Gujarati is the official language of Gujarat state, on the west coast of India, with an area of 196,024 square kilometers. Within the Republic of India, Gujarat borders with Rajasthan, Madhyapradesh, and Maharashtra; it also borders with Pakistan to the northwest. The languages spoken in the areas contiguous to the Gujarat within India are Marwari, Hindi, and Marathi. The 1991 census of India reports 40,673,814 speakers, accounting for approximately five percent (4.85%) of the population. This includes Gujaratis living outside Gujarat state, in Maharashtra (Mumbai has a substantial Gujarati population), Rajasthan, Madhyapradesh and Karnatak. Gujarati speakers also reside in many other countries, principally Pakistan, Singapore, Fiji, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United states, and Canada.

Download the Gujarati Font

Dictionary for Gujarati words.


Gujarati Dictionary in PDF format

N

Thanks Nimu, that was good info. Thanks for the dictionary link also. I didnt know that existed.

Btw I checked that maniben.com hehehe

connecting gujaratis globally *sounded like a nokia ad*

he he he

N

LOL yea its funny one. The day I first heard of the site I laughed for hrs. A friend used to call me maniben.

Btw, here are files for Gujarati font and keyboard layout.

Thanks Chitz

Let me install and check out

N

Dear chitralekha(ben) and nimii(ben) !!!!!

ghanoj anand thayo...e jaani ne...ke aa site per gujarati loko saaraa eva pramaan maa chhe !!!

well its really good to get the gujarati dictionary...and also the keyboard layout with fonts !!

and also let me please take this opportunity to ask chitralekha about one hariharan ghazal if she has it...(i have posted the request of it on gng but no one have yet turned up) it goes like;

haath mein leke teraa haath yeh wada karlo....

waiting for the reply

till then....fari madyaa....aavjo !!!!

Realtaurean!

I aint gujarati but would love to learn the lingo

N_still_to_change_into_BigBen

Arre waah, amne pan bahu anand thayo, Taureanbhai

Aam to site par gaNi ne 4-5 j Guj loko chhe.



Hmm yeh ghazal Guj to nahin lagti hai. Dekhna padega. I havent heard it before. Let me check. Also would you happen to know the album name? May be that would make it easier to find.

tame paN gujju chho jaaNi ghaNo anand thayo

I only know khem che?

N :-s

In Mumbai we used to say Su che saaru che danda leke maaru che.

kem che kem che ...saaru che che ... danda leke maaru che ... ha ha ha JK

Very true , infact just wrote that to Nimii... so you from mumbai ???

Aaamchi mumbai.... Zindabad...

"ayyo he is whacking me in gujarati too :E

how mean :E "

How do i say that in gujarati


N

Unicode fonts are the way to go... no need for a font install.... supported by windows and browsers as well..

BTW anyone knows a nice unicode text editor ? I tried Aksharmala , but than no option to save as html or copy paste into other app also not supported ... koi idea how can I simple type into a guju language and create different types of docs like word , html , etc etc

Mein shikhata hoon naa... say "Hun bahu zabri chhu"

Ayyo!

"hun bahu zabri chhu" = i am very mean

hun = i
bahu = very
zabri = mean
chhu = am

"ayyo he is whacking me :E" = arrrrr ae mane maare chhe

arrrrr = ayyo
ae = he
mane = me
maare = to whack
chhe = is


"how mean :E" = ketlo jhabaro/zabro(as bawra says it )

ketlo = how
jhabaro = mean

Chitz I knew he would teach me all wrong :E

Trust BJ to do the honors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


BJ Ketlo jhabaro (tu? or is it tamey?) :E

N :E

"su chhe" should technically be "shu chhe" and is usually in question format.

shu chhe? = kya hai?

saaru chhe = achha hai

danda = stick
leke = to take
maaru = to hit
chhe = is

danda leke maaru chhe = hitting with the stick (roughly translated)

Yea U can call him tu lol

tu = used for people who are same age or younger
tame = aap (used for people who are elder or just out of respect)

yup BJ = most jhabaro


jhabaro = used for a boy
jhabari = used for a girl

wah wah Chitz.. teach me more I cant wait to use it on BJ :E

bahut gaali dena hai usse

N

Nimmi dont listen to Chitz... she is "Chaampli.. bahu Chaampli" .... lol JK

I am not whacking yaar.... just teaching nice guju .. lol

Chaampli?

