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LESSON 37: लिंग Ling (Gender)

हिंदी में दो तरह के लिंग (पुल्लिंग एवं स्त्रीलिंग) होते हैं|

There are two types of gender(masculine and feminine) in Hindi.

Masculine word, denotes, male word and feminine word i.e. female words.

पुल्लिंग (pulling) masculine

स्त्रीलिंग (streeling) feminine

पिता (pita) – father माता (maata) – mother
बेटा (beta) – son बेटी (neti) – daughter
राजा (raja) – king रानी (rani) – queen
पति (pati) – husband पत्नी (patni) – wife
लड़का (ladka) – boy लड़की (ladki) – girl
घोडा (goda) – horse
घोडी(ghodi) – mare

कुत्ता (kutta) – dog कुत्तिया (kutiya) – bitch/female dog
नाना (nana) – maternal grand father
नानी (nani) – maternal grand mother

दादा (dada) – paternal grand father दादी (dadi) – paternal grand mother
पुरुष – (purush) – male
स्त्री (stree) – female

बकरा (bakra) – goat बकरी (bakri) – she-goat
सर्प (sarp) – snake
सर्पिनी (sarpini) – female snake

अध्यापक (adhyapak) – teacher
अध्यापिका (adhyapika) – lady teacher

नौकर (naukar) – Servant नौकरानी (naukarani) – maid servant
लेखक (lekhak) – writer लेखिका (lekhika) – female writer
कवि (kavi) – poet कवियत्री (kaviyatri) – poetress
हाथी (hathi) elephant हथिनी (hathini) – she elephant
गायक (gayak) Singer
गायिका (gayika) – female singer

सेवक (sevak) – server सेविका (sevika) – female server
वर (var) – bridegroom वधु (vadhu) bride (also: दूल्हा दुल्हिन)
दूध (doodh) – milk दही (dahi) -curd
Homework:

Write the following words in Hindi. Leave them as comments to this lesson

a. पुल्लिंग (Masculine):

Name of grains (like wheat, rice)
metal/article name (e.g. iron, gold, water, oil, ghee (clarified butter))
name of days (e.g. Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
countries name (e.g. India, America, Africa, etc.)
mountain and name of the sea (e.g. Himalaya, Indian Ocean)
mode of transport (e.g. truck, scooter, airplane)
other words e.g. stone (patthar), pitcher (ghada), cloud (baadal), flower (fool), ground (jameen), city (shahar), shoe(joota), box(bukxa), tree (paird), etc.
b. स्त्रीलिंग (feminine)

name of the rivers (e.g. Ganges, Yamuna)
name of the languages (e.g. Hindi, English, Urdu)
name of the pulses (dal or lentils): Arhar, moong, urad, etc.
other words i.e land (prithvi or bhumi), fire (agni), mercy (daya), power (shakti), caste (jaati), air (hawa), laugh, education, season, etc.
c. Please write the Hindi word and gender for:

bull

cow
father- in- law
mother-in-law

d. What is meaning of the Hindi words (devar) and (devarani)?

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