A Door Into Hindi: Lesson 6

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A Door Into Hindi
Lesson 6
Vocabulary

Proper Nouns:

 

मरगिला

Margila (hills)

मरी

Murree (city)

कश्मीर (काश्मीर)

Kashmir

पाकिस्तान

Pakistan

तक्षशिला

Taksha-shila (an ancient city, Taxila)

टैक्सिला

Taxila (modern pronunciation of Taksha-shila)

महात्मा बुद्ध

Mahatma Buddha

गौतम बुद्ध

Gautam Buddha

सिकंदर

Sikandar (Alexander the Great)

अशोक

Ashoka (an ancient emperor)

इस्लामाबाद

Islamabad (the name of the capital of Pakistan)

धर्माराजिका

Dharmarajika (one of the sites at Taxila)

 

Vocabulary Words:

 

 

पहाड़ी

noun f.

hill

रास्ता

noun m.

road, way

पसंद

(takes dative)

pleasing

को

p.p.

to

पहाड़

noun m.

mountain

ड्राइव करना

verb

to drive

कार चलाना

verb

to drive a car

X के बीच (में)

p.p.

between X

ख़ुशी

noun f. (takes dative)

happiness

ख़ुश

adj.

happy

पहले

adverb

before, ago

कुछ दिन पहले

adverbial phrase

some days before, a few days ago

लगभग

about, approximately

हज़ार

noun m.

thousand

सौ

noun m.

hundred

साल

noun m.

year

महात्मा

noun m.

"Mahatma" = great soul

ज़माना

noun m.

time, era

सम्राट

noun m.

emperor

राज्य

noun m.

kingdom

मील

noun m.

mile

तीस

number

thirty

चाहिये

(takes dative)

need

म्यूज़ियम

noun m.

museum

लोग

noun m. (always plural)

people

स्तूप

noun m.

stupa (Buddhist monument)

जानकारी

noun f. (takes dative)

knowledge, information

जगह

noun f.

place

कुछ

adverb

some

बताना

verb

to tell

X के सामने

p.p.

in front of

था

past tense of होना

was (masc. singular)

थे

past tense of होना

were (masc. plural)

थी

past tense of होना

was (fem. singular)

थीं

past tense of होना

were (fem. plural)

पता

noun m. (takes dative)

knowledge, address

X के ऊपर

p.p.

on top of X, on X

जानना

verb

to know

मिलना

verb

to meet

कहना

verb

to say

X से कहना

p.p.

to say to X

बोलना

verb

to speak

कुछ नहीं

nothing

मालूम

(takes dative)

knowledge

विश्‍वविद्यालय

noun m.

university

घास

noun f.

grass

X के बारे में

p.p.

about X

मशहूर

adjective

famous

यूनिवर्सिटी

noun f.

university

विद्यार्थी

noun m.

student

मंज़िल

noun f.

storey, floor, destination

सिर्फ़

adverb

only

शौचालय

noun m.

bathroom, lavatory

सब

adj.

all

बात

noun f.

matter, thing

ज़रूरी

adj.

important

हर

adj.

every

कपड़ा

noun m.

cloth

बच्चा

noun. m.

boy child

बच्ची

noun f.

girl child

बुख़ार

noun m. (takes dative)

fever

मुहब्बत (मोहब्बत)

noun f. (takes dative or can be used with करना)

love

रोटी

noun f.

bread

सी डी

noun f.

CD

तो

conjunction

then

कौनसा

question adj.

which (one)

हरा

adj.

green

मिर्च

noun f.

pepper

प्रेम

noun m. (takes dative or can be used with करना)

love

प्यार

noun m. (takes dative or can be used with करना)

love

पानी

noun m.

water

अफ़सोस

noun m. (takes dative or can be used with करना)

sorrow