Fiji Hindi - English Dictionary
Last modified on 30/06/2008 by Surjeet Singh | Email suggestions | English - Fiji Hindi Dictionary
Pronunciation :
| a as the a in ago | aa as the a in father | b as the b in bat | bh as the bh clubhouse |
| ch as the ch in butcher | chh as the ch in chat | d as the d in day | dh as the dh in |
| e as the e in bed | ee as the e in red | f as the f in fin | g as the g in get |
| gh as the gh in doghouse | i as the i in bit | ii as the i in machine | j as the j in jam |
| jh as the dgeh in hedgehog | k as the k in king | kh as the c in called | l as the l in line |
| m as the m in man | n as the n in not | o as the o in god | oo as the o in Europe |
| p as the p in pen | ph as the ph in phone | r as the r in red | rr as the rr in perr (tree) |
| s as the s in sit | sh as the sh in dish | t as the t in top | th as the th in thin |
| tth as the th in thug | u as the u in bull | uu as the oo in school | w as the w in will |
| y as the y in yell | au as the au in caught |
Language of origin:
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Hindi - from the standard Hindi language. Most words are common to all Hindi dialects and most probably came to Fiji Hindi via the Eastern Hindi and Bihari dialects.
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Urdu - words which are used in the Urdu language and have Persian or Arabic origin,
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Awadhi - words from the Awadhi dialect of Hindi spoken in eastern Uttar Pradesh state.
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Bhojpuri -words from the Bhojpuri dialect of Hindi spoken in eastern Uttar Pradesh and western Bihar
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Magahi - words from the Magahi dialect Hindi spoken in south-eastern Bihar, now in Jharkhand state.
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Chhattisgarhi -words from the Chhattisgarhi Hindi spoken in eastern Madhya Pradesh, now Chhattisgarh.
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Maithili - words form the Maithili dialect of Hindi spoken in eastern Bihar.
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English - words from British English
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Fijian - words from the language spoken by the native Fijians.
Grammatical Abbreviations:
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v. - verb
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n. - noun
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adv. - adverb
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adj. - adjective
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conj. - conjunction
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pron. - pronoun
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int. - interjection
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postp. - postposition - these come after the noun in Hindi.
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abbr. - abbreviation
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a | aa | b | bh | ch | chh | d | dh | e | f | g | gh | h | i | j | jh | k | kh | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | t | th | u | w | y |
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