
būT boot (footwear)
bistarā bed
bībī wife ch
bīch centre, middle
bīch me between; in the
Hindi/Urdu š
middle chacherā bhāi cousin (male)
bīch vālā the middle one chacherī bahan cousin (female)
bīch kā central; medium chale jāō! go away!
English
bīch kā chātā beach umbrella chaliye let’s go
bīch ke māp kā medium-sized chalnā to walk; to move
bīmā insurance chalō chale! let’s go!
bīmār ill, (US) sick chalte banō get lost
bīmārī illness; disease chalū karnā to switch on
bīRī sigreRR T manāhī vālā Dibbā chammach spoon
nonsmoking compartment chamRā leather
bīs twenty chamRīRR skin
blāwz blouse chapTā flat (adj)
bōjh, bōjhā weight; burden; charbī fat
load charbī vālā khānā rich (food)
bōlnā to speak chaRhnā to get on (to train etc);
bōtal bottle climbing
bōtal khōlne kī chābī bottle- chashmā glasses, spectacles;
opener fountain (for drinking)
brek brake chaTāi mat
brihaspat vār (H) Thursday chaTTān rock
briTen Britain, UK chavālīs forty-four
brīf kes briefcase chavvan fifty-four
ABCDEFGHIJKLbi
buddhū idiot chawbīs twenty-four
budhvār Wednesday chawdā fourteen
buk karānā to book chawhattar seventy-four
buKhār temperature, fever chawk square (in town)
bulānā to call chawrāhā crossroads,
burā bad, offensive intersection
burī tarah (se) badly chawrānve ninety-four
burush brush chawrāsī eighty-four
but (U) statue chawRā wide
buzurg senior citizen chawRī saRR Rak avenue
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chawsaTh sixty-four
chhāh shade
chawthāi hissā quarter
chhāhme in the shade
chawtīs thirty-four chhavRīRR basket
chābī key; bottle opener chhātā umbrella Hindi/Urdu š
chābī kā chhallā keyring chhātī chest; breast
chāchā uncle (father’s younger chhāyā (H) sunshade
brother) chhA six
chāchī aunt (paternal) chhed hole
chād moon chhiālīs forty-six English
chādar sheet chhiānve ninety-six
chāhe ... even if ... chhiāsaTh sixty-six
chāhiye wanted chhiāsī eighty-six
āpkō kyā chāhiye? what do chhihattar seventy-six
you want? chhipānā to hide (something)
mujhe ... chāhiye I want ...; I chhipkalī lizard
need ... chhipnā to hide (oneself)
chāhnā to want chhīk sneeze
vō ... chāhtā hA he wants chhōRnā to leave (leave behind)
to ... chhōTā small; short
mA ... nahī chāhtā/chāhtī ī I chhōTā aspatāl clinic
don’t want to ... (said by man/ chhōTā chākū penknife
woman) chhōTā rāstā shortcut
chākū knife chhōTā tawliyā facecloth
chālīs forty chhōTīmTT ātā chickenpox ABCDEFGHIJKLch
chāndī silver chhōTī mōTT Tar sāikil moped
chāppal sandals chhurī-kāTe cutlery
chār four chhuTe sāmān kā daftar left
chāval rice luggage (office), baggage
chāy kī chammach teaspoon check room
chāy kī dukān tea house chhuTTīTT holiday, vacation
chāy-pānī kī dukān café chhūT gayī missed (bus)
chAk cheque, (US) check chhūTnā to leave (depart)
chArī cherry chillānā to shout
chehrā face chimTīTT pliers; tweezers
chhabbīs twenty-six chiRiyā bird
chhajjā balcony chiRiyāghar zoo
chhappan fifty-six chitr (H) picture, painting
chhat ceiling; roof chitrshālā (H) art gallery
chhattīs thirty-six chiTTe bālō vālā/vālī blond
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(adj)
dakshin afrīkā (H) South
chiTThī letter
Africa
chiTThī kā kāgaz writing dakshin (H) south
paper dakshin afrikā kā (H) South
chīn China African
chīnī Chinese; sugar dakshinī (H) southern
chīnī ke bartan crockery dakshin-pashchim (H)
Hindi/Urdu š
chīnī miTTī ke bartan TT china southwest
chītīīī ant dakshin-pūrv (H) southeast
chīyars! cheers! (toast) daK distance
English
chīz thing dal (H) group
chōgā dressing gown damā asthma
chōlī bra; blouse damkal fire brigade
chōr thief danD fine
chōrī burglary dangā riot
chōT bruise; injury dar exchange rate
chōT lagnā to hurt, to injure darāz drawer
chummā kiss dard ache; pain; sore
chunanā to choose dard miTāne kī davā kk
chungī Customs painkillers
chup! shut up! dardnāk painful
chup rahō! quiet! dargāh shrine
churānā to steal dariyā sea; river
churuT cigar darī carpet
chūhā mouse; rat darjī tailor
chūlhā cooker darj karānā to check in
chūmnā to kiss darmiyānā medium
chūnā mortar; lime darpan (H) mirror
chūnā lagā diyā rip-off darrā pass (in mountains)
ABCDEFGHIJKLch
(prices) darvān doorman, porter
chūredār sābun soap powder darvāzā door
chūRiyā bangles darzan dozen
chūtaR bottom (of person) das ten
das lākh million
d dastak knock on the door
dastāne gloves
dastāvez document
dab gayā jammed dastkārī kī dukānī craft shop
daftar office dastKhat (U) signature
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dastūr custom
davā drug; medicine
der delay; late
desh (H) country
davā kī dukān/davāKhānā denā to give
pharmacy, chemist’s devī goddess Hindi/Urdu š
dawr course (main course etc) devtā god
dawrā fit, attack dhadhaktī āg fire
dawR race (for runners, cars) dhadhā profession; business
dawRnā to run dhakka shock
dayālu kind dhakkā denā to push English
dādā grandfather dhanvān rich
dādī grandmother dhanyvād (H) thank you
dāg stain dharm (H) religion
dāKhilā admission charge dhaR bust
dām price dhat tere kī!kk damn!
dāmād son-in-law dhāgā thread
dāru alcoholic drink dhārā stream
dāRhī beard dhātu metal
dāt tooth dhīmā slow
dāt me bharne kā masālā dhīre dhīre (H) gradually;
filling (in tooth) slowly
dāt me dard toothache dhōbī washerman
dātōō kā DākTar dentist dhōbī ghāT laundry (place)
dāt sāf karne kā brash dhōkhā to swindle
toothbrush dhōnā to wash ABCDEFGHIJKLdh
dāt sāf karne kā reshā dental dhōtī cloth worn around the
floss waist
dāvat invitation; party dhuā smoke
(celebration) dhudhlā cloudy, dull
dāvat denā to invite dhulāi ghar laundry (place)
dāyā right (not left) dhulāi ke kapRe laundry
dāyīy taraf muī Re turn right (clothes)
dāyīy taraf ī on the right dhulāi kī dukān launderette
dāyrā circle dhundh fog
de denā to deliver dhurī axle
dehāt country, countryside dhūl dust
dekhbhāl karnā to look after dhūl bharā dusty
dekhnā to see; to check dhūp sunshine
dekhne jānā to visit (place) dhūp me in the sun
dekhte rahnā! look out! dhūp niklī hA it’s sunny
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dhūp kā chashmā sunglasses;
goggles
dōpahar me in the afternoon
dhūp me jhulasnā sunburn midday; at midday
dōpahar kō at noon
dhūp me jhulsā sunburnt dōpahar kā khānā lunch
dhūp se bachne kī krīmkk dōpahar ke bād pm
sunblock dōst friend
Hindi/Urdu
dhūp seknā to sunbathe dōstānā friendly
š
dhyān rakhe! be careful! dubhāshiyā interpreter
dikhāiye show me dublā skinny
dikkat trouble dudhūvālā milkman
English
dil heart dukān shop
dilchasp interesting dukhnā to feel pain
dilchaspī interest dukh rahā hA? is it painful?
