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A Door Into Hindi
Lesson
13
Vocabulary
Characters' Names:
सुनील
अंजना
मदन
मोहन मालवीय (founder of BHU)
Place Names:
बनारस
वाराणसी काशी
दशाश्वमेध
घाट
बनारस
हिंदू
विश्वविद्यालय Benares Hindu University ("BHU")
कानपुर
बैठना
|
verb
|
to sit
|
घाट
|
noun m.
|
quay, steps
bordering a river
|
साहब
|
noun m.
|
title for
respect
|
मित्र
|
noun m.
|
friend
|
साड़ी
|
noun f.
|
sari
(garment)
|
पीला
|
adj.
|
yellow
|
गंगा
|
Proper noun
|
the river
Ganges
|
इरादा
|
noun m.
|
intention
|
सूर्योदय
|
noun m.
|
sunrise, morning
|
कठिनाई
|
noun f.
|
difficulty
|
मुश्किल
|
noun f.
|
difficulty
|
रेलगाड़ी
|
noun f.
|
train
|
वापस
आना
|
verb
|
to return, to
come back
|
क्योंकि
|
|
because
|
मानना
|
verb
|
to agree
|
दिखना
|
verb
|
to appear, to seem
|
पण्डित,
पंडित
|
noun m.
|
pundit,
priest, scholar
|
पूजा
|
noun
|
worship
|
पूजा
करना
|
verb
|
to worship
|
नहाना
|
verb
|
to bathe
|
नाव
|
noun
|
boat
|
नाविक
|
noun m.
|
boatman
|
मुख्य
|
adj.
|
main
|
द्वार
|
noun m.
|
door, gate
|
संस्थापक
|
noun m.
|
founder
|
हसीन,
हसीं
|
adj.
|
beautiful
|
दुनिया
|
noun f.
|
world
|
ज़मीन,
ज़मीं
|
noun f.
|
land, earth
|
नगर
|
noun m.
|
city, town
|
आसमान,
आसमाँ
|
noun m.
|
sky
|
पान
|
noun m.
|
betel leaf
|
बोली
|
noun f.
|
speech, way
of speaking
|
गोरी
|
noun f.
|
fair maiden
|
रंगीन,
रंगीं
|
adj.
|
colorful
|
जो
|
relative
pronoun
|
that, which
|
जिस
|
relative
pronoun, singluar oblique form
|
|
जिन
|
relative
pronoun, plural oblique form
|
|
जिसको,
जिसे
|
relative
pronoun, dative form
|
to whom
|
जहाँ
|
relative
pronoun
|
where
|
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