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Hindi Vocabulary - Food

In today's lesson, we will learn some basic words related to food in Hindi. We will also learn some useful phrases that you can use when talking about food. Please feel free to edit this wiki page if you think it can be improved. 😎

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Main Words

Word in Hindi	Pronunciation	English Translation
खाना	[kʰaːnaː]	Food
चावल	[tʃaːvəl]	Rice
दाल	[d̪aːl]	Lentils
आलू	[aːluː]	Potato
मक्खन	[məkʰkʰən]	Bread
पेठा	[pɛʈʰaː]	Chapati
चटनी	[tʃət̪n̪iː]	Chutney
सब्जी	[səbʤiː]	Vegetables
मसाला	[məsaːlaː]	Spice
मिठाई	[mit̪ʰaːi]	Sweet
पकोड़ा	[pəkoːɽaː]	Fried
रोटी	[roːt̪iː]	Roti
पूरा	[puːraː]	Full
प्याज़	[pjaːz]	Onion

Phrases

• मुझे चावल और दाल चाहिए। (mujhe cāval aur dāl cāhie) – I want rice and lentils.
• मुझे आलू और मक्खन चाहिए। (mujhe ālu aur makkhane cāhie) – I want potatoes and bread.
• मुझे चटनी और सब्जी चाहिए। (mujhe cattani aur sabji cāhie) – I want chutney and vegetables.
• मुझे मसाला और मिठाई चाहिए। (mujhe masālā aur mitthai cāhie) – I want spices and sweets.
• मुझे पकोड़ा और रोटी चाहिए। (mujhe pakorā aur roti cāhie) – I want fried and roti.
• मुझे पूरा और प्याज़ चाहिए। (mujhe purā aur pyāz cāhie) – I want full and onion.
• मुझे खाना चाहिए। (mujhe khānā cāhie) – I want food.
• मुझे चावल और आलू चाहिए। (mujhe cāval aur ālu cāhie) – I want rice and potatoes.
• मुझे मक्खन और चटनी चाहिए। (mujhe makkhane aur cattani cāhie) – I want bread and chutney.
• मुझे सब्जी और मसाला चाहिए। (mujhe sabji aur masālā cāhie) – I want vegetables and spices.
• मुझे मिठाई और पकोड़ा चाहिए। (mujhe mitthai aur pakorā cāhie) – I want sweets and fried.
• मुझे रोटी और पूरा चाहिए। (mujhe roti aur purā cāhie) – I want roti and full.
• मुझे प्याज़ और खाना चाहिए। (mujhe pyāz aur khānā cāhie) – I want onion and food.

Other Lessons

• Days of the week
• Colors
• How to say Good Bye?
• Resources
• Opposites
• Bedroom
• At the Market
• Useful Sentenses
• Herbs and Spices
• Slang

Sources

• Food in Hindi - Rocket Languages
• Glossary of Indian Food Terms ~ Hindi to English - MyIndianStove