Word Pairs – II Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jan 29, 2012 in Hindi Language
As discussed a year ago, there are words in Hindi that go in pair. These word pairs can be from a same word, two different words, opposite words, meaningful & meaningless and two meaningless words. We love to use these pair words in daily conversation and do it now and then.
So, lets revise the topic by learning some new word pairs.
1 ) Pair from the same word
| Word Pair | Romanized | English Meaning |
| चलते – चलते | chalte – chalte | while walking or running |
| धीरे – धीरे | dheere – dheere | slowly |
| आगे – आगे | aage – aage | ahead |
| अपना – अपना | apna – apna | ours |
| क्या – क्या | kya – kya | what not |
2) Pair from two different words
| Word Pair | Romanized | English Meaning |
| साधू – संत | sadhu – sant | sages (plural) |
| भाग – दौड़ | bhag – daud | very busy |
| हरा – भरा | hara – bhara | green, fresh |
| खाता – पीता | khata – pita | prosperous, well earning |
| रहन – सहन | rehan – sehan | living |
3) Pair from two opposite words
| Word Pair | Romanized | English Meaning |
| हानि – लाभ | haani – laabh | profit loss |
| नया – पुराना | naya – purana | anything |
| सवाल – जवाब | saval – javab | question and answers |
| छोटा – बड़ा | chota – bada | from all social status |
| कहना – सुनना | kehna – sunnaa | to talk, converse |
4) Pair from the meaningful and meaningless words
| Word Pair | Romanized | English Meaning |
| चटक – मटक | chatak – matak | show off |
| हिसाब – किताब | hisaab – kitaab | to account, calculate |
| छिन्न – भिन्न | cheen – bhin | varied kinds |
| जात – पात | jaat – paat | social status |
| लूट – पाट | loot – paat | to raid things, money, to loot |
5) Pair from two meaningless words
| Word Pair | Romanized | English Meaning |
| ताबड़ – तोड़ | tabad – tod | in hurry |
| उबड़ – खाबड़ | ubad – khaabad | uneven |
| खाना – वाना | khaana – vaana | food |
| रोना – धोना | rona – vona | to cry, weep |
| चुप – चाप | chup – chap | silently |
Example Sentence :
चुप – चाप (Chup – Chap) (Silently)
वह चुप – चाप चला गया – Veh chup – chap chala gaya – He has gone silently.
खाता – पीता (Khate – Pite) (Prosperous / Well earning)
वह खाते- पीते घर का है – Veh khate – pite ghar ka hai – He is from a prosperous/well earning family.
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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.
Comments:
IndiaTyping:
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Kessen:
The hyphen is necessary, else it becomes a समास. Like लेनदेन can be written in one word because it becomes Dvandva Samas. (लेन और देन)