merī ... me dilchaspī hA I’m dulhan bride
interested in ... duniyā world
dil kā dawrā heart attack durg fort
dillī Delhi durghaTnā (H) accident
dilpasand favourite durghaTnā vibhāg (H) casualty
din day department
dō din bād in two days from dushman enemy
now dūr far
din bhar kī sAr day trip dūr darshan (H) television
disambar December dūrī distance
diyāsalāyi matches dūr kī telīphōn kāl long-
dījiye give me distance call
ek awr dījiye may I have dūshit (H) polluted
another one? dūsrā another; second (adj);
dīvār wall other; the other one
dō two dūsrā nām surname
ABCDEFGHIJKLdh
dō ... a couple of ... dūsrā rāstā diversion, detour
dō bār twice dūtāvās (H) embassy
dō bistarō vālā kamrā twin
room D
dō hafte fortnight, two weeks
dōnō both
dōnō me se ek either of them Dabal double
dōnō me se kōī nahī neither Dabal bistar double bed
(one) of them Dabal kamrā double room
dōpahar afternoon; noon, Dabal rōTīTT bread
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Dabal rōTīkīTT
Drāmā play (in theatre)
DakAkk tī robbery
Dūbjānā to drown
Dallī lump ī dukān bakery Drāivar driver Hindi/Urdu
DanDa truncheon, nightstick DyawDhī foyer
Dāk mail, post
Dākā raid e š
Dāk baks letterbox, mailbox
Dāk gāRīRR express (train)
Dāk kā kōD postcode, zip code eDs bīmārī AIDS English
Dāk-Khānā post office ehsānmand grateful
Dāk-Khāne me jamā chiTThiyā ek a, an; one
poste restante, general ekānt secluded
delivery ek bār once
Dāk me Dālnā to post, to mail ekdam at once, immediately
Dāk se bhejnā to post, to mail ek hazār thousand
DākTar/DākTarnī doctor (man/ ek lākh hundred thousand
woman) ek sāth together
Dākū robber, bandit ekspres express (train)
DāT cork; plug (in sink) ek vakt kā khānā half board
DāT rebuke eRīRR heel (of foot)
Dāyal karnā to dial eRī lagāne kā kāwnRR Tar shoe
Dāyal karne kā kōD dialling repairer’s
code eyar kanDīshan air-
Dāyrī diary conditioned ABCDEFGHIJKLfa
DAk deck (on ship) eyar kanDīshan kamrā air-
DAk kursī deckchair conditioned room
Degchī saucepan eyar kanDīshan karnā air-
Derā Dālnā to camp conditioning
Dhakkan cap (of bottle)
Dhaknā lid f
Dhalvā steep (hill)
Dhābā roadside café
Dhāchā pattern fan (U) art
Dhibrī nut (for bolt) fankār (U) artist
Dhīlā loose (handle etc) fark difference
DhūDhnā to look for farsh floor (of room)
Dibbā carton; can, tin; coach, farvarī February
carriage, compartment fasT eD first aid
Dōngī dinghy; canoe fasT eD kā baksā first-aid kit
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fawran immediately, at once,
straight away
galtī error, mistake; fault
fāram form, document galīchā carpet
gambhīr (H) serious
fA f f ks kar denā to send a fax gandagī dirt
fA f f shan me nahī unfashionable gandā filthy, dirty
fA f f shan parast fashionable ganjā bald
Hindi/Urdu
fA f f slā decision garaj kaRak kā tūfān
š
fehrisht me dī gayī flāit thunderstorm
scheduled flight garam warm; hot
fiKrō kī kitāb phrasebook garbh nirōdhak gōlī (H)
English
film film, movie contraceptive pill
film dhōnā film processing garbhvatī (H) pregnant
filmī sitārā film star gardan neck
fī sadī per cent garīb poor (not rich)
fisalne vālā slippery garmī heat; summer
flAT flat, apartment garmiyō me in (the) summer
frānsīsī French gaRbaRīRR disorder; breakdown
friz fridge (of machine)
fuT foot (measurement) kyā gaRbaRīhRR A? what’s
fuTbāl football wrong?
fuvvārā fountain gavāh witness
fūl flower gazab unexpected;
unbelievable; extraordinary
g gāiD ke sāth sAr guided tour
gāl cheek
gāli swearing
gaddā mattress gānā music; song; sing
gaddī cushion; saddle (for bike) gāne vālā/vālī musician;
gadhā donkey; stupid singer (man/woman)
ABCDEFGHIJKLfa
gahrā deep, dark (colour) gānjā marijuana
gahrā nīlā navy blue gāRīRR train
gaj yard gāRī seRR by rail
galat wrong gāRī khaRR Rī karnā to park
R R
galatfahmī misunderstanding gāv village
galā throat; neck gāy cow
gale kā hār necklace gāyab missing
galiyārā corridor gāyab hōnā to disappear
galiyāre kī sīTīī aisle seat gArkānunī unlawful
galī street; lane ged ball
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ghanTā hour
gumTā bruise; lump (on body)
ghar home; house
kyā vō ghar par hA? is he in?, gum missing Hindi/Urdu
gun (H) quality
is he at home? gurdā kidney
gharelū uRān domestic flight gurdvārā temple (Sikh)
ghaRiyāl crocodile guruvār Thursday š
ghaRīRR clock; wristwatch guRiyā doll
ghaTiyā poor quality gusal (U) bath
ghaTiyā māl rubbish, garbage gusalKhānā bathroom English
ghās grass gussā karnā to be angry
ghās kā mAdān lawn gustāKh rude
ghāT jetty gustaKhi māf! forgive the
ghāTīTT valley rudeness!
ghāyal injured
ghinōnā revolting h
ghōRā horse
ghōRā gāRīRR horse-drawn
carriage had se zyādā sāmān excess
ghōslā nest baggage
ghughrālā curly haDDī bone
ghuR savārī horse riding haDDī kā TūTnā to fracture
ghuTnā knee haftā week
giārā eleven halkā light (not heavy); weak
gilās glass (for drinking) (drink) ABCDEFGHIJKLha
gintī number, figure halkā bhūrā beige, light
girjā church brown
girnā to fall halkā khānā snack
gīlā wet; damp halkā nīlā light blue
gōd lap hallāgullā uproar; street
parbat kī gōd foothill; valley fighting
gōlā circle halō hello (answer on phone)
gōl-dāyrā circle (in theatre) halvāi shop selling sweets and
gōlī pill; bullet savoury snacks
gōrā fair (adj) ham we
gōsht meat ham hA we are
gufā cave; tunnel ham the we were
gulāb rose hame us
gulābī pink hameshā always
guldastā bouquet hamlā attack
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harā green
harārat feverishness
hāth kī ghaRīRR wristwatch
hāTh kā pankhā fan
har chīz everything hāth kā sāmān hand luggage
har ek everyone; each, every hāy re! oh no!
