Holidays in Hindi

Aap kaise hai? Welcome to the Rocket Hindi lesson on Holidays. India is a multi cultural country and as such, there are many festivals celebrated throughout the year. The most famous one's among them are Ganesh Chathurthi, Diwali, Dussera, Christmas and Eid / Ramadan. These festivals are celebrated through June to December.

Today we’ll go over these and several other holidays in Hindi that you might find just as important as the people in India do.

Pronouncing holidays in Hindi

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दिवाली

divālī

Diwali

दशहरा

daśaharā

Dussera/ Dussehra

रमज़ान

ramaja़āna

Ramzan/Ramadan

क्रिसमस

krisamasa

Christmas

जन्मदिन

janmadina

Birthday

ईस्टर

īsṭara

Easter

पित्र/ पिता दिवस

pitra/ pitā divasa

Father's Day

हैलोवीन

hailovīna

Halloween

हनुक्काह

hanukkāha

Hanukkah

मातृ दिवस

mātṛ divasa

Mother's Day

मार्डी ग्रास

mārḍī grāsa

Mardi Gras

नया साल

nayā sāla

New Year's Day

श्रम दिवस

śrama divasa

Labor Day

थैंक्सगिविंग दिवस

thaiṃksagiviṃga divasa

Thanksgiving

बाल दिवस

Bāl divasa

Children's Day

वैलेंटाइन डे/ वैलेंटाइन दिवस

vaileṃṭāina ḍe / divasa

Valentine's Day

स्वतंत्रता दिवस

svataṃtratā divasa

Independence Day

That’s it for this lesson on holidays in Hindi. I hope you learned a lot! To practice these new words, try marking your calendar with the holidays and important days in your life. You'll start to remember them automatically after some practice!

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फिर मिलेंगे ।
Phir Milengae,

Nikita Sharma
Rocket Hindi