Hindi Vocabulary for Body Parts
Posted on 29. May, 2012 by Nitin Kumar in Hindi Language
Today, I will cover Hindi vocabulary related to body parts. The vocabulary of body parts are given in English with the translation in Hindi and romanized Hindi spellings in brackets. You will find the extra information in one line note below each word if the word would change in its plural form or not.
Hindi Vocabulary for Body Parts:
Vocabulary from Figure:
Head = सर (sar)
Hair = बाल (baal)
(remain same in plural, Hairs = बाल (baal))
Shoulder = कंधा (kandha)
(In plural, Shoulders = कंधे (kandhein))
Neck = गरदन (gardan), गला (galaa)
Eye = आँख (ankh)
(In plural, Eyes = आंखें (aankhein))
Wrist = कलाई (kalaaī)
Ear = कान (kaan)
(remain same in plural, Ears = कान (kaan))
Nose = नाक (naak)
Mouth = मुँह (munh)
Breast/Chest = छाती (chhaatī)
Abdomen = पेट (pet)
Arm = बाजू (baazoo), बांह (baanh)
(In plural, Arms = बाजू (baazoo) but बांह becomes बाँहें (baanhein) )
Hand = हाथ (haath)
(remain same in plural, Hands = हाथ (haath))
Elbow = कोहनी (kohnī)
Toes = पैर की उंगलियों (paer ki ungaliyein – lit. fingers of feet)
Finger = ऊंगली (unglī)
(remain same in plural, Fingers = ऊंगली (unglī))
Leg = टांग (tang)
(In plural, Leg = टांगें (tangein))
Foot = पैर (paer)
(remain same in plural, feet = पैर (paer))
Extra Vocabulary:
Face = चेहरा (chehra)
Tooth = दाँत (daant)
(remain same in plural, Teeth = दाँत (daant))
Cheek = गाल (gaal)
Chin = ठोड़ी (taudhī)
Tongue = जीभ (jībh)
Palm = हथेली (hathelī)
Fingernail = नाखून (nakhun)
Skin = चमडी (chamarī), त्वचा (tvachaa)
Body = शरीर (sharīr)
Nipple = चूची (chuchī)
(remain same in plural, Nipples = चूची (chuchī))
Back = पीठ (peth), कमर (kamar)
Thumb = अँगूठा (angutha)
Penis = लिंग (ling)
Vulva = योनि (yoni)
Heel = एड़ी (eddī)
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.