Page 111 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Hindi & Urdu

agrim (H) advance (money)
In this section, alphabetical order is
ajanabī stranger
as follows:
ajāyab ghar museum Hindi/Urdu
a, ā, A, b, ch, d, D, e, f, g, h, i, ajīb funny, odd, weird
ī, j,k, K, l, m, n, ō, p,r, R,RR s, t, akasmāt unexpectedly, by
T, u, ū, v, y, z chance š
akāran for no reason
a akelā alone; single,
unmarried; on my own English
akelāpan loneliness
ab now aksar often
abbā dad aksar nahī not often
abhāgā unlucky akTūbar October
abhinetā actor aKhbār newspaper
abhinetrī actress aKhbār kā sTāl newspaper
abhī! just a second! kiosk
abhī bhīyahā still aKhbār vālā newsagent’s
abhī tak yet alag separate; different
acchhā good, nice, fine
acchhā hō ki mA ... I’d alag se separately
rather ... allah (U) God
acchhā lagnā to like allāh kā shukr hA! (U) bless
acchhā tō! really? you!
achānak suddenly almārī cupboard
achhe se achhe best amīr rich (person)
achraj bharā astonishing amrīkā America
adālat court amrīkī American
adhpakā underdone, not andar inside
cooked andar āiye come in
alag kisam ke different types ABCDEFGHIJKLan
afrīkī African andar āne kā rāstā entrance
afsōs: mujhe bahut afsōs hA andar band hōnā to lock in
I’m really sorry andar jānā to go in, to enter
afsōs ki bāt hA it’s regrettable andar ki bāt secret
agar if andāz estimate; style
agast August andāzan approximately
aglā next; front andāzā approximation
agle hafte next week andhā blind
aglī bār next time andhera darkness
aglā hissā front (part) angrezī English
Key: (H) = Hindi only (U) = Urdu only
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