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Introduction To Hindi

The document discusses Hindi grammar concepts including letters, vowels, consonants, and compound letters. It defines letters (varṇ) as the basic writing units of Hindi and defines alphabets (varṇamālā) as an ordered collection of letters. It then defines vowels (swar) and consonants (vyāñjan) as the two types of Hindi letters. It provides examples of the 11 Hindi vowels and their pronunciation. It also briefly discusses consonant clusters and compound consonants formed by combining two consonants in Hindi.

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Introduction To Hindi

The document discusses Hindi grammar concepts including letters, vowels, consonants, and compound letters. It defines letters (varṇ) as the basic writing units of Hindi and defines alphabets (varṇamālā) as an ordered collection of letters. It then defines vowels (swar) and consonants (vyāñjan) as the two types of Hindi letters. It provides examples of the 11 Hindi vowels and their pronunciation. It also briefly discusses consonant clusters and compound consonants formed by combining two consonants in Hindi.

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‘हिन्दी में जैसा हिखा जाता िै वैसा िी बोिा जाता िै तथा जैसा बोिा जाता िै वैसा िी हिखा जाता िै I’

Hindi mein jaisaa likhaa jaataa hai vaisaa hi olaa jaataa hai tathaa jaisaa bola jaataa hai vaisaa hi likhaa
jaataa hai.

Term Pronunciation Meaning Example


वर्ण VarN Letter अ,क,च,ट
वर्णमािा VarNa-maalaa Alphabets
शब्द Shabd Word कमि
वाक्य Vaaky Sentence इं गा सड़क पर मत चि।
Ingaa saDak par mut chul.
Word by word translation
<Inga road on don’t walk>

Types of Hindi letters


Term Pronunciation Meaning
स्वर Swar Vowel
व्यंजन Vyanajan Consonant

स्वर: Vowels in Hindi are called swar. The word literally means sound. There are eleven swar in
Hindi:

स्वर Sound Sounds like Comment


अ u
आ aa
इ i
ई ee/ea
उ u/oo
ऊ oo
ऋ ri

ए e
ऐ ai/e
ओ o
औ au

अं un अनुस्वार: anuswaar :

अ: uh हवसगण: visarg:
व्यंजन-

व्यंजन, ढ़ and ड़ ढ
ड

ढ = ढोि ढ़ = पढ़ना
ड = डमरू ड़ = जड़

सयुंक्ताक्षर – व्यंजन.

क्ष क् + ष क्षत्रीय (

त्र त् + र हत्रकोर्

ज्ञ ज् + ञ ज्ञानी (

श्र श् + र श्रम (

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