{"id":7,"date":"2009-03-05T23:37:08","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T04:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=2"},"modified":"2009-03-05T23:37:08","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T04:37:08","slug":"devanagari-%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%97%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/devanagari-%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%97%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%80\/","title":{"rendered":"Devanagari (\u0926\u0947\u0935\u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u0940)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Namaste (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947<\/strong>)! This is my first post of the year and the fact is, I am so excited to\u00a0share my knowledge of the Hindi language and culture\u00a0with all of you.\u00a0I thought it would be fitting to introduce a common Hindi greeting that you might have heard before.\u00a0 Namaste (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947<\/strong>) literally means I bow to you.\u00a0 You’re probably thinking that the phrase “I bow to you” is a little over the top for a greeting, but it just goes to show how respectful\u00a0Indians are when they greet each other.\u00a0\u00a0This is a useful and common greeting. You would use Namaste (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947<\/strong>) when you want to say\u00a0hello in Hindi. Chances are, you’ll probably use it very often if you’re in India.\u00a0I’ll do a more thorough post on Hindi greetings some other time.<\/p>\n

For today I’d like to start with Devanagari (\u0926\u0947\u0935\u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u0940<\/strong><\/span>), which is the Hindi writing system.\u00a0 I’m going to show you the actual Hindi script and show you how it’s pronounced. Just to warn you though, it’s pretty hard to match a perfect English equivalent sound to some of the Hindi letters. For some of the sounds, the English equivalents are approximations of what it would sound in Hindi.<\/p>\n

Everyone ready? Let’s start with the vowels:<\/p>\n

\u0905 <\/strong>a as in\u00a0A<\/strong>bout\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This letter can be seen in the Hindi word for pineapple which is ananas (\u0905\u0928\u0928\u094d\u0928\u093e\u0938<\/strong><\/span><\/span>)<\/p>\n

\u0906 <\/strong>aa as in fA<\/strong>ther\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Aam (\u0906\u092e<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) is the Hindi word for mango<\/p>\n

\u0907 <\/strong>it’s kind of pronounced as the\u00a0i in sI<\/strong>n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0You san see this letter in the Hindi word for tamarind\u00a0(\u0907\u092e\u0932\u0940<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) which is a spice used in Indian food.<\/p>\n

\u0908 <\/strong>it sounds like the i in machI<\/strong>ne\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (\u0908\u0916<\/strong><\/span>) is the word for sugarcane<\/p>\n

\u0909 <\/strong>sounds like oo as in bOO<\/strong>k\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (\u0909\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0942<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) means owl<\/p>\n

\u090a <\/strong>sounds like the oo in mOO<\/strong>d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (\u090a\u0928<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) is wool<\/p>\n

\u090b\u00a0<\/strong>sounds like ri in RI<\/strong>o de janeiro\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (\u090b\u0924\u0941<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) means season<\/p>\n

\u090f <\/strong>similar to the a in shA<\/strong>me\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (\u090f\u095c<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) is the word for heel as in the heel of your foot<\/p>\n

\u0910 <\/strong>similar to the e in the name E<\/strong>d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (\u0910\u0928\u0915<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) which is the word for glasses<\/p>\n

\u0913 <\/strong>similar to the British pronunciation for the ou in Ou<\/strong>ght\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (\u0913\u0920<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) means lip<\/p>\n

\u0914 <\/strong>similar to the au in gau<\/strong>dy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (\u0914\u0930\u0924<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) is the word for woman<\/p>\n

Ok, so let’s stop here for today. Next time we’ll look at devangari (\u0926\u0947\u0935\u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u0940<\/strong><\/span>) in further depth!<\/p>\n

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Namaste (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947)! This is my first post of the year and the fact is, I am so excited to\u00a0share my knowledge of the Hindi language and culture\u00a0with all of you.\u00a0I thought it would be fitting to introduce a common Hindi greeting that you might have heard before.\u00a0 Namaste (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947) literally means I bow to you.\u00a0…<\/p>\n

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