Hindi Vowels: (स्वर वर्ण / Hindi Swar Varna)

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Hindi Vowels

The Hindi Varnamala derived from Devanagari script and it is divided into two categories 1. Hindi Vowels (Svar) 2. Hindi Consonants (Vyanjan). In this page, we will discuss only Hindi Vowels.

It is also known as swarvarna in Hindi it is written as स्वर वर्ण. In modern Hindi language, there are a total of 13 (thirteen) Vowels are used in the Hindi language.

व्यंजन वर्णमाला

अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ
ए ऐ ओ औ
अं अः

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Vowels(Svar)

sign/matra

pronunciation

English Words

Hindi Words

अ

N/A

a

cut/but

अमर (amar)

आ

(-T)

a:(aa)

rather/water

आम(a:m)

इ

ि

i

bit/kit

इनाम(ina:m)

ई

( ◌ी )

i:(ee)

keen/reel

ईद(i:d)

उ

( ◌ु)

u

put/full

 उसमान (usma:n)

ऊ

(◌ू)

‘u:’ (oo)

root/room

मूल (mu:l)

ऋ

(◌ृ)

ri

Krish/Krishan

ऋषि (rishi)

ए

( ◌े)

e:

make/fame

एक (e:k);
ऐ (◌ै) ai rack/jack ऐनक (ainak)
ओ (◌ो) o only/both मोर (mor)
औ (-◌ौ) au owl/ Aurangzeb और (aur)
अं (◌ं) ng singh/long अंग (ang)
अ: ( : ) (Visarga) ah hurrah! अत: (atah)

Hindi vowels and modifies consonants

All vowels in Hindi have two forms: Their standalone form and their mātrā form. The mātrā form modifies consonants (Vyanjan). Here are the eleven vowels paired with the syllable क (k):
क का कि की कु कू कृ के कै को कौ
ka kā ki kī ku kū kṛ ke kai ko kau

Hindi Vowels: (स्वर वर्ण / Hindi Swar Varna)

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