Archive for 'Hindi Language'
Hindi or Urdu? Posted by Nitin Kumar on Oct 7, 2012
You might have heard about Hindi and Urdu and wondered, what the difference between the two languages? Are they same? Hindi is originated from 9th to 11th century. Thereafter, the Islamic invaders have promoted and forced the use of their own tongue to the Indians, be it Turkish, Persian as well as Pashto. Because of that, many…
Varieties of Indian breads Posted by Nitin Kumar on Oct 6, 2012
Varieties of Indian breads In India, there are two cuisines which are famous. These are North Indian cuisine and South Indian cuisine. In South Indian cuisine, Rice (चावल – Chawal) is popular while in the North Indian cuisine, breads (रोटी – Roti) are popular. In North Indian cuisine, there are varieties of breads. Breads enjoyed with…
Booking a Train Ticket in India Posted by Nitin Kumar on Sep 30, 2012
India is a vast country with much diversity. To enjoy your trip of India and experience this diverse country, you don’t want to stay in a metropolitans say Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata etc. There are many modes of travel like Air, Bus and Train to move from one place to another. Out of this, Indian…
Poem in Hindi – Svad Posted by Nitin Kumar on Sep 30, 2012
Poems are the interesting piece of literature in any language. Not only they shed a light on the linguistic but also the emotional aspect of the society. Like some interesting poems in Hindi which I had shared with you in previous post, today I have another lovely poem for you. I have translated the poem…
Sanskrit Prefixes in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Sep 24, 2012
Prefix (उपसर्ग – Upsarg) is a word that comes before the stem of a word, here a Hindi word. They are used to alter the meaning of a word. Study of prefixes is important as it can help us to determine the meaning of a given word. In Hindi, there are various types of suffixes which…
Important Antonyms in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Sep 23, 2012
In Hindi, there are some antonyms which keep on repeating and repeating and must be learnt in order to understand the context of the conversation or literature. Let me share some of the important antonyms in Hindi with you. The antonyms are given in Devanagari script as well as the romanized script in italic. English translations…
Major Dialects of Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Sep 22, 2012
Like other major languages of the world, Hindi also has several dialects. These dialects are spread over the entire Hindi speaking region usually termed as Hindi Belt and constitute around 295 million native speakers of Hindi (Dialects and Standard Hindi). The region where Hindi is spoken are Indian states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The large number of…