If she is Chaampli ur a Champ in lying :EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I shall trust Chitz with my eyes closed :EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE but definitely not u

N
ps: Chitz wth does he mean by chaampli = does he mean chatura?

Ayyo NIMIIDI chaampli etle bahu bad bad kare aakha GAAM ni PANCHAAT kare em kehwoo chee BJ bhai ne tamara mate

No way... was joking with CHITZ as CHAAMPLI for helping out Nimii .... but well the translation is correct.... in the above context its more like CHAMPLI for not being on my side in teasing Nimii

Nimii = Zhabri
Chitz = Champli

ha ha ha.... and before you tell about me Jay = Gando Chokro ( Pagal ladka )....lol.

Zhabri = matlab mean :E

gando?????????????? pagal?

how can that be :E must be gando means ganda matlab bad

grrrrrrrrr WHERE IS CHITZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!?!?!?!?!

CHITZZZZZZZZZZZ BACCHAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BJ KO TERMINATE KARNA HAI :EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

N :EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Ayyo Nimu dont listen to BJ. Woh aaj kal Diwali ke celebration ke liye bhaang pee raha hai lol

Btw, chaampali means overly smart. Woh to main hooon hi

etle = means
bahu = lot
bad bad = bak-bak
kare = to do
aakha = whole
gaam = village/city
ni = 's
panchaat = to indulge into useless discussions (mainly gossip)
kare = do
em = that
kehwoo = to tell/to say
chee = (should be chhe) is
tamara = you
mate = for

"Ayyo NIMIIDI chaampli means the one who does a lot of bak-bak, who gossips about the whole city, that is what BJbhai wants to say for you"

hmmmmmmmm Poppybhai knows a lot of Gujju that I thought!!

Arrrrrr, BJbhai ne shu thayu?? ekdam faati ne dhumaaDo thayi gaya chhe.
(Errrr, what happened to BJbhai?) now this part is very hard to translate. let me get back to you.

Nimu not to worry. Ab main aa gayi hoon na. Let BJ say whatever he wants to say. Btw, teh dictionary meaning of gando is mad/lunatic hahahaha

Somewhat off the subject, but I was looking for the song "Ori aave to tane vaat kahun khaangi, tu garam masale dar khati mithi vaangi". IIRC it was a Kishoreda song, wasn't it? Does anyone have it?

Pranav

Phew Chitz!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you I Know I could rely on u

BJ I will never trust :E

Poppy putra I didnt know if he has joined the bandwagon with BJ to pull my legs - like all brudders who luv to pull their sistahs' legs

N

Yo BJ You ARE BIGGEST GANDO!

n

I think I have this song somewhere , but sure not from kishore da wala version... would be interested to hear KK 's version of this ...

Gaando still much better than "ZHAABRI" ( Nimii Da Zhabri)

Chaampli Diwali maa koi bhaang piye che ke shu ??? Ek dum champli chhe tu , kashu pan bole chhe BTW , Hun to aaje javvu che "Navi Jersey" diwali manava..... tyan bahu champla jova malse bole taare maate koi champlo soodhi laavu........ ha ha ha JK

Now I need to find a real swear word in Gujarati to blast at BJ :E

N :E

And I am tempted to use one in Gujarati or any other language because HF keeps eluding me on a daily basis Yeh kya ho raha hai bhai, yeh kya ho raha hain? Aa shu chaali rahyu chhe bhai aa shu chali rahyu chhe?

Aa = yeh
shu = kya
chaali = chalna/ hona
rahyu = raha
chhe = hai

(I hope)

T

Some would say Gujarati is such a nice language that it does not have a real swear word of its own

I am certainly not one of them, though

Even if it is not there I am sure BJ would create one

N

Yes yes me seconds that.

BJ's other name could be doDh-Daahyo

(shhhhh doDh-Daahyo = smarty pants) *thanks to mz. T for the translation help*

Tell BJ, being jhabari can be changed, being ganDo cant be hahaha

-champali C

oh ho! kya Edison upaDyaa? amaare to bay area ma kai khaas nathi. Aaje kaka ne gher javanu chhe Diwali nu jamaN karvaa.

Diwali ma BJbhai to bhaang paN pive.