hargiz nahī not in the least hA is; are
har kahī everywhere ham hA we are
Hindi/Urdu
harkārā courier āp hA you are
š
har rōz every day; per day hAnD bAg handbag, (US) purse
hasnā to laugh hAratangez (U) amazing
hastākshar (H) signature hijaRā eunuch
hatthā handle (on door) himālay pahāR the Himalayas
English
haTānā to move; to remove hindī Hindi
havā breeze; air hind mahāsāgar Indian Ocean
havādār draughty hindustānī Indian; Hindi
havāi aDDā airport hindū Hindu
havāi aDDe kī bas airport bus hissā piece, part
havāi Dāk se by airmail hīrā diamond
havāi jahāz plane, airplane hōgayā: kyā hōgayā? what
havāi jahāz se by air, by has happened?
plane hōkar through, via
havāi jahāz se jānā to fly hōlī Festival of Colours
havāi lifāfā airmail envelope hōnā to be; to have; to
havāi patr (H) airmail letter happen
havālāt custody; lock-up hōshiyār clever, intelligent;
havāldār police constable careful
havelī big mansion hōshiyār rahe! be careful!
hā yes hōsh me sober (not drunk)
hādasā (U) accident hōsh me hA conscious
hādase ka mahakmā (U) hōTal hotel
ABCDEFGHIJKLha
casualty department hōTal kā kamrā hotel room
hāl: kyā hāl hA? how are you? huā: kyā huā? what
hālāki although happened?
hālenD Netherlands hū am
hāl hī me recently, the other
day i
hāmārā our; ours
hāmilā (U) pregnant
hāth hand idhar over here
hāthī elephant idhar hA it’s this way
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ijāzat permission
īmāndār honest
ikattīs thirty-one
īmāndārī se fairly
ikaTThā karnā to collect izzat honour Hindi/Urdu
ikhattar seventy-one īshvar (H) God
ikkis twenty-one
iksaTh sixty-one j š
iktālīs forty-one
ikyānave ninety-one
ikyāsī eighty-one jab when English
ikyāvan fifty-one jabRā jaw
ilāj karnā to cure jab se since
ilāKā area, region jab tak until; while
ilāKe kā kōD area code jagah place
imām (U) priest jahāz ship
imārat building jahāz se by ship
imtahān exam jahrīlā poisonous
in these jalan jealousy
inhe them (nearby) jalānā to switch on; to light
injan engine jaldī quick; soon; early
inkā their; theirs (nearby) jaldī karnā to hurry
inkō them (nearby) jaldī karō! hurry up!
intzār karnā to wait; to look jaldī se quickly
forward to jale kā dāh burn
is this jal gayā it’s burnt ABCDEFGHIJKLja
ishthār poster; advertisement; jalnā to burn
leaflet jamā deposit (as part payment)
iskā his; her; hers (nearby) jamā huā frozen
isrār (U) insist jamāne: gujre jamāne me in
istaKbāl (U) reception the past
is taraf over here janāb (U) Mr
istarī iron (for ironing) janānā ladies’ room
istemāl karnā to use janāzā (U) funeral
itar perfume jangal forest, woods
itnā as much as this janmdin (H) birthday
itnā burā nahī not so bad janūb (U) south
itnā hī acchhā as good as janūb me (U) in the south
itnā zyādā nahī not so much janūb afrīkā (U) South Africa
itvār Sunday janūb afrīkā kā (U) South
izāzat denā to let, to allow African
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janūbī (U) southern
janūb-magrib (U) southwest
jhaTkā jerk; shock
janūb-mashrik (U) southeast jhaT quickly
jhaTpaT quickly
janvarī January jhāRū broom, brush
jaRāū pin brooch jhilmilī shutter (on window)
javāhirāt jewellery jhilmilī pardā blinds
Hindi/Urdu
javān young jhīl lake
š
jawharī jeweller’s jhōlā bag
jāchpaRtāl karnā to check jhūThā false
jāganā to stay awake jhūTh bōlnā to tell a lie
jāgate rahō! beware! jigar liver (in body)
English
jāgh thigh jins (U) sex
jāghiyā shorts; (under)pants jism (U) body
jāl net jitnī jaldī hōsake as soon as
jālī fake, forgery possible
jānā to go jī expression of respect
jān bachāne kī jākeT life jī hā yes, please
jacket jī nahī no; no, thanks; sorry
jān bachāne kī peTīTT lifebelt jībh tongue
jān būjh kar deliberately jīn jeans
jāne dījiye! never mind! jīvan (H) life
jāne kī jagah destination jōKhim bharā risky
jānkārī information jōr with extra strength; with
jānkārī kā daftar r information exertion
office jōRā/jōRīRR couple; pair
jānkārī kī jagah information judā separate
desk julāb laxative
jānvar animal jumme rāt (U) Thursday
jāō! go away! jurmānā fine
ABCDEFGHIJKLja
jāRā winter jute kī eī RīRR heel (of shoe)
jāRe me in (the) winter jūā gambling
jāz sangītīī jazz jūlus procession;
jAn dharm Jainism demonstration
jeb pocket jūtā shoe
jeb katrā/katrī pickpocket jūte kī pālish shoe polish
(man/woman) jyādā: mujhe ... jyādā pasand
jel prison hA I prefer ...
jhagRā quarrel
jhanDā flag
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kamāl kā brillliant
k
kamānī lever
kambal blanket Hindi/Urdu
kab? when? kamīz shirt
kabhī ever kampanī company, business
kabhī kabhī sometimes kamrā room; flat, apartment š
kabhī nahī never kam se kam at least
kabr grave kamzōr weak (person)
kabristān cemetery kandhā shoulder English
kabutar pigeon kangan bracelet
kabz constipation kanghī comb
kafnī upper unsewn garment kapRā cloth, material
kahā? where? kapRe clothes
āp kahā se hA? where are kapRe ājmāne kā kamrā
you from? fitting room
ye kahā hA? where is it? kapRe badalnā to get changed
kyā kahā? sorry?, pardon kapRe dhōnā washing,
me? laundry
kahī somewhere kapRe dhōne kā pāuDar
kahnā to say washing powder
kahte hA: ise ... kahte hA he is kapRe pahannā to get
called ... dressed
is kō kyā kahte hA? what’s it kapRe phAlāne kī rassī clothes
called? line ABCDEFGHIJKLka
kaīa several kapRe Tāgne kī chimkk Tī T T clothes
kal tomorrow; yesterday peg
kal rāt last night kare:
kalam pen āp ... kare you should ...
kalā (H) art āp ... mat kare you
kalāī wrist shouldn’t ...
kalākār (H) artist karnā to do
kal se ek hafte bād a week mA kyā karū? what should I
(from) tomorrow do?
kal subah tomorrow kaRā hard
morning; yesterday kaRhāi pan
morning kaRvā bitter
kam less; low (prices) kasāi kī dukān butcher’s
kam mahangā inexpensive kasrat kī jagah ī gym
kamar waist kaTawtī discount
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kaThin (H) difficult
kāunTar counter
kaThināyī (H) difficulty
kawā crow kāTnā to cut; to bite
campsite
k k
kAmp kī jagah ī
kawn? who? kAmp lagānā to camp
k k
kawnsā? which one? kAmre kī dukān camera shop
k k
kawnse? which ones? kAmre kī flAsh flash (for camera)
Hindi/Urdu
k k
kā of kAnchī scissors
k k
š
... kā banDal a pack of ... kAse how
k k
... kā jōRā a pair of ... āp kAkk se hA? how are you? (to
kāch glass (material) man)
kāfī quite; very; enough; kAsh kāunTar cash desk,
English
k k
coffee cashier
kāfī ... plenty of ... kAsī how
k k
kāfī baRā a lot bigger āp kAkk sī hA? how are you? (to
kāfī sārā quite a lot woman)
kāgaz paper ke of
kāgaz ke rumāl tissues, ke alāvā apart from
Kleenex® ke andar into; inside
kāgpech corkscrew ke bād after; next, after that
kālar collar ke bāhar outside
kālā black; dark (hair) ke bāre me about
kālā bāzār black market ke bīch me among
kālej college ke dawrān during
kām job; work ke jAsā similar
kām kā useful ke Khilāf against
kām me lage hue busy ke liye for
kān ear kendra (H) centre
kānūn law kendrīya (H) central
kār car ke nīche under
ABCDEFGHIJKLka
kār se by car ke pare beyond
kār chalānā to drive ke pār across
kār chalāne kā lāisens driver’s ke pās near; next to; at
licence ... ke pās beside the ...
