Hindi Words with Various Meanings – II Posted by Nitin Kumar on Feb 25, 2015 in Hindi Language
In continuation of the topic, this is the second post with more Hindi words which have various meanings depending on the context. You can read the first post here.
Let’s check out the words in this post, the romanized spellings will help you with the pronunciation scheme for the words.
| Hindi | Romanized Hindi | Equivalent English Words | |
| 1 | घन | Ghan | बादल (Baadal – Cloud), घना (Ghana – Dense), हथौड़ा (Hathoda – Hammer) |
| 2 | घर | Ghar | मकान (Makaan – House), कुल (Kul – Ancestry), कार्यालय (Kaaralay – Office) |
| 3 | चीर | Chir | वस्त्र (Vastr – Cloth), रेखा (Rekha – Line), चीरना (verb. Chirna – to tear) |
| 4 | जीवन | Jeevan | जल (Jal – Water), प्राण (Praan – Life), वायु (Vaayu – Air) |
| 5 | तीर | Tir | किनारा (Kinaara – Shore), बाण (Baan – Arrow) |
| 6 | तनु | Tanu | पतला (Patla – Thin), सुन्दर (Sundar – Beautiful), कोमल (Komal – Soft) |
| 7 | नभ | Nabh | आकाश (Aakash – Sky), शून्य (Shunya – Zero), शिव (Lord Shiv) |
| 8 | पशु | Pashu | जीव (Jeev – Life), प्राणी (Praani – Creature), मूर्ख (Murkh – Fool) |
| 9 | पतंग | Pataṅg | सूर्य (Surya – Sun), कीड़ा (Keeda – Insect), आकाश में उड़ने वाली पतंग (Aakash mein udne wali patang – Kite) |
| 10 | पद | Pad | पैर (Paer – Feet), स्थान (Sthan – Place), उपाथि (Upaathi – Position) |
| 11 | पत्र | Patra | चिट्ठी (Chitti – Letter), पत्ता (Patta – Leaf), शंख (Shankh – Conch Shell) |
| 12 | पय | Paya | दूध (Dudh – Milk), पानी (Paani – Water) |
| 13 | प्राण | Prāṇ | वायु (Vaayu – Air), जीवन (Jeevan – Life), स्वास (Svaas – Breath), शक्ति (Shakti – Energy) |
| 14 | भानू | Bhānū | सूर्य (Surya – Sun), किरण (Kiran – Ray), राजा (Raja – King) |
| 15 | मत | Mat | राय (Raay – Opinion), वोट (Vote), सम्प्रदाय (Sampraday – Religion) |
| 16 | रस | Ras | तत्व (Tatva – Matter), आनंद (Anand – Joy), प्रेम (Prem – Love) |
| 17 | हरि | Hari | विष्णु (Lord Vishnu), सिंह (Singh – Lion), पर्वत (Parvat – Mountain) |
| 18 | मुद्रा | Mudrā | मोहर (Mohar – Stamps) , सिक्का (Sikka – Coin), मुख-मुद्रा (Mukh-Mudra – Facial Expression) |
| 19 | रक्त | Rakt | लहू (Lahu – Blood), केसर (Kesar – Saffron), कमल (Kamal – Lotus) |
| 20 | सारंग | Sāraṅg | मोर (Mor – Peacock), सर्प (Surp – Snake), हिरण (Hiran – Deer), स्त्री (Stri – Woman) |
| 21 | स्नेह | Snēh | प्रेम (Prem – Love), तेल (Tel – Oil), कोमलता (Komalata – Tenderness) |
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About the Author: Nitin Kumar
Nitin Kumar is a native Hindi speaker from New Delhi, India. His education qualification include Masters in Robotics and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. Currently, he is working in the Research and Development in Robotics in Germany. He is avid language learner with varied level of proficiency in English, German, Spanish, and Japanese. He wish to learn French one day. His passion for languages motivated him to share his mother tongue, Hindi, and culture and traditions associated with its speakers. He has been working with Transparent Language since 2010 and has written over 430 blogs on various topics on Hindi language and India, its culture and traditions. He is also the Administrator for Hindi Facebook page which has a community of over 330,000 members.