Love Vocabulary in Hindi: Feelings and Expressions

Hindi has many words for emotions. This list gives you a working vocabulary for romance.

Positive feelings

Hindi	Romanised	Meaning
ख़ुशी	khushee	happiness
सुकून	sukoon	calm, peace
उम्मीद	ummeed	hope
भरोसा	bharosa	trust
अपनापन	apnaapan	feeling of belonging
लगाव	lagaav	attachment
आकर्षण	aakarshan	attraction

Difficult feelings

Hindi	Romanised	Meaning
ग़म	gham	sorrow
उदासी	udaasee	sadness
अकेलापन	akelaapan	loneliness
जलन	jalan	jealousy
नाराज़गी	naaraazgee	displeasure
डर	dar	fear

Relationship words

• रिश्ता (rishta), relationship, bond
• साथ (saath), togetherness
• दोस्ती (dostee), friendship
• वादा (vaada), promise
• एहसास (ehsaas), feeling, awareness
• जज़्बात (jazbaat), emotions

Expressions

• दिल से (dil se), from the heart
• जान से ज़्यादा (jaan se zyaada), more than life
• हमेशा के लिए (hamesha ke liye), forever
• पहली नज़र में (pehlee nazar mein), at first sight

How to learn them

1. Learn a few each week.
2. Use them in your own sentences.
3. Notice them in shayari.

Many layers

Hindi often borrows from Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic. अपनापन and लगाव are of Indian origin, and ग़म and उम्मीद come from Persian and Arabic. Together they give Hindi its range.

An original example

तेरे साथ जो एहसास है, उसे क्या नाम दूँ, सुकून कहूँ या दुआ, बता क्या नाम दूँ।