kārīgar mechanic ke rāste via
kārkhānā factory ke sāth with
kārōbār business ke sivā except
kāryakram (H) programme keval (H) only
kāsā bronze ke zariye through, by means
kāTā fork of
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khabar dār! watch out!
khōlnā to unlock; to open; to
khabbā left-handed
unpack
khanDhar ruins khōl crown (on tooth) Hindi/Urdu
kharāb bad khōnā to lose
kharch karnā to spend khōye sāmān kā daftar lost
kharōch scratch property office š
khasrā measles; German khudā hāfiz (U) good night
measles khujīli itch
khaTārā old banger khulā open English
khaTiyā cot khulāsā brief
khaTTa sour khulā TikaT open ticket
khādī handwoven cotton khulī saRak motorway,
cloth freeway, highway
khādī kī Tōpī white cap khullā change (smaller notes)
khākā drawing khulnā to open (of shop etc)
khālā (U) aunt khulne kā vaKt opening times
khā lō! eat up! khushbū scent, fragrance
khānā food; meal; dish; to khūb pakā well-done (meat)
eat khūbsūrat attractive
khāne kā kamrā dining room kinārā shore
khāne-pīne kā Dibbā buffet kirāyā rent; fare
car kirāye kī kar car rental; rented
khāRīRR bay car
khās girjā cathedral kirāye par for hire, for rent ABCDEFGHIJKLki
khāsī cough kirāye par lenā to hire, to rent
khāsī kī davākk cough medicine kishtī boat; ferry
khāta bank account kiskā? whose?
khel sport; game kism sort, type
khel kā mAdān playground kis kism kā ...? what sort
khelkūd athletics of ...?
khelnā to play kismat luck
khelne ke jūte trainers (shoes) kitāb book
khet farm kitābō kī dukān bookshop,
khilawnā toy bookstore
khiRkī window kitnā? how much?; how
khiRkī ke pās by the window many?; what?
khiRkī vālī sīTīī window seat kitnā vaKt lagegā? how long
khīchnā to pull does it take?
khōjnā to search kitne? how much?; how
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many?; what?
kōne par on the corner
kitne pAse lagege? how
much is it? kōT coat
kōTharī cabin
kitne baje hA? what’s the kōThī mansion
time? kōT rakhne kā kamrā
Hindi/Urdu
kī of cloakroom
kī bazāyī instead kōT Tāngne kī khūTīTT
š
kīchaR mud coathanger
kījiye please; please do kōyal cuckoo
ye mat kījiye! don’t do that! kripayā (H) please, kindly
English
kīl nail (metal) krismas se pahlā din
kīmat price; cost; charge; Christmas Eve
value kritagya (H) grateful
is kī kīmat kyā hA? how kshamā (H) apology
much is it? kuchh anything; something
kīmat lagnā to cost kuchh had tak to some extent
kīmtī valuable kuchh nahī nothing
kī nisbat than kudratī natural
kīRā insect; worm kuhrā mist; fog
kīRā kāTnā insect bite kukar cooker
kīRe mārne kī davā antiseptic; kul total
disinfectant; insect repellent kulī coolie, railway porter;
kī sagāi hō chukī engaged (to labourer
be married) kul milākar altogether
kī taraf towards kumārī (H) Miss
kō to; at; with regard to kunbā (U) family
kō dekhnā to look at kursī chair
kōD nambar dialling code kurtā typical Indian upper
ABCDEFGHIJKLki
kōhnī elbow garment
kōī somebody, someone; kuttā dog
anybody kutubnumā compass
kōī bāt nahī you’re welcome, kuvārā bachelor
don’t mention it; it doesn’t kūchī brush (artist’s)
matter kūdnā to jump
kōī dikkat nahī! no problem! kūlhā bottom (of person); hip
kōī nahī nobody, no-one kūRā karkaT rubbish, trash
kō jānnā to know (a person) kūRedān dustbin, bin,
kōnā corner trashcan
kōne me in the corner kyā? what?
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kyā ye ... hA? is this ...?
kyā ... hA? is it ...?; do you
Khākā map (city plan)
...? Khayal idea Hindi/Urdu
Khālis straight (whisky etc)
kyā bāt hA? what’s the Khālī empty
matter? Khālī nahī engaged, busy;
kyā hāl hA? how are you? engaged, occupied š
kyā kahā? sorry?, what did Khāmōsh! (U) quiet!
you say? Khāmōshī silence
kyō? why? Khārish rash (on skin) English
kyō nahī? why not? Khās (H) main; special
kyōki because Khāsiyat quality
Khāskar especially
K KhāTūn (U) lady
Khāvind (U) husband
Khizā (U) autumn, (US) fall
Kabūl karnā to accept Khud by myself
Kad height Khudā āpkā bhalā kare! (U)
Karīb-Karīb almost bless you!
Katār queue
Kawmiat (U) nationality good night
Kawmī (U) national Khud-bakhud lenā self-service
KāT bite Khumār hangover
Khabar news KhunKharābā bloody fighting
Kharāb bad; disgusting; bad Khurāk diet
state Khush happy, glad
ye zyādā Kharāb hA it’s āp se milkar baRīRR Khushī huī
worse pleased to meet you
Khargōsh rabbit Khush kismatī se fortunately
Khudā hāfiz (U) goodbye, bye; ABCDEFGHIJKLla
Kharīdārī rakhne kā ī ThAlā Khūbsurat beautiful; pretty
carrier bag Khūn blood
Kharīdnā to buy KhūTīTT tent peg
Khatarnāk dangerous Kilā castle
Khatm end
Khatm hōnā/Khatm karnā to l
finish
Khatrā danger
Khatre kī hālat emergency lachīlā elastic
Khatre kī hālat me bāhar jāne lachīlā fītā elastic band
kā rāstā emergency exit lafz (U) word
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lagbhag (H) nearly;
approximately
lūngi wraparound cloth from
lahar wave; current lugat (U) dictionary
waist down
lahū blood lūT liyā robbed
lakīr line
lakRīRR wood (material) m
Hindi/Urdu
lambā long; tall
š
lapeTne kā kāgaz wrapping
paper macchhar mosquito
laRāi fight macchhardānī mosquito net
English
laRkā boy macchhar mārne ki davā
laRkī girl mosquito repellent
lāgat charge, fee; cost machhī, machhlī fish
lāgat kā kārD charge card machhlī vālā fishmonger’s
lāl red madad help
lālchī greedy madad gār helpful
lānā to get, to fetch; to madad karnā to help
bring madāri roadside performer;
lārī lorry magician
lAns lens (of camera) madhyāntar (H) interval
le ānā to fetch maflar scarf (for neck)
le jānā to take; to lead; to magar macchh crocodile
carry magrib (U) west
lekin but magrib me in the west
lenā to take, to accept; to magribī (U) western
have; to collect mahafil party
leTnā to lie down mahak scent, fragrance
lifāfā envelope mahakmā department
lifT lift, elevator mahal palace
ABCDEFGHIJKLla
likhnā to write mahangā expensive
... ne likhā written by ... mahbūbā girlfriend
likhne kā kāgaz writing paper mahilā (H) lady
ling (H) sex (gender) mahilā shawchālay (H) ladies’
lījiye: ye lījiye here you are toilets, ladies’ room
lōg people mahīnā month
lōkal stopping train mahsūs karnā to feel
lōk nritya folk dancing makān building; house
lōkpriy (H) popular makān ke andar indoors
lōk sangīt folk music makkhi fly
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makkhi chūs miser
mayī May
makRīRR spider
mazāk joke
maKbarā tomb mawt death Hindi/Urdu
mandir temple mazāKiyā funny, amusing
mangalvār Tuesday mazā lenā to enjoy oneself
mangetar fiancé; fiancée mazbūt strong š
man-māne dām rip-off prices mazedār delicious; enjoyable;
mantra charm exciting
manzil floor, storey mazhab (U) religion English
marammat karnā to mend, mā mum
to repair mābāp parents
marā huā dead māchis matches
mardānā (pākhānā) (U) gents’ māchis kā Dibbā matchbox
toilet, men’s room māfī apology
mardāne kapRe menswear māf kījiye sorry; excuse me
marham ointment, cream māf kījiye, galat nambar sorry,
marham-paTTīTT dressing (for cut) wrong number
marī huī dead māgnā to borrow; to ask for
marnā to die māhvārī period, menstruation
martbān jar mākūl (U) appropriate,
mashhūr famous suitable
mashīn machine māl goods
mashrik (U) east mālik/mālkin owner (man/
mashrik me in the east woman) ABCDEFGHIJKLmā
mashriKīKK (U) eastern mālis massage
masjid mosque mālūm: mujhe mālūm nahī
maslā problem I don’t know
masta carefree; happy āpkō pakkā mālūm hA? are
mastak head you sure?
