English Hindi Dictionary
Free offline English-Hindi dictionary. Translate words and phrases instantly without internet. Perfect for Hindi learners and travelers to India.
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About English Hindi Dictionary
A reliable English-Hindi and Hindi-English offline dictionary for travelers to India, language learners, and anyone who needs quick translations. Hindi is one of the most spoken languages in the world.
About Hindi
Hindi is spoken by over 600 million people and is the official language of India along with English. Written in the Devanagari script, it is one of the most spoken languages in the world.
Who is this app for? Hindi learners, travelers to India, Indian diaspora, students.
Devanagari is an abugida, not an alphabet
Each consonant in Devanagari carries a built-in short a. क is not "k" but "ka"; म is "ma". Other vowels are written by attaching marks, and the inherent vowel is cancelled with a special sign.
The consonant chart is arranged as a map of the mouth — five rows running from the throat to the lips, each with plain, aspirated, voiced, voiced-aspirated and nasal columns. Sanskrit grammarians worked this out more than two thousand years ago, and it means learning twenty-five letters is really learning five rows.
One detail causes more early errors than anything else: the short-i mark is written to the left of its consonant but pronounced after it, so कि reads ki, never ik.
Two contrasts English does not make
Hindi distinguishes aspirated from unaspirated consonants, and retroflex from dental. English has the aspiration difference physically — the p of "pin" against the p of "spin" — but never uses it to separate words. Hindi does.
Retroflex consonants are made with the tongue curled back toward the roof of the mouth; dental ones with the tongue against the teeth. English t and d sit between the two and match neither. दाल (dāl, lentils) and डाल (ḍāl, branch) differ only in this, and using an English d for both is the single most common thing that makes a learner hard to follow.
What is in it
Bidirectional entries in Devanagari with transliteration alongside. Hindi is spoken by several hundred million people as a first or second language and is one of the official languages of India; it is also closely related to Urdu, with which it shares much grammar and everyday vocabulary while using a different script.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Devanagari an alphabet?
Not quite — it is an abugida. Each consonant carries an inherent short a, so क is ka rather than k. Other vowels are added as marks and the inherent vowel is cancelled with a separate sign.
Why is the i-vowel mark written before the consonant?
It is a quirk of the script rather than the language. The short-i mark is drawn to the left of its consonant but pronounced after it, so कि is read ki, not ik. Knowing this in advance removes most early reading errors.
What is the difference between retroflex and dental consonants?
Retroflex sounds are made with the tongue curled back toward the roof of the mouth, dental ones with the tongue against the teeth. English t and d fall between the two. दाल (lentils) and डाल (branch) are distinguished only by this contrast.
Is Hindi the same as Urdu?
They share a great deal of grammar and everyday vocabulary and are largely mutually intelligible in speech, but they use different scripts and diverge in formal and literary vocabulary, which draws on Sanskrit for Hindi and Persian and Arabic for Urdu.
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