May 11, 2011

Names of Some Common Things

By Shubhada Jambhekar

[M] = masculine gender  ;   [F] = feminine gender

s = singular  ;  p = plural

  1. door [M]   ~   s: darwāzā   p: darwāze
  2. curtain [M]   ~    s: pardā   p: parde
  3. window [F]   ~   s: khiDkī   p: khiDkiyāň
  4. newspaper [M]   ~   s, p: akhbār
  5. tree [M]   ~  s, p: peD
  6. scissors [F]   ~  s: kaiňchī   p: kaiňchiyāň
  7. house [M]   ~   s, p: makān
  8. home [M]   ~  s, p: ghar
  9. chair [F]   ~   s: kursī   p: kursiyāň
  10. glasses(spectacles) [M]   ~  s: chashmā   p: chashme
  11. book [F]   ~   s: kitāb   p: kitābeň
  12. flower [M]   ~   s, p: fūl
  13. vegetable [F]   ~   s: sabzī   p: sabziyāň
  14. fruit [M]   ~   s, p: fal
  15. bed [M]   ~   s, p: bistar
  16. pillow [M]   ~   s: takiyā   p: takiye
  17. bedsheet [F]   ~   s: chādar   p: chādareň
  18. blanket [M]   ~   s, p: kambal
  19. wall [F]   ~   s: dīwār   p: dīwāreň
  20. vehicle [F]   ~   s: gāDī   p: gāDiyāň
  21. matchstick [F]   ~   s, p: māchis
  22. cupboard [F]   ~   s: almārī   p: almāriyāň
  23. watch/clock [F]   ~   s: ghaDī   p: ghaDiyāň
  24. cloud [M]   ~   s, p: bādal
  25. rain [F]   ~   barsāt
  26. lock [M]   ~   s: tālā   p: tāle
  27. key [F]   ~   s: chābī   p: chābiyāň

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3 responses to “Names of Some Common Things”

  • suresh
    May 16th, 2011 at 6:49 pm

    Hope it helps some Hindi new learners who see some alternate words

    key : कुंजी
    rain: बारिश, बरखा, वर्षा, बरसात
    cloud: मेघ or बादल
    match stick: माचिस की तीली
    vehicle: वाहन

    vegetable: तरकारी
    house: गृह

    flower: पुष्प or कुसुम or सुमन
    Newspaper : समाचारपत्र
    table :मेज
    dwaar ; द्वार
    Tree : वृक्ष or तरु

    book : पुस्तक

    Regards,

    Suresh
    An online tutor and translator
    sskay56@gmail.com

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    • Shubhada
      May 17th, 2011 at 8:14 am

      Thanks for the help Suresh! Though my emphasis is on the colloquial form of language; so I am not giving much priority to the purer words in the language as of now. But thanks again!

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  • Sangitha
    June 21st, 2012 at 7:16 pm

    I love this. Our adventures (read ‘struggles’) with Hindi are well documented on my blog. A reader directed me here and I am thrilled. A couple of requests: could you please explain karak in a post and is there a rule of thumb to follow to figure out whether something is masculine or feminine? Thanks for this. You’re helping me! Shall be following this blog pretty closely.

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