mastī happiness; intoxication māmā uncle (mother’s brother)
masūRā gum (in mouth) māmūlī ordinary, average
mat no mānnā to agree
mat! don’t! mA māntā/māntī hū I agree
matā (H) mother (said by man/woman)
matbab meaning māp size
matlab hōnā to mean mārg road
matlī nausea mārnā to kill; to hit
mawsam weather māsik dharm (H) period,
mawsamī bukhār hayfever menstruation
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māsī aunt (maternal)
ek minaT me in a minute
māsTar/masTarānī jī teacher
ek minaT rukō! just a minute!
(man/woman) minaT minute
māsūm simple mirch masāle vālā spicy
māthā forehead misāl example
māyūs disappointed; misāl ke tawr par for example
despondent misTrī mechanic
Hindi/Urdu š
mA I miThāī sweet, pudding;
mA hū I am sweets, candies
mAch match (football etc) miTTī ke bartan TT pottery
English
mAdān park; open field; mīl mile
ground mīTīī hā sweet (taste)
mAl dirt mōchī shoe repairer’s
mAlā filthy (room etc); polluted mōmbattī candle
mAnezarānī manageress mōr peacock
me in; into; at; among mōR bend, turning (in road)
meharbān kind, generous mōtī pearl
meharbānī karke please, mōTar car
kindly mōTā thick; fat
mehmān guest mōTī aTT Kl kā thick, stupid
mehmāndārī hospitality mōzā stockings; socks
mek make (brand name) mubārakbād best wishes
mel connection; fast train mubārakbād!
melā carnival, fair congratulations!
merā/mere/merī my; mine muddat period (of time)
merā apnā ... my own ... muft free (no charge)
merī duā! good luck! muft savārī karnār to hitch-
mez table hike
mez kursī vagArā furniture muh mouth
ABCDEFGHIJKLmā
mezpōsh tablecloth muhallā suburb
miāh form of address used muhtarmā (U) Mrs; Miss
when speaking to a Muslim mujhe me
(literally: Muslim gentleman) mujhe bhī me too
milānā to introduce mukāmī (U) local
milānevālī flāit connecting mukhy (H) main
flight muKhtalif (U) different
milnā to meet; to find mulāKāt appointment;
milne jānā to visit (person) meeting
milne kī jagah meeting place mulāyam soft
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mulk country, nation; state
mumbAīAA Bombay
nambar number
mumkin possible namaste (H) hello; goodbye
namī dene vālā moisturizer
munhasir hA (U) it depends namī vālāī humid Hindi/Urdu š
... munhasir kartā hA (U) it nashe me chūr drunk
depends on ... nashīlī davā drugs (narcotics)
murdā dead naT nut (for bolt)
musalmān Muslim navambar November
musāfir passenger navāb king English
mushkil hard, difficult navāsī eighty-nine
mushkilāt difficulty navve ninety
musībat disaster naw nine
muskarānā to smile nawjavān teenager
mustakbil (U) future nawkā yacht
mūchh moustache nawkrānī maid
mūrkh stupid nayā new
mūrti (H) statue nayā sāl New Year
nayā sāl mubāraK! Happy
n New Year!
naye Dhang kā up-to-date
naye fAff shan kā trendy
na ... na ... neither ... nor ... naye sāl se pahle kī rāt New
nadī river Year’s Eve
nafrat karnā to hate nazar rakhnā to keep an eye ABCDEFGHIJKLnā
nahar canal on
nahāne kā tawliyā bath towel nazārā view; scenery; sights
nahāne kā Tab bathtub nazdīk near
nahī no; not; didn’t nāch dance
nahī! don’t! nāchnā to dance
mA bhī nahī nor do I nāg (H) cobra
naklī fake, imitation nā-gavār shocking
naklī dāt dentures nāi (kī dukān) barber’s
nakshā map nāk nose
naKdī cash nākābandi roadblock
naKdī kā kāunTar cash desk nākhūn fingernail
naKdī kī mashīn cash nākhūn kī pālish nail varnish
dispenser, ATM nākhūn sāf karne kā burush
naKdī me badalnā to cash nailbrush
nalsāz plumber nāli drain; pipe
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nām name
āpkā nām kyā hA? what’s
nirnay (H) decision
nirōdh condom
your name? nirdōsh (H) innocent
nāmumkin impossible nishān kā taKhtā signpost
nāmunāsib not suitable nīchā low
nāpne kā fītā tape measure nīche under, below; down
nārangī orange (colour) nīche jānā to go down (the
Hindi/Urdu š
nārāz angry stairs etc)
nārve Norway nīche kī ōr downstairs;
nārvejian Norwegian downwards
English
nāsamajh silly nīlam sapphire
nāshtā breakfast nīlā blue
nāsūr ulcer nōT banknote, (US) bill
nāTak play (in theatre) nōTbuk notebook
nāv (H) boat nōval novel
nApāl Nepal nritya (H) dance
nApālī Nepali nuKsān loss
nApī nappy, diaper nuKs vālā faulty
netā politician; leader numāish exhibition
nichlī manzil ground floor, nusKhā prescription
(US) first floor
nijī private ō
nijī gusalKhānā private
bathroom
nijī sTīriōTT personal stereo ōTh lips
nikar pants, panties
nikās (H) exit p
nīlām auction
nimantran (H) invitation
ABCDEFGHIJKLnā
nimantran denā (H) to invite pachānve ninety-five
ninyānave ninety-nine pachās fifty
nirāsh (H) disappointed pachāsī eighty-five
nirāshājanak disappointing pachchīs twenty-five
nirbhar: ye nirbhar hA (H) it pachpan fifty-five
depends paglā mad; idiot
... par nirbhar kartā hA (H) it pagRīRR turban
depends on ... pahan kar dekhnā to try on
nirdesh karnā to point out pahāR mountain
nirdesh pushtikā handbook pahāRīRR hill; hillman
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Rhāī karnā
pahāR kī chakk
mountaineering
introduce
pahchānnā to recognize parichay karānā (H) to
parichārikā (H) stewardess
pahiyā wheel parivār family Hindi/Urdu š
pahiyōvālī kursī wheelchair parīkshā (H) exam
pahlā first parsō the day after
pahle before; ago; at first tomorrow; the day before
ek ghanTe pahle an hour yesterday
ago parvatārōhan (H) English
ek hafte pahle a week ago mountaineering
pahle āp after you paRāv stopover
pahle darje first class (travel etc) paRhnā to read
pahle se hī already paryaTan kāryālaya (H) tourist
pahlī bār first time information office
pahlī manzilī first floor, (US) pasand: mujhe ye (bahut)
second floor pasand hA I like it (a lot)
pahuch arrival pasand karnā to like
pahuchnā to arrive, to get in pashchim (H) west
