Hindi Alphabets and Pronunciation in English [PDF] 2019: We have added all the letters of Hindi Varnamala. These alphabets are divided into two categories swarabarna and banjanbarna.
In addition, some of them are not used in Hindi. Each alphabet has corresponding Hindi and English words with pictures. In the following table, we have represented Hindi alphabets in English with Pronunciation.
Hindi Alphabets and Pronunciation
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Hindi vowels (स्वर वर्ण)
स्वर वर्ण (Vowels) |
Pronounce in English |
Use in Word |
अ |
a |
अनार (anaar) |
आ |
Aa |
आम (Aam) Mango |
इ |
i |
इमली (imalee) Tamarind |
ई |
ee |
ईश्वर (eeshvar) God |
उ |
Ou |
उल्लू (ulloo) Owl |
ऊ |
Oo |
ऊर्जा (oorja) Energy |
ऋ |
Re |
ऋषि (rshi) Saint |
ए |
E |
एक (Ek) One |
ऐ |
Ai |
ऐनक (ainak) specs |
ओ |
O |
ओवर (ovar) Over |
औ |
Au |
औषधि (aushadhi) Medicine |
अं |
An |
अंगूर (angoor) Grapes |
अः |
Ah |
अःहा (ahha) Aahaha |
Hindi Consonant (व्यंजन वर्ण)
Letters |
Pronunciation |
Use in Word |
क |
Ka |
कमल (kamal) |
ख |
Kha |
खरगोश (kharagosh) |
ग |
ga |
गज (gaj) Elephant |
घ |
gha |
घर (ghar) House |
ङ |
nga |
no longer used in Hindi e.g. अङ़ग / अंग |
च |
cha |
चम्मच (chammach) Spoon |
छ |
chh |
छाता (chhaata) Umbrella |
ज |
ja |
जल (jal) Water |
झ |
jhh |
झरना (jhharana) Waterfall |
ञ |
na |
no longer used in Hindi |
ट |
ta |
टमाटर (tamaatar) Tomato |
ठ |
tha |
ठहरना (thaharana) Stay |
ड |
da |
डमरू (damaroo) Damru |
ढ |
dha |
ढक्कन (dhakkan) Lid |
ण |
na |
परमाणु (parama:Nu) |
त |
ta |
तरबूज (tarabooj) Watermelon |
थ |
tha |
थाली (thaalee) Plate |
द |
da |
दरवाजा (daravaaja) Door |
ध |
dha |
धन (dhan) Wealth |
न |
na |
नाक (naak) Nose |
प |
pa |
पादरी (paadaree) churchman |
फ |
pha |
फल (phal) Fruits |
ब |
ba |
बत्तख (battakh) Duck |
भ |
bha |
भालू (bhaaloo) Bear |
म |
ma |
मछली (machhalee) Fish |
य |
ya |
यान (yaan) vehicle |
र |
ra |
राजा (raaja) King |
ल |
la |
लड्डू (laddoo) Laddu |
व |
va |
वक (vak) Wak |
श |
sh |
शरवत (Sharvat) Drinks |
ष |
shh |
षट्कोण (shatkon) Hexagon |
स |
sa |
सारस (saaras) Stork |
ह |
ha |
हाथ (haat) Hand |
क्ष |
ksh |
क्षेत्र (kshetr) territory |
त्र |
tra |
त्रिशूल (trishool) Trident |
ज्ञ |
jna/gya |
ज्ञान (gyaan) Knowledge |
others consonants
श्र |
shra |
श्री (shri:) English (Mr) |
ड़ |
Ra |
The ड़ is similar to ‘र’ as |
ढ़ |
Rha |
‘ढ़’ is similar to ‘rh’ |
क़ |
ka |
now it is replaced by ‘क’ only |
ख़ |
kha |
ख़त (khat); ख़बर (khabar); अख़बार (akhaba:r) |
ग़ |
ga |
ग़म (gam); ग़बन (gaban); ग़ैर (gair); बग़ैर (bagair) It |
ज़ |
za |
ज़ेबरा (zebra:); ज़हर (zahar); ज़ेवर (zewar) |
फ़ |
fa |
fat, father, फ़तह (fatah); फ़स (fees); फ़ायदा (fa:yada:). |
ऑ |
o |
Doctor(डॉटर), Office(ऑफस), Dock(डॉक), copy(कॉपी) etc |
ड़ and ढ़ never occur at the beginning of a word
Note: The sounds क़, ख़, ग़, ज़ and फ़ are now restricted to the learned only as also when the correct pronunciation or transliteration from Arabic, Persian (Urdu) or English words is desired. In common speech, they are usually replaced by क, ख, ग, ज and फ Letters क़, ख़, ग़, ज़ and फ़ have been absorbed in Hindi from Urdu language and their phonetic sound is generally similar to ka, kha, ga.