Hindustani to Persian (Letter á)

Anjani Dhrangadhariya
3 min readJul 12, 2020
The graph showing the intermixture of languages Hindi and Urdu. I created it myself.

I made a note of the words in Hindi that have their roots in Persian. Bonus: I have mentioned Gujarati for some words too on empirical basis. (Note: This is an evolving article.)

á (alif/alef) similar to a/ā (अ/आ)

ab — abba — father

áb — ab (Sanskrit) — water (Note: Did Persian take it from Sanskrit?)

ábád — abad — populated (Gujarati: aabaad) — [link]

abru — abaru — dignity (Gujarati: aabru)

áb-o-hawá- abohawa — climate/weather

átish — atish — fire — [link]

átishbaaz — aatishbaaz — firecracker maker

átishbaazi — aatishbaazi — fireworks (Gujarati: aatishbaaji) — [link]

ittifáq — ittifaaq — chance — [link]

asar— asar — signs, impression (Gujarati: asar)(Note: Is it similar to ásár?)

ijázat — ijaazat — permission — [link]

ajnabi — ajnabi — stranger — [link]

ajùbah — ajuba — miracle (Gujarati: ajubo)

acár — achar — pickle (Note: It is acar in Indonesian too.)

ihsás — ehsas — sense

ahsan — ehsan — more or most bountiful (help or mercy) — [link]

ákhir — aakhir — in the end

ádáb —aadaab — civilities (more like a greeting)

ádmi — aadmi — man, human

adviah — dawaai — drugs, medicines (Gujarati: dawa)

árzù — aarzoo — desire, wish (Gujarati: aarju)

árman — armaan — desire — [link]

arrah — aari — saw

ázád — aazaad — free, liberated — [link]

azmá — aazma — examine — [link]

ázmáish — aazmaaish — trial

ásá — esaa — like (in Hindi: like this)

ásán — aasaan — easy

ustád — ustaad — teacher, master

astar — astar — the lining of a garment (Gujarati: astar)

usturah — ustra — razor (Gujarati : ustro)

istifá — istifa — asking for resignation

istimál — istimaal — usage

ásmán — aasmaan — sky — [link]

ásmáni — aasmaani — heavenly — [link]

ishtihár — istihaar — publication, advertisement

áshná — aashna — friends

asli — asli — original

iatibár — aitbaar — faith

iatimád — aitmad — faith

ághosh — aagosh — bosom, in embrace

áfát — aafat — calamities

afwáh — afwaa — rumors (Gujarati: afwaa)

iqrár — ikraar — confession

ágáh — aagah — inform

aksar — aksar — for the most part (Hindi: many times)

agar — agar — if

ilzám — ilzaam — blame

alsi — alsi — linseeds (Gujarati: alsi)

imárat — imaarat — a government, dominion (Hindi: building)

amán — aman — peace

amánat — amaanat — safety (Hindi: deposit)

imtihán — imtihaan — examination

ámadani — aamdani — income

umed — umeed — hope

amir — amir —a prince (Hindi: rich)

anár — anaar — pomegranate

ambah — aambo (Gujarati) — mango / mango tree (Gujarati: aambo)

intizár — intizaar — waiting

intiqál — intikaal — dying (Hindi: death)

andázah — andaaza — guess (Gujarati: andajo)

andurùn — andruni — inside (Hindi: of inside)

andeshah — andeshaa — suspicion

insániyat — insaaniyat — humanity

insáf — insaaf — justice

inám — inaam — gift, present (Hindi: award)

inqiláb — inqilab — revolution

inkár — inkaar — refusal, denial

angùr — angoor — grapes

áwárah — aawara — wandering, vagabond

áwárgi — aawaargi — a state of wandering

áwáz — aawaaz — voice (Gujarati: Awaaj)

auzár — auzaar — tools (Gujarati: Ojaar)

ahamm — ahem — important

imán — imaan — belief, faith

imándár — imaandaar — honest, faithful (Gujarati: imaandar)

áindah — aaindah — next time, in future

áinah — aaina — mirror

aulád — aulaad — sons, children (Gujarati: Olaad)

#languages #persian #hindi #urdu #hindustani #transliteration #dictionary

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Anjani Dhrangadhariya

My love for language processing comes from my ♥ for languages (Hail lexicons!). Working as a *noun* at a *Proper Noun* in the domain of *Fancy Adjective Noun*.