pakaRnā to hold; to catch pashchim me in the west
pakā ripe (fruit) pashchimī (H) western
pakānā to cook paslī rib
pakkā karnā to confirm; to patā address
fix, to arrange patā karnā to find out
palastar plaster, Bandaid® pate kī kitāb address book ABCDEFGHIJKLpa
pandit priest; brahmin; wise path way; road
man pati (H) husband
pandrā fifteen patīlā pan
pankti (H) queue patjhaR (H) autumn, (US) fall
pannā piece of paper; leaflet; patlā thin
page; emerald patlūn trousers, (US) pants
pansārī grocer’s patr (H) letter
par on; at patrakār journalist
parchhāi shadow patrikā (H) magazine
parde curtains pattā leaf
pardesh abroad patthar stone; rock
pardeshī foreign; foreigner paTrī pavement, sidewalk;
pareshān worried track
pareshānī bharā annoying paTTā strap
pareshān karnā to disturb paTTīTT bandage
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pawdhā plant
pawnD pAsā pound (money)
pAtālīs forty-five
pAtīs thirty-five
pawnD vazan pound (weight) pAsevālā rich
pawp gānā gānevālā/gānevālī pechish diarrhoea; dysentery
pop singer (man/woman) penshan pāne vālā/vālī
pawp sangīt pop music pensioner (man/woman)
pāch five peR tree
Hindi/Urdu š
pāgal idiot; mad, crazy peshā profession
pāKhānā (U) toilet, rest room peshāb ghar urinals
pāl sail peshgī in advance
English
pālā frost peT stomach
pālish polish peT dard stomach ache
pānā to find peTīTT belt
pānī water peT me gaRbaRīRR upset
pānī kā jahāz boat stomach
pānī ke jahāz kī sī Ar cruise peTrōl petrol, (US) gas
pās near; beside peTrōl kā kanasTar petrol/gas
kyā āpke pās ... hA? do you can
have any ...? peTrōl sTashan petrol station,
pās me nearby gas station
pāTh (H) lesson pey (H) drink
pāyjāmā pyjamas phal fruit
pAdal on foot phaniyar sāp cobra
pAdal chalne kā dāyrā phasā stuck
pedestrian precinct phaTā nal burst pipe
pAdal ghumnā phirnā phāTak gate
trekking phAlne vālā infectious
pAdal pār karne kā rāstā phAlne vālī bīmārī infection
pedestrian crossing phek denā to throw away
ABCDEFGHIJKLpa
pAdal safar trek pheknā to throw
pAdā huā born phephRe lungs
pAgām (U) message phir again
pAr foot (of person) phir kahiye? pardon (me)?
pArkā angūThā toe phir kahnā to repeat
pAsaTh sixty-five phir milege see you later
pAsā money phōn karnā to call, to phone
pAse denā to pay phōn kā AksTAnshan
pAse kī vāpsī refund telephone extension
pAse lagnā to charge; to cost phōn kā karD cardphone
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phōn kī lāin phone line
restroom
phuTkar small change
prashn (H) question
phūl flower prasādhan grih (H) toilet,
phūldān vase prasthān (H) departure Hindi/Urdu š
phūl vālā florist’s prathā (H) custom
pichhattar seventy-five prati din (kā) (H) daily
pichhlā last; previous pratishat percent
pichhlā hissā back (part) pravesh (H) entrance
pichhle hafte last week pravesh shulk (H) admission English
pichhle hafte se since last charge
week prākritik (H) natural
pichhlī bār last time prāthmiktā (H) priority
pissū flea prem (H) love
pitā (H) father prishTh (H) page
piTThā rucksack pul bridge
pīchhe behind pulis police
pīchhe ānā to follow pulis kā sipāhī policeman
pīlā yellow; pale pulis kī mahilā sipāhī (H)
pīnā to drink policewoman
pīne kā pānī drinking water pur-aman (U) peaceful
pīr (U) Monday purānā second-hand; old
pītal brass purāne Dharre kā old-
pīTīī h back (of body) fashioned
pīTīī h dard backache purāne tawr tarīke kā r ABCDEFGHIJKLpū
plāsTik kā thAlā plastic bag traditional
pletfāram platform, (US) track purāne zamāne kī chīze
pōshāk dress; costume antique
pōsTar poster purōhit (H) priest
pōsTkarD postcard purush (H) man; gents’ toilet,
pōtā grandson men's room
pōtī granddaughter purush shawchālay (H) gents’
prabhāv shālī (H) impressive toilet, men's room
prabhu God pustakālay (H) library
pradarshanī (H) exhibition pustikā (H) brochure
pradhān (H) head, chief pūchhnā to ask
person pūchh tāchh kī DāyrecTarī
pradhān mantrī (H) prime directory enquiries
minister pūnam night of full moon
prasann (H) glad pūrab (H) east
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pūrab me in the east
pūrabī (H) eastern
ravāngī kā ārām ghar
pūrā full ravāngī departure
departure lounge
pūrī tarah se completely ravivār Sunday
pūrnimā night of full moon razāi duvet
pyālā cup; mug; dish, bowl rāh dekhnā to expect
pyār love rājā king
Hindi/Urdu š
pyār karnā to love rāj marg main road
pyās: mujhe pyās lagī hA I’m rākhdānī ashtray
thirsty rāk sangīt rock music
English
rāshī (H) amount
r rāshtrīy (H) national
rāshTrapati (H) president (of
country)
rabaR rubber rāshTrīyatā (H) nationality
radd karnā to cancel rāstā path; route; gate (at
raftār speed airport)
rahā: kyā hō rahā hA? what’s rāt night
happening?, what’s going ek rāt kā per night
on? rāt kō at night
rahnā to live rāt bhar kā safar overnight
āp kahā rahte/rahtī hA? rāt kā darbān night porter
where do you live? (to a man/ rāt kī pōshāk nightdress
woman) rāt kī rihāish awr nāshtā bed
rajisTrī Dāk se by registered and breakfast
mail rekhā (H) line
rakhnā to put; to keep rekhā chitr (H) drawing
āp ise rakh lījiye please keep relgāRīRR train
it relgāRī se RR by train
ABCDEFGHIJKLpū
rakhvālā/rakhvālī caretaker rel kā āKhirī sTeshan rail
(man/woman) terminus
raKam amount (money) rel me sōne kā Dibbā sleeping
rang colour car
rangīn film colour film relve railway
rasīd receipt resham silk
rasōī kitchen restōrā restaurant
rasōī kā tawliyā tea towel restōrā kā Dibbā restaurant
rassā rope car
rassī string ret sand
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rezgārī small change
sabziyā vegetables
risālā (U) magazine; brochure
sach true
rishtedār relative sabzī vālā greengrocer’s
rishvat bribe sach! sure! Hindi/Urdu š
ritu season sachmuch! really?
