290 - Wild Animals
India has many jungles and forests that contain very amazing animals. Do you know how to say their names in Hindi? After today’s lesson, you will know the Hindi words for tiger, elephant, lion and several other wild animals.
All the pictures below except for the monkey are from a 2005 trip to a zoo in Mumbai, India. The monkey was from Mumbai as well, but he belonged to a performer at the beach. You can see some more pictures of him performing at the bottom of the lesson.
| English | Hindi | Pronunciation | |
| wild animals |  |
vany pashu | |
| tiger |  |
baagh | |
 |
elephant |  |
haathii |
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lion |  |
sinh |
| leopard |  |
chiitaa (sounds very much like the English word “cheetah” | |
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monkey |  |
bandar |
| wolf |  |
bherdiyaa | |
| deer |  |
harin | |
| bear |  |
bhaaluu |
Learn these words on:
![image60[3]_thumb](http://www.ispeakhindi.com/wp-content/uploads/image603-thumb1.png)
Here are some more pictures of the monkey and his trainer:
Test your Hindi. See if you can read the Hindi script in the picture below. Can you spot a word from today’s lesson? Leave a comment on today’s lesson.
You should recognize 
which means lion!
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