Rice in Hindi — Meaning of चावल (chaawal)

📖 Meaning of “Rice”

The meaning of “Rice” in Hindi is चावल, pronounced chaawal — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

📘 Definition of Rice

grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished

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✍️ Rice in a sentence

Drought stress causes yield reductions and sometimes total crop failures in rainfed rice areas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

भात-दाल, सब्जी भारतीयों का मुख्य आहार है.

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀸𑀉𑀮𑀸 (cāulā), 𑀘𑀯𑀮 (cavala), and probably of Dravidian origin. Compare Punjabi ਚਾਵਲ (cāval), Punjabi ਚੌਲ (caul), Sindhi چانور (cã̄uru, “grain of rice cleansed from the husk”), Sylheti ꠌꠣꠃꠟ (saul), Bengali চাল (cal), Assamese চাউল (saul), Odia ଚାଉଳ (cāuḷa), Rohingya soil. Related to Persian چلو (čelow), which was borrowed from an Indic language.

Quick facts about “Rice”

Everything we know about this word at a glance.

Word (English)

Rice

Meaning in Hindi

चावल

Pronunciation

chaawal

Part of speech

Noun

Similar words

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The Hindi meaning of "Rice" is चावल (chaawal).

In Devanagari script it is written as चावल.

It is pronounced "chaawal". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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