Flashcards: Hindi words and phrases

Jail Bharo Andolan is a method of protesting for a cause.

Rawat is one of the cognate Hindi variations of the (originally Hindu) title Raja(h) (like rawal), used as equivalent royal style in certain princely states, notably of former British India.

A Hindu temple is a pancharatha when there are five rathas (on plan) or pagas (on elevation) on the tower of the temple (generally a shikhara).

A howdah, or houdah (Hindi: हौदा), derived from the Arabic هودج (hawdaj), that means "bed carried by a camel", also known as hathi howdah (हाथी हौदा), is a carriage which is positioned on the back of an elephant, or occasionally some other animal such as camels, used most often in the past to carry wealthy people or for use in hunting or warfare.

Chintz (from the plural of chint) was originally glazed calico textiles, initially specifically those imported from India, printed with designs featuring flowers and other patterns in different colours, typically on a light plain background.

A nagar parishad or city council is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.

A crore (/ˈkrɔər/; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000; in scientific notation: 107) in the Indian numbering system.

A hookah (from Hindustani: हुक़्क़ा (Devanagari) حقّہ (Nastaleeq), IPA: [ˌɦʊqqaː]; also see ) is a single or multi-stemmed instrument for vaporizing and smoking flavored tobacco (called shisha), or sometimes cannabis, whose vapor or smoke is passed through a water basin—often glass-based—before inhalation.

Raksha Bandhan (Nepali: रक्ष्या बन्धन ; Marathi: रक्षा बंधन ; Hindi: रक्षा बन्धन), also called Rakhi Purnima or simply Rakhi in many parts of India and Nepal, is a Hindu religious and secular festival.

Bal Divas also called as Children's Day, is celebrated across India to increase the awareness towards the rights, care and education of children.

Shakambhari Purnima is a Hindu festival primarily observed in India, celebrating the goddess Shakambhari.

A Nagar Panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) or City Council in India is a settlement which is in transition from rural to urban.

Chaturmas (Sanskrit: चातुर्मास, Cāturmāsa) is a holy period of four months (July to October), beginning on Shayani Ekadashi—the eleventh day of the first bright half, Shukla paksha, of Ashadh (fourth month of the Hindu lunar calendar)—until Prabodhini Ekadashi, the eleventh day of the first bright half of Kartik (eighth month of the Hindu lunar calendar) in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.