Confusing Words in Hindi
Posted on 24. Jul, 2012 by Nitin Kumar in Hindi Language
Do you find some words such as “accept” and “except” confusing because their pronunciation are strikingly similar? If yes, then similar confusing words also exist in Hindi. The pronunciation may be very similar and can confuse you. Only if you know notice the difference between the two, you can predict the right word as per the context.
I have made a short list of such confusing words in Hindi. The pronunciation (Romanized Hindi) as well as their meaning in English is given.
दिन (Din - Day)
दीन (Dīn - State)
अंदर (Andar - Inside)
अंतर (Antar - Difference)
अपेक्षा (Apeksha – Expectation)
उपेक्षा (Upeksha - Neglect)
आकर (Aakar – Mine)
आकार (Aakaar - Shape)
अंबर (Ambar - Sky, Heaven)
अंबार (Ambaar - Stack)
अवधि (Avadhi - Duration)
अवधी (Avadhī - A Language)
आदि (Aadi – Etc)
आदी (Aadī – Habitual)
आभास (Aabhaas – Inkling)
आवास (Aavaas – Housing, Habitat)
ओर (ōr – Toward)
और (Aur – And)
कल (Kal – Tomorrow/Yesterday)
काल (Kaal – Time, Death)
चिर (Chir – Ancient)
चीर (Chīr – Cloths)
चरम (Charam – Extreme)
चर्म (Charm – Skin)
चिता (Chita – Pyre)
चिंता (Chinta – Anxiety, Concern)
गृह (Garh – Home)
ग्रह (Grah – Planet)
गुड़ (Gudh – Molasses)
गुण (Gudn – Property, Attribute)
ज्वाला (Jvaala – Flame)
जाला (Jaala – Web)
छत्र (Chatr – Umbrella)
छात्र (Chaatr – Student)
दिशा (Disha – Direction)
दशा (Dasha – State)
दवा (Dava – Medicine)
दावा (Daava – Claim)
नियत (Niyat – Appointed, Fixed)
नीयत (Nīyat – Intension)
About Nitin Kumar
Nitin Kumar is a native Hindi speaker from New Delhi, India. Professionally, he has got Masters in Robotics and currently works in the field of technical research in hi-tech industry in Germany. His passion for Indian culture and writing in particular, has motivated him to share technical and cultural blogs on various websites. He has been working with Transparent Language since 2010 and has written over 250 blogs on various facet of his motherland, India and his language, Hindi. He is also the Administrator for Hindi Facebook page which has a community of over 330,000 members.