Indian

In Hindi the rupee is रुपया (rupayā), and the plural is रुपये (rupaye). One hundred paise make one rupee.

There is no single language called Indian, so this page gives Hindi. Biryani is written बिरयानी (biryani) and is said the same way.

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

The word नमस्ते (namaste) is the Hindi greeting and is written in Devanagari as नमस्ते.

“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).

“I” is मैं (main). It is the same for men and women, and the verb that follows shows the speaker’s gender.

There is no single language called Indian, so this page gives Hindi. Christians and Muslims who speak Hindi say आमीन (aameen) at the end of a prayer.

A car is कार (kaar) in Hindi, and the very common everyday word is गाड़ी (gaadi), which means vehicle but is used for a car all the time.

Butter is मक्खन (makkhan) in Hindi. For packaged butter many people simply say बटर (batar), and clarified butter is घी (ghee).