Hindi Alphabet Posted by Nitin Kumar on Dec 21, 2011 in Hindi Language
For all our new learners or who wish to start learning Hindi, I have first step for you. Yes, I am talking about the alphabet in Hindi. In Hindi, alphabet is called वर्णमाला (Varna Mala), which came from वर्ण(varna) meaning letter and माला (mala) meaning chain.
So, are you ready to dive into a wonderful language called Hindi? 🙂 I hope so.
| Hindi Alphabet | English | Pronunciation Hint |
| अ | a | as ‘a’ in apple |
| आ | aa | as ‘a’ in father |
| इ | e | as ‘e’ in history |
| ई | ee | as ‘ee’ in sleep |
| ए | ei | as ‘ei’ in mean |
| ऎ | ei | as ‘e’ in mean |
| ऐ | ai | as ‘a’ in mate |
| ओ | o | as ‘o’ in so |
| ऑ | oi | as ‘oi’ in moisture |
| ऒ | oii | as ‘oii’ in oyster |
| ऊ | uu | as ‘oo’ in noon |
| औ | ou | as ‘ou’ in mouse |
| उ | u | as ‘u’ in Ubuntu |
| ब | b | as ‘b’ in bell |
| भ | bha | as aspirated ‘bh’ |
| च | cha | as ‘ch’ in cheese |
| छ | chha | as aspirated ‘ch’ |
| ड | da | as aspirated ‘d’ |
| ढ | dha | as aspirated ‘dh’ |
| फ | fa | as ‘f’ in fountain |
| फ़ | fi | as ‘fi’ in finish |
| ग | ga | as ‘g’ in game |
| घ | gha | as ‘gha’ in Ghana |
| ग़ | ghi | as ‘ghi’ in Ghini |
| ह | ha | as ‘ha’ in hand |
| ज | ja | as ‘ja’ in Java |
| झ | jha | as ‘jha’ in Jhane |
| क | ka | as ‘ka’ in Kashmir |
| ख | kha | as ‘kha’ in Khaki |
| ख़ | khi | as ‘kh’ + ‘ee’ (combined) |
| ल | la | as ‘l’ in laugh |
| ळ | li | as ‘li’ in limb |
| ऌ | li | as ‘lee’ in Lee |
| ऴ | li | as ‘li’ in Lima |
| ॡ | lii | as ‘lay’ in Barclay |
| म | ma | as ‘ma’ in man |
| न | na | as ‘na’ in Nascar |
| ङ | n’a | as ‘da’+short ‘na’ (combined) |
| ञ | nia | as ‘nia’ in Niagara |
| ण | nae | as in Nigeria |
| ऩ | ni | as ‘ni’ in Nick |
| ॐ | oms | as ‘oms’ in Tom’s |
| प | pa | as ‘pa’ in Pan – Atlantic |
| क़ | qi | as ‘ki’ in King |
| र | ra | as ‘r’ in Rachael |
| ऋ | ri | as ‘ri’ in ring |
| ॠ | ri | as ‘ri’ in risk |
| ऱ | ri | as ‘ri’ in Britney |
| स | sa | as ‘sa’ in Samsung |
| श | sha | as ‘sha’ in Shakira |
| ष | tsha | as ‘tsa’ in tsar |
| ट | ta | as ‘t’ in Tokyo |
| त | t’a | as ‘t’ in Pasta |
| ठ | tha | as aspirated ‘t’ |
| द | da | as ‘d’ in Dalila |
| थ | t’ha | as ‘in Thailand |
| ध | tha | as ‘the’ in thermal |
| ड़ | dha | as ‘d’ in down |
| ढ़ | dhha | as aspirated ‘dh’ |
| व | va | as ‘va’ in vanessa |
| य | ya | as ‘ya’ in Yahoo |
| य़ | yi | as ‘ye’ in yeast |
| ज़ | za | as ‘za’ in Zara |
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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.
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Bella:
Your answer lifts the inteliglecne of the debate.