riTāyar: mA riTāyar hōgayā/ sadar (U) president
hōgayī I’m retired (said by safar journey
man/woman) safar salāmat rahe! (U) have a
rivars chārj kawl collect call good trip! English
rizarv karnā to reserve safed white
rōbdār impressive sahelī female friend
rōgan paint sahī valid; accurate
rōknā to stop sahī salāmat safe
rōnā to cry saktā:mA nahī ... saktī ā/saktītt I
rōshnī light can’t ... (said by man/woman); I
rōzānā daily (adverb) couldn’t ... (said by man/woman)
rōzānā kā daily kyā mA ... le saktā/saktītt hī ū?
ruī cotton wool, absorbent can I have ...? (said by man/
cotton woman)
ruknā to stop sakte: kyā āp ... sakte/saktītt
rumāl handkerchief; napkin hA? can you ...? (to man/
rūbī ruby woman);
rūm sarvis room service saKht hard
rūs Russia salām (U) hello ABCDEFGHIJKLsa
rūsī Russian salīKedār (U) polite
rūThnā to be angry; to be samandar sea
displeased samandar kā kinārā coast;
beach
s samandar ke kināre by the
sea
samandar ke kināre par on
sab all; all of them the beach
sabaK lesson samandar pār karnā crossing
sab khāne full board (by sea)
sab se acchhā best samasyā (H) problem
sabse baRā main samay (H) time
sabse Kharāb worst samāchār (H) news
sabse ūpar at the top sambhav (H) possible
sabse ūpar kī manzil top floor samjhā: mA (nahī) samjhā/īī
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samjhī I (don’t) understand
(said by man/woman)
satrā seventeen
āp samjhe? do you sathattar seventy-seven
sattar seventy
understand? sattā-īs twenty-seven
sammelan (H) conference sattānve ninety-seven
sampark karnā to contact sattāvan fifty-seven
samudra taT (H) coast; beach savāl question
Hindi/Urdu š
sandesā (H) message saw hundred
sandūk box sawpanā to hand over
sanDās toilet, rest room sābun soap
English
sangam where two rivers sādā mild; plain; informal
merge sādhāran (H) general; normal;
sangīn (U) serious ordinary
sangīt music sādhu holy man
sangīt kār (H) musician sāf clean; clear
sangīt sammelan concert sāfā scarf (for head)
sankhyā (H) number sāhab! sir!
sapnā dream sāikil bike, bicycle
sardi-jhukām flu sāikil chalānā cycling
sardiyō winter sāikil kī dukān cycle shop
sardiyō me in (the) winter sāikil pamp bicycle pump
sarhad border (of country) sāikil rikshā cycle rickshaw
sarkār government sāikil vālā/vālī cyclist (man/
sarkārī chhuTTīTT public holiday woman)
sarvis chārj service charge sāl year
sarvis kī jagah service station sālā brother-in-law
saRak road, street sāl girah birthday
saRak par on the street sāl girah mubāraK! happy
saRak par durghaTnā (H) road birthday!
ABCDEFGHIJKLsa
accident sālī sister-in-law (wife’s sister)
saRkō kā nakshā road map; sāmān luggage, baggage;
streetmap; network map (for equipment
buses etc) sāmān bādhnā to pack
saRsaTh sixty-seven sāmān khōlnā to unpack
sastā cheap, inexpensive sāmān kīmkk āg baggage claim
sastī klās economy class sāmān le jāne vālī Trālī
sasur father-in-law luggage trolley
sasurāl vāle in-laws sāmne in front; opposite
satāsī eighty-seven bilkul sāmne at the front
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sāmne kā opposite, facing
shabdkōsh (H) dictionary
the opposite
sāmne kī taraf kk
direction; in front shabd (H) word
shahar town; city
sānt saint shahar me in town Hindi/Urdu š
sāp snake shahar kā bīch city centre,
sārā kā sārā the whole lot town centre
sāre whole shakkīkk suspicious
sāRi sari shaKhs (U) person
sās mother-in-law shanivār awr itvār weekend English
sās lenā to breathe shani awr itvār kō at the
sās sasur parents-in-law weekend
sāt seven shanīchar Saturday
sāthī companion; friend sharāb drink; alcohol
sāth kī chhōTī galī TT side street sharāb-Khānā bar
sāth lenā to share; to sharif honest; honourable
accompany sharīr (H) body
sāth me lage dō bistar twin sharmīlā shy
beds shaTar shutter (on camera)
sāTh sixty shatranj chess
sāvdhān (H) careful shaukīn fan (sports)
sāvdhān! be careful! shawchālay (H) toilet, rest
sāvlā rang tan room
sāyā (U) sunshade shawk hobby
sAlāb (U) flood shābāsh! well done! ABCDEFGHIJKLsh
sAlānī tourist shādī wedding
sAr sightseeing tour; trip shādī kī angūThī wedding
sAr-sapāTā picnic ring
sAR karnā to travel shādī kī sālgirah wedding
sAtālīs forty-seven anniversary
sAtīs thirty-seven shādī se pahle kā nām maiden
se by; from; than name
... se hō kar jānā to go shādīshudā married
through ... āp shādīshudā hA? are you
sefTī pin TT safety pin married?
sehat bakhsh (U) healthy mA shādīshudā hū I’m
se kam under (less than) married
sekanD second (of time) shāgird disciple
sekanD klās second class shākāhārī vegetarian
(travel etc) shām evening
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shām kō in the evening
shāmil include
shuruāt start, beginning
shām kā khānā supper, shumāl mashrīKīKK (U) northeast
shuru me at the beginning
dinner, evening meal shuru hōnā/shuru karnā to
shāndār posh start, to begin
shānt (H) peaceful; silence shuru kā nām first name
Hindi/Urdu
shāririk bodily shūny (H) zero
š
shāvar shower (in bathroom) sifar zero
shāvar ke sāth with shower sifārat Khānā (U) consulate;
shāvar krīm shower gel embassy
English
shāyad probably; I might; sifārish recommendation
perhaps, maybe sigreT cigarette
shāyad hī hardly āp sigreT pīte hA? do you
shāyad hī kabhī hardly ever smoke?
shāyad nahī I might not; sikā huā grilled
perhaps not, maybe not sikh Sikh
shāyikā (H) couchette sikhāhā to teach
shAmpū shampoo sikkā coin
shikār hunt sikke badalne kā daftar
shikārā Kashmiri canoe bureau de change
shikāyat complaint sikke badalne kī dar exchange
shikāyat karnā to complain rate
shōr noise sikke lene vālā phōn
shrī (H) Mr payphone
shrīmatī (H) Mrs sinemā cinema, movie
shubh janmdin! (H) happy theater
birthday! singal: ... ke liye singal a single
shubh kāmnāye (H) best to ...
wishes singal bistar single bed
ABCDEFGHIJKLsh
shukriyā thanks, thank you singal kamrā single room
shukrvār (H) Friday singal Tikat single ticket, one-
shulk fee way ticket
shumāl (U) north sir head
shumāl me in the north sir dard headache
shumāl kī taraf kk to the north sirf (U) only, just
shumālī (U) northern sirf ek only one
shumālī āyarlAnD (U) sitambar September
Northern Ireland sīdhā direct
shumāl magribī (U) northwest sīkhnā to learn
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sīkhne vālā/vālīāā
suhāvnā pleasant; mild
beginner (man/woman)
sīlā humid learner, suhāgrāt honeymoon Hindi/Urdu
(weather)
sīmā (H) border suī needle
sīnā to sew sukhāna-savārnā to blow-dry
sīRhiyā stairs sundar lovely, beautiful š
sīRhī par on the steps suniye! excuse me!
