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Hindi Greetings

This is a list of greetings in Hindi. Helpful when trying to check how others are doing or feeling during different times of the day.

Hi!: नमस्ते!
namastē!
Good morning!: सुप्रभात!
suprabhāta!
Good afternoon!: शुभ अपराह्न (गुड आफ़्टरनून)!
śubha aparāhna (guḍa āfṭaranūna)!
Good evening!: शुभ संध्या!
śubha sandhyā!
Welcome!: स्वागत है!
svāgata hai!
How are you? (friendly): तुम कैसे हो ? (दोस्ताना)
tuma kaise ho? (dōstānā)
How are you? (polite): आप कैसे हैं? (विनम्र)
āpa kaisē haĩ? (vinamra)
What's up? (colloquial) : क्या हो रहा है? (बोलचाल की भाषा)
kyā hō rahā hai? (bōlacāla kī bhāṣā)
I'm fine, thank you!: मैं ठीक हूँ, धन्यवाद!
maĩ ṭhīka hū̃, dhanyavāda!
And you? (friendly): और तुम? (दोस्ताना)
aura tuma? (dōstānā)
And you? (polite): और आप? (विनम्र)
aura āpa? (vinamra)
Good: अच्छा
acchā
Bad: बुरा
burā
Happy: खुश
khuśa
Sad: दुखी
dukhī
Thank you!: धन्यवाद!
dhanyavāda!
Thank you very much!: बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद!
bahuta bahuta dhanyavāda!
You're welcome!: आपका स्वागत है! (जवाब में "धन्यवाद" के लिए)
āpakā svāgata hai! (javāba mē̃ "dhanyavāda" kē liē)
Have a nice day!: अच्छा दिन है!
acchā dina hai!
Good night!: शुभ रात्रि!
śubha rātri!
See you later!: बाद में मिलेंगे!
bāda mē̃ milēngē!
Have a good trip!: (आपकी) यात्रा अच्छी बीते !
acchā yātrā lō!
It was nice talking to you!: आप से बात करके अच्छा लगा !
āpa sē bāta karanā acchā thā!

The above greetings in Hindi are essential to daily conversations. You are very likely to use at least one of them in any given day. Check out the next topic below or choose your own subject from the menu above.

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