Indian

The Hindi word for mother is माँ (māṃ).

In Hindi “woman” is औरत (aurat) in everyday speech and महिला (mahilā) in polite or official language. औरत is the common word in conversation.

Hindi has two words for “grandfather”. A father’s father is दादा (dādā) and a mother’s father is नाना (nānā).

The Hindi verb for mix is मिलाना (milānā).

The most common Hindi word for stupid is बेवकूफ़ (bevakūf). मूर्ख (mūrkh) is a more bookish word for a fool, and नासमझ (nāsamajh) is a milder one.

Excuse me in Hindi is माफ़ कीजिए (māf kījie).

Hindi uses the English word, written as चॉकलेट (chaaklet). There is no separate traditional Hindi word for chocolate.

Go to sleep in Hindi is सो जाओ (so jāo). The polite form is सो जाइए (so jāie), and सोने जाओ (sone jāo) means “go to bed”.

In Hindi the word is the English loan वेटर (veṭar). To call a waiter at a table, people politely say भैया (bhaiyā), meaning brother.

In Hindi the everyday word for “boss” is बॉस (bos), borrowed from English.