Lesson 12 Glossary (Hindi to English)

Question 1

अट्ठारहवाँ

Answer 1

eighteenth

Question 2

आराम करना

Answer 2

to relax (v.t.)

Question 3

आसफ़ुद्दौला

Answer 3

Asaf-ud-Daula (one of the most famous Nawabs of the independent Kingdom of Oudh, the capital of which was Lucknow)

Question 4

इमारत

Answer 4

building (f)

Question 5

इस बीच

Answer 5

meanwhile, in the meantime

Question 6

ईद

Answer 6

Eid (a Muslim festival at the end of Ramadan to celebrate the end of fasting) (f)

Question 7

कभी

Answer 7

ever, sometime

Question 8

कल रात

Answer 8

last night

Question 9

कितने बजे

Answer 9

at what time?

Question 10

x की बात y से होना

Answer 10

for x’s conversation to take place with y (v.i.)

Question 11

कुछ और

Answer 11

some (thing) more

Question 12

कुछ-न-कुछ

Answer 12

something or other

Question 13

क्या-क्या

Answer 13

what (the reduplication gives a sense of plural)

Question 14

ख़रीदना

Answer 14

to buy (v.t.)

Question 15

छै बजे

Answer 15

six o’clock

Question 16

जमात

Answer 16

class (f)

Question 17

दस बजे

Answer 17

ten o’clock

Question 18

दानी

Answer 18

generous

Question 19

नवाब

Answer 19

Nawab (a Muslim noble or ruler) (m)

Question 20

नामक

Answer 20

called

Question 21

प्रेमचंद

Answer 21

name of a famous Hindi author (m)

Question 22

बड़ा इमामबाड़ा

Answer 22

Bara Imambara (one of the famous historical buildings in Lucknow) (m)

Question 23

बनवाना

Answer 23

to cause to be built (v.t.)

Question 24

बस

Answer 24

enough, just

Question 25

मिज़ाज

Answer 25

mood, temperament (m)

Question 26

रिश्तेदार

Answer 26

relative (m)

Question 27

वाला

Answer 27

the one which

Question 28

शताब्दी

Answer 28

century (f)

Question 29

सब्ज़ी

Answer 29

vegetable (f)

Question 30

से

Answer 30

from, since