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There is no single language called Indian, so this page gives Hindi. Hindi speakers say बैग (bag) for most bags.

Go away in Hindi is चले जाओ (cale jāo). The polite form is चले जाइए (cale jāie), and हटो (haṭo) means “move aside”.

In India most people searching this mean Hindi, where eggplant is बैंगन (baingan). Indian English also uses the word “brinjal” for it.

Friends say हाय, कैसे हो? (hāy, kaise ho?) or हाय, क्या हाल है? (hāy, kyā hāl hai?), which means “hi, how are things?”. Both questions are casual.

In Hindi, snow is बर्फ़ (barf). The same word also means ice.

There is no single language called Indian, so this page gives Hindi. An elder blessing a younger person says जीते रहो (jeete raho), “keep living”.

A child is बच्चा (bachcha) in Hindi, and बच्ची (bachchi) is used for a girl. बालक (baalak) is the formal word found in books and notices.

“Hurry” is जल्दी (jaldi). To tell someone to hurry up, say जल्दी करो (jaldi karo). जल्दबाज़ी (jaldbaazi) means hasty action.

In Hindi, हे भगवान (he bhagvān) is the usual way to say “oh my God”, literally “oh God”.

The standard Hindi way to say thank you is धन्यवाद (dhanyavād).