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Garbage in Hindi is कचरा (kacrā) or कूड़ा (kūṛā), and both are common. The two words are often used together as कूड़ा-कचरा (kūṛā-kacrā).

Hindi has no single word for “curry”.

“House” is घर (ghar), which also means home. मकान (makān) means the building itself and is used when renting or buying.

There is no single language called Indian, so this page gives Hindi. An elder sister is बड़ी बहन (badi behen).

To wish someone a nice day, say आपका दिन अच्छा रहे (āpkā din acchā rahe) or the more formal आपका दिन शुभ हो (āpkā din śubh ho).

The everyday Hindi word is क्रिस्टल (krisṭal), borrowed from English. For the clear mineral quartz, the traditional word is स्फटिक (sphaṭik).

“Hot” in temperature is गरम (garam). When food is hot with chili, Hindi uses तीखा (tīkhā) or मिर्ची वाला (mirchī vālā), not गरम.

In Hindi the usual Christmas greeting is क्रिसमस की शुभकामनाएँ (krisamas kī shubhakāmanāeṃ), “good wishes of Christmas”.

In Hindi princess is राजकुमारी (rājkumārī). The Urdu-origin word शहज़ादी (shahzādī) is common in stories and songs.

In India most people searching this mean Hindi, where “friend” is दोस्त (dost). Say नमस्ते दोस्त (namaste dost) or कैसे हो दोस्त (kaise ho dost?).