ब
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ब
ba
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How does it look?
Bar on top, full length verticle line to the rigth. Half way down the verticle line is a loop to the left. This has a bar going through the loop from the upper left to the lower right.
How does it sound?
Letters and sounds commonly confused with
How to write it?
How to type it?
If you are using a US English keyboard with the standard Devanagari/Hindi layout, then you would press "y"
(see "How to type in Hindi" for more information about setting up your computer.)
Words
At the Beginning
बन - forest
बल - power
बटन - button
बस - enough (also means "bus")
बदन - body
बतख - duck
बहस (f)- argument, dispute, controversy
बहन - sister
In the Middle
ऊबना - to be bored
दुबला - thin, weak
दबना - to be pressed
At the End
टब - tub
कब - when?
जब - when (statement... not the question word. "When I go to the store, I will buy the milk."
सब - all
अब - now
सेब - apple
With other vowels
आबादी - population
आबाद - settled
ज़बानी - oral, unwritten
चबाना - to chew, to bite
धोबी - washerman
धोबिन - washerman's wife
साबुन - soap
साबुत - whole, undamaged
दबदबा (m) - awe, overwhelming influence
Related Podcasts
Hindi Consonants Bundle - March 2009 - CD 2 Track 10