Hindi Word Games – 1

So, seeing the deplorable absence of Hindi in our Lit Scene, I thought at least our blog could have some Hindi word games etc.

I made this stuff while sitting in the train; it’s pretty easy and doable, but I hope you enjoy.

So, the first set of questions is like the Lewis Carroll Word Ladders. In which you have to change a word into another by either adding a letter/removing one/replacing one in each step, with each intermediate word formed being a legitimate word.

In Hindi, matras and half-letters create issues, so the ground rule is that all vowel marks are assumed as part of the consonant they are attached to. So, Ka can be changed to Pee legitimately (का -> पी).

Also, all half-letters are assumed to be part of the consonant following them, and not the one preceding them.

You can post in Romanised Hindi, so that ROT13 can still be used.

zB:

रोहित ->किरण

रोहित -> हित -> रत -> रण -> किरण

Best of luck.

• व्याकुल –> प्रसन्न
• निंदा –> प्रशंसा
• तारीफ़ –> बुराई
• भारत –>महान
• युक्ति –> सफलता
• ज़मीन –> आसमान

They aren’t very difficult, and multiple answers are possible. I have only thought of one and smaller paths may exist for many of them.

The second set of questions has a series of consonants. They represent a famous lokokti (proverb) which has been stripped of all spaces, vowels and vowels marks. All half consonants have been converted to full consonants. All terminal nasal sounds, like the Chandra-bindu of maa.n have been removed. Nasal sounds in the middle, for example the Chandra-bindu of chaa.nd have been represented by the consonant n. All vowel sounds, for eg, the A sound of aawaaz have also been removed. The aim is to find out the proverb.

zB:

चलतकनमगड = चलती का नाम गाडी

Best of luck again!

1. सनपभमरजरलठभनट
2. दधकजलछछभफनकफनककरपतह
3. जनबचतलखपलटकबदधघरक
4. धबककततनघरकनघटक
5. बपछतकयहतजबचडयचगगखत
6. सरमणडतहलपड
7. कमकनकजकदशमननजक
8. बरनज़रवलतरमनहकल
9. जबगदडकमततहतबवहशहरकरभगतह
10. घरकमरगदलबरबर

@ Mayank: How about Googling this one