sīTīī seat sunnā to listen; to hear
sīTīī par lagī peTīTT seat belt supar mārkeT supermarket English
skarTrr skirt supārī betel nut
skāTlAnD Scotland surāhī jug
skāTlAnD kā Scottish sust lazy
skin Dāiving skin-diving suvidhā janak (H) convenient
skūl school sūchnā (H) information
skūTar scooter sūjan swelling, inflammation
slīpar sleeper, sleeping car sūjā huā swollen
slīping bAg sleeping bag sūkhā dry
smārak (H) monument sūraj sun
snān (H) bath sūraj Dūbne kā vaKt sunset
sōchnā to think sūryāsT (H) sunset
sōfā sofa, couch sūt cotton
sō jānā to go to bed sūT suit
sōlā sixteen svasTh (H) healthy (person)
sōlā āne sach absolute truth svatantra (H) free ABCDEFGHIJKLta
sōmvār (H) Monday svād (H) flavour, taste
sōnā gold; to sleep svādishT (H) delicious
sōne kā kamrā bedroom svāgat (H) reception (for guests)
spashT (H) clear, obvious svāsThyaprad (H) healthy (food,
spen Spain climate)
spenī Spanish svīkār karnā to accept
spin-Drāyar spin-dryer syfar zero
spōk spoke (in wheel)
sthānīy (H) local t
strī (H) woman
sTārTrr ar starter (of car)
sTeshan station; train station tab then (at that time)
subah morning tajrabā kār experienced
subah kō in the morning tak by; up to, until
subah sāt baje at seven am takiyā pillow
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takiye kā gilāf pillow case
car
taKhtā bunk
tāsh playing cards
taKlīfdeh annoying tār par chalne vālī gāRīRR cable
taKrīban (U) nearly; roughly tāyā uncle (father’s older brother)
talāKshudā divorced tāzā fresh
talāsh karnā to look for tArnā to swim
Hindi/Urdu
talī sole (of shoe, of foot) tArne kā jāghiyā (swimming)
š
tambākū tobacco trunks
tambū tent tArne kā tālāb (swimming)
tandurast (U) healthy pool
English
tang tight (clothes etc); narrow tArne kī pōskāk swimming
(street) costume
taraf side; direction tAtālīs forty-three
is taraf over here teis twenty-three
tarjīh (U) priority tel oil
tarzumā (U) translation terā thirteen
tarzumā karnā (U) to translate tetīs thirty-three
tarzumān (U) translator tez intelligent; sharp; hot;
tashtarī plate; saucer fast; bright
tasme shoelaces tez bukhār high fever
tasvīr painting, picture; tez havā strong wind
portrait thakā tired
tasvīr khānā (U) art gallery thakā huā exhausted
tatAyāAA wasp thānedār sāhab officer (said to
tawliyā towel policeman)
tay karnā to decide tharmas bōtal Thermos®
tayyār ready flask
āp tayyār hA? are you ready? tharmāmīTīī ar thermometer
tādād amount thā was
ABCDEFGHIJKLta
tāgā horse-drawn carriage ye thā it was
tājjub kā incredible, amazing thāilAnD Thailand
tāk shelf thāilAnD kā Thai
tālā lock thālī plate (metal)
tālā khōlnā to unlock thānā police station
tālevālī almārī locker (for the were
luggage etc) āp the you were
tālī clapping ham the we were
tār telegram thī was
tārā star ye thī it was
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thōRā little; short (time,
schedule
journey); a few, some
thōRā baRā a big bit Tāim Tebal timetable, (US) Hindi/Urdu
Tāī tie, necktie
thōRā sā ... a bit of ... TāiTs tights, pantyhose
thōRe din a few days Tāpū island
thōRe vaKt ke liye denā to Tāyar tyre š
lend Tāyar kī Tyūb inner tube
tihattar seventy-three TāyleT pepar toilet paper
tilchaTTā cockroach TAksī aDDā taxi rank English
tirānve ninety-three TAksī Drāivar taxi-driver
tirāsī eighty-three TAlkam pāuDar talcum
tīn three powder
tīs thirty TAmpān tampons
tōd belly TAnis tennis
tōhfā present, gift TAnis kā ballā tennis racket
tōhfe ke chīzō kī dukān gift TAnis kā ged tennis ball
shop TAnis kā mAdān tennis court
trepan fifty-three Tebal TAnis table tennis
tresaTh sixty-three Tek crutches
tukRā splinter Teliphōn būTh phone box
tum you Teliphōn karnā to phone
tum hō you are Telivizan television
tumhārā your; yours Telīphōn (tele)phone
turant (H) immediately Telīphōn kārD phonecard ABCDEFGHIJKLTh
tūfān storm Telīphōn kī kitāb phone book
tūth pest toothpaste Temprechar temperature
tyōhār festival Tep tape
Tep RikārDar tape recorder
T Thaharnā to stay
Thaharne kī jagah guesthouse;
accommodation
Takhnā ankle ThanDā cool; cold; soft drink
Takkar crash, (road) accident Tharre vālā fizzy
Takrā jānā to knock over ThAlā bag
Tarm term (at university, school) ThiyeTar theatre
TaTTi toilet (slang, used in remote Thīk OK, all right; right,
areas, not polite) correct
TaTTū pony āp Thīk hA? are you OK?
Tāg leg Thīk! right!
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Thīk nahī not well
TūT jānā to break
Thīk tarah se properly (repaired,
locked etc) TūTī-phūTT Tī T T damaged
Thīk-Thāk nahī out of order; u
unwell
ThōDī chin
Hindi/Urdu
Thōknā to knock ubālnā to boil
š
TikaT stamp; ticket ublā pānī boiled water
TikaT ghar ticket office; box udāharan (H) example
office udās sad
English
Tin tin, can udhar over there
Tin khōlne kī chābī tin- udhar hA it’s that way
opener, can-opener udhār denā to lend (money)
Tīkā vaccination udhār lenā to borrow (money)
T T
Tīlā hill ullū owl; stupid
T T
Tīm team ullū kā paThhā idiot
T T
Tī sharTrr T-shirt ultā pultā upside down
T T
Tōkrī basket ulTī ānTT ā to vomit
Tōlī party, group umar age
Tōp hat āpkī umar kyā hA? how old
Tōpī cap, hat are you?
TōTīTT tap, faucet ummīd hope
Trālī trolley ummīd hA hopefully
Trām tram ummīd karnā to expect, to
TrArr fik traffic hope
TrArr fik kī rukāvat traffic jam un those
TrArr fik lāiT traffic lights unanchās forty-nine
TrArr k sūT tracksuit unattīs twenty-nine
TrArr val ejAnT travel agent’s unāsī seventy-nine
ABCDEFGHIJKLTh
TrArr vlar chAk traveller’s cheque unglī finger
Tre tray unhattar sixty-nine
TukRā piece unkā their (further away); theirs
Tūr chalāne vālā tour (further away)
operator unkō unhe them (further away)
TūrisT jānkārī kā daftar tourist unnīs nineteen
information office unsaTh fifty-nine
Tūr ka gāiD tour guide untālīs thirty-nine
TūTīTT broken (leg etc) upanyās (H) novel
TūTī huī TT broken up-dūtāvās (H) consulate
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