HINDI DEFINITIONS

Rupert Snell
HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

rupertsnell@mail.utexas.edu

Here are some dictionary definitions — given without the headwords they define. To score one point,
identify the headword in English; for a second point, give the Hindi word.
The definitions are based on Kalika Prasad (ed.), bfht` ih~dI kox 3rd edn, Varanasi (N.d.)
åpna nam yhaÅ iliK´ ___________________

DEFINITION ENGLISH HINDI

E.g. bÂ\a mkan; raja-rÈso# ka mkan ≥ palace mhl

1 ´k sUÅÂ\dar cOpaya jo bhut bÂ\a hota hE åOr paltU bnakr
svarI kw kam me# laya jata hE ≥
2 ¿kßbe se bÂ\I åOr smfÁ bßtI ijsme# ånek jaityo# åOr pexo# kw
log bßte ho# ≥
3 lkÂ\I, sMgmmRr åaid kI bnI huÈ ËÅcI cOkI jo Kana Kane,
ilKne åaid me# åaDar kw >p me# kam me# layI jatI hE ≥
4 ndI, sota, KaÈ åaid par krne ka vh saDn jo nav paqkr
åTva KMBo# pr pqiryaÅ åaid ibCakr ya p˚kI joÂ\aÈ krkw
bnaya jata hE ≥
5 Bav-ékax krne ka saDn; iksI ivxez dex ya jn-smaj me#
écilt x∫davlI åOr ¨se brtne ka |Mg ≥
6 jnta kw jan-mal åOr xaMit kI rœa ka ébMD krnevala srkarI
mhkma; ^s mhkme kw kmRcarI ≥
7 baÅs ya lkÂ\I kw \M\e kw isre pr phnaya huåa itkona ya cOkona
kpÂ\a jo ra à åaid kw étIk kw >p me# laya jata hE ≥
8 vh vßtu ijsse hva kI jatI hE ≥
9 ^s trh ißTt hona ik cUtÂ\ jmIn ya iksI åasn pr iqka rhe
åOr kmr se Ëpr ka DÂ\ ¨skw bl sIDa rhe ≥
10 ´k lta ijskw p–e suparI, k†Ta åaid kw saT muK-xuiÁ kw il´
Kaye jate hE# ≥
11 go-jatIy mada pxu jo dUD denevale pxuåo# me# svRéDan åOr ih~dU
DmR me# pU∆y manI jatI hE ≥
12 lohe kI pqiryo# pr clnevalI gaÂ\I ≥
13 ra∆y kw iksI ivBag ka vh éDan åiDkarI ijskI slah se ¨s
ivBag ka kayR sMcaln ho ≥
14 BUgBRßT jl ya tel inkalne kw il´ Koda gya bhut ghra åOr
saDarNt: gola (kôa ya p˚ka) gÂ|a ≥
15 gaÂ\I, kl åaid ka vh golakar åvyv ijskw DurI pr GUmne se
vh kl ya gaÂ\I cltI hE ≥
16 BartvzR kI ´k éDan åOr piv§tm ndI ijska BgIrT kw tp se
ßvgR se pfÊvI pr åana mana gya hE ≥
17 ´k éisÁ ilip ijsme# sMßkZt, ih~dI, mraQI åaid Baza´Å ilKI
jatI hE# ≥
18 sulgtI ya jltI huÈ lkÂ\I åaid se inklnevala Bap-jEsa hlka
kala pdaTR ≥
19 DmRxaߧ kw ånusar vh ßTan jhaÅ paipyo# kI åa†maåo# ko åpne
k&kZ†yo# ka Pl Bogne kw il´ jana pÂ\ta hE ≥
20 ki¬pt åOr kaPI lMbI khanI ijsme# éay: bhut-se pa§ ho# tTa
jIvn kI ivivD bato# ka ic§N ho ≥
21 ¨–r kw samne kI idxa ≥
22 vh √yià jo xak hI Kata ho, maMs n Kata ho ≥
23 kaißqk so\a, sòI, tel åaid kw yog se éßtut ´k ésaDn ijse
rgÂ\ne se Pen inklta åOr jo xrIr, kpÂ\e åaid saP krne kw
kam åata hE ≥
24 sO h¿jar kI sMya ≥
25 nav åaid se ¨trne ka ßTan; ndI, JIl åaid me# vh ßTan jhaÅ
log nhaye#-Doye#, janvr panI ipye#, DobI kpÂ\a Doye# ≥