व्हेल
vhel/ʋeːl/alternative form
In Hindi, the English word whale is translated as व्हेल (vhel) or ह्वेल. Wiktionary also lists तिमि (timi) and तिमिंगल (timiṅgal).
Meaning: large sea mammal (noun)
Ways to say it
| Hindi | Romanization (Wiktionary) | IPA | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| व्हेल | vhel | /ʋeːl/ (Hindi, Standard) | alternative form |
| ह्वेल | hvel | /ɦʋeːl/ (Hindi, Standard) | |
| तिमि | timi | /t̪ɪ.miː/ (Hindi, Standard) | |
| तिमिंगल | timiṅgal |
The word refers to the large sea mammal.
Which one should you use?
तिमि is a more formal or literary term derived from Sanskrit, and it is less common in everyday conversational Hindi than the transliterated version. तिमिंगल is a more specialized or archaic term for a whale used in formal literary contexts.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is vhel. The IPA is /ʋeːl/.
Did you know?
- The word तिमि shares a phonetic root with words for 'darkness' or 'black' in some ancient contexts, reflecting the dark, deep waters where these animals dwell.
- Using the Sanskrit-derived तिमि can actually make your Hindi sound like you are reciting poetry rather than describing a creature.
- The spelling variations between व्हेल and ह्वेल exist because of how different scholars choose to represent the English 'wh' sound in Devanagari.
Examples in context
- क्या तुम्हें पता है ह्वेल कितना बड़ा हो सकता है?Do you know how big a whale can become?
Example conversation
Pooja and Amit are looking at a book about ocean animals.
- पूजा Poojaअमित, देखो! यह एक नीली व्हेल है।Amit, dekho! Yeh ek neeli whale hai.Amit, look! This is a blue whale.
- अमित Amitवाह, यह कितनी विशाल है!Wah, yeh kitni vishal hai!Wow, it is so huge!
- पूजा Poojaहाँ, व्हेल बहुत बुद्धिमान जीव होते हैं।Haan, whale bahut buddhiman jeev hote hain.Yes, whales are very intelligent creatures.
- अमित Amitमुझे इनके बारे में और पढ़ना है।Mujhe inke baare mein aur padhna hai.I want to read more about them.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “whale” translations and entries व्हेल, ह्वेल, तिमि, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
