In Hindi, there are some words that goes in pair. These word pair can be formed using same word, two different words, antonyms, meaningful & meaningless and two meaningless words. We, native Hindi speakers, use these words pair in our daily conversations all the time, so let me tell you some of the most important word pair in this post.

These words pair could mean quite different than their literal meanings and that is what make them interesting. Moreover these pairs can be a noun, adverb or verb or both of any, therefore the grouping for each pair is given in bracket. Some example sentences below the table will clarify the usage.

Example Sentences:
Sometime a pair an be used as verb by adding “करना” (karna – to do) at the end of words pair. This apply to all marked as (as noun and verb). Please see an example below:

ख़ुसर-पुसर (Khusar-Pusar) (Whisper) (Noun)
क्या ख़ुसर-पुसर हो रही है? – kya khusar pusar ho rahi hai? – what whisper is going on?
ख़ुसर-पुसर करना (Khusar-Pusar karna) (to whisper) (verb)
ख़ुसर-पुसर करना सही बात नही है – khusur pusar karna sahi baat nahi hai. – to whisper is not a good thing to do.