Essential Hindi Words
Most common single words or two-word combinations (used for greeting a person etc.) are included here! Following are some of the labels used here to describe Hindi words. A complete list of labels is here.
| uncom | uncommon, not generally used in Hindi |
| frml | formal, regular |
| infrml | informal |
| reg-prnc | regular English pronunciation |
| dif-prnc | quite different pronunciation; different than the regular English one! |
| English | हिन्दी _hindee |
|---|---|
| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| Hello | नमस्ते namaste |
| Hello (phone) | हैलो (hello) hailo [reg-prnc] |
| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| Thanks Thank you | धन्यवाद dhanyavaad |
| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| Good morning Good afternoon Good evening Good night | नमस्ते namaste |
| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| Good night | शुभ रात्रि subh-ratri [uncom] |
| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| Goodbye | नमस्ते namaste [uncom] |
| अलविदा [in Urdu] Al-vidaa |
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| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| Welcome | पधारिए padhaariE (padhaariye) |
| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| Excuse me (apology) Sorry | क्षमा कीजिए kShamaa keejiE (xama kijiye) |
| माफ़ कीजिये maaF keejiE |
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| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| Excuse me (attention) | सुनिए तो suniE to (suniye to) [dif-prnc] |
| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| Come | आइए AAIE (aaeeye) |
| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| Come in | अंदर आइए Andar AAIE |
| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| Come here | यहाँ आइए [frml] yahaaNn AAIE (yahan aaeeye) |
| यहाँ आओ [infrml] yahaaNn AAO |
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| --------------- | ------------------------ |
| Happy Birthday | जन्मदिन की शुभकामनाएँ janmadin kee shubhakaamanaaENn (janm-din ki shubh-kamnayen) |
| --------------- | ------------------------ |