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The Hindi word for milk is दूध (dūdh). It is used for cow, buffalo and any other milk, and it is the same word in speech and in writing.

To say thank you very much in Hindi, use बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद (bahut bahut dhanyavād). बहुत शुक्रिया (bahut shukriyā) is a warm everyday choice.

In Hindi, तुम क्या कर रहे हो? (tum kya kar rahe ho) is the everyday way to ask “what are you doing?”.

The archery weapon is धनुष (dhanush) in Hindi, and कमान (kamaan) is another word for a bow. If you mean bending forward, the verb is झुकना (jhuknaa).

The polite question is आपकी उम्र क्या है? (āpkī umr kyā hai?). Everyday speech uses आप कितने साल के हैं? (āp kitne sāl ke haiṃ?).

There is no single language called Indian, so this page gives Hindi. Green beans are usually called बीन्स (beans) or फलियाँ (phaliyan), pods.

“Me” is मुझे (mujhe) when it means “to me”, as in मुझे दो (mujhe do), “give it to me”. With “from” or “with” it becomes मुझसे (mujhse).

The Hindi word for numbers is संख्या (saṅkhyā). A single digit is अंक (aṅk), and counting or the number sequence is गिनती (ginatī).

The sweet food is शहद (śahad). As a pet name for a loved one, people say जान (jān), literally “life”.

In Hindi the verb “to sleep” is सोना (sonā), and sleep as a noun is नींद (nīnd). मुझे नींद आ रही है (mujhe nīnd ā rahī hai) means “I feel sleepy”.