Oh no!!! I dont need a champlo for me. 2 champla ppl gonna go crazy!!! better find someone who can deal with one champli

Saal mubarak and nutan varsh na abhinandan from mz. champli

Hmmmmmm nice language?? Pranavbhai, I'd say if it's a language it is always nice but speaking of not having a real swear word... those "some" ppl better think again. I think almost every language would have bad words and Gujarati cant be an exception. I think Surti ppl are most courageous ones to involve the bad words in their talking so efficiently. Gosh! I've never seen more rude Gujju than from a Surti's mouth. *eeks* No offense to Surtis who actually speak decent Guj. And some might wonder why Surat never had a radio station of their own.

I must grant you that re. Surti's, especially parsis. Hum thehre bechare ahmedabad wale so we are very decent

Hey, so you live in Bay area? Me too!

Pranav

Arre puch nahi... baapre shhu gardi gardi ... almost felt like in India... everywhere traffic JAMS , but had lots of fun , pata hi nahi chala where did the whole weekend went .... at first we did big ANKUUT puja at home , then went to see one of the best "ANKUUT" darshan at BAPS temple.... baapre mooh maa paani avi gayu .....

And than what a nice way to end perfect day with a huge group of us (20 seats) at the premier of VEER - ZAARA ..... what a romantic movie... Hats off to Yash Chopra ....lol... if had stayed 2 - 3 more days there would have sure come out with a remix verison of "Aisa Edison Desh hai mera..." ha ha JK JK

Tane pann Saal Mubarak ( pann huu jara totlu bolu chu .... L na badle T and T na badle L ... ha ha ha )

See only mz T. thinks of me as Daahyo... now please tara potana taraf thi aa doDh na lagav ....

Even though lots of Guju's are very talkative but they are often very reserved in expression of feelings like anger or love in public. And I guess swearing is one expression of feeling angry or frustation coming out of anger, etc. LOL ... this reminds me of an episode , very funny and interesting....no offense to Amdavadis as I am one too, so take it in a funny spirit :-

Once I was a passenger in famous three wheeler rickshaw 's of Ahmedabad ( famous for giving left or right turn signal by putting the appropiate leg outside the rickshaw opening... instead of with hands ) And if you ever been in the town , you know what I am talking about going through Ratan Pole or ManekChowk during a peak rush hours ( In Ahmedabad peak hours are calculated on shopping hours of the Janta rather than the work hours of the Janta ). So what happened was ke between two rickshaws there is little of accident, woh bhi just they had touched each other , even as passenger I didn't get much of a bump from the accident but than it was Ahmedabad and this two rickshawala 's ego was at stake if they had let anyone go without arguing... I was thinking ke its time to experience the big swearing and fight in guju and so was excited.... what I see is this two guys coming out of their rick and holding each other's collar and yelling... SAALAA ANDHALO CHE ... DEKHA TU NATHI... GHODINAA JOYI NE NATHI CHALATAU..... (now if u notice here Andhalo che is like are u blinded , its not a swear but than even SAALA and GHODINA.... does not have much meaning as swear either... ) .... and than I heard EK DABHA HAATH NI CHODHI DAYISH... ( will hit u a slap from left hand) ...so was thinking ke aab maast fight honewali hai... and the most funny part was they went on repeating and repeating for like 1 ,2 ,3 ...10 ... 15... 20 times interchangingly all of the above sentences in different phrases but to my surprise no one has yet given any slap to anyone.... I almost felt like telling either someone slap someone soon or just let it go so the traffic can keep moving... in the mean time even the THOLLA (guju slang word for traffic cop) came by and asking what was going on.... Finally it got over after the THOLLA said move your rick on the side and let the traffic go... and continue ure fight there.... Now in this whole thing...I still didnt see a single slapping from either side... so max was SAALA , GHODINA , ANDHALA , and WILL HIT U A SLAP....

Even now whenever I remember this incidence , I laugh at this whole thing , as it was more of funny than a fight....which I know very well as in Amchi Mumbai , before a fight....pehle tau ek kaan ke nicchu pe rakh ke denge... fir 4-5 mast top ki gaaliya (swearing) de denge fir usko batayenge ke uski galti kya thi... ha ha LOL...

Very true BJ, I can attest to that coming from A'bad too. Reminds me of the scene from the recent Akshay Khanna movie (name escapes me). Quite funny!! And to think "jab kutte pe sassa aaya, tab badshah ne shahar basaya"!!!!

Pranav

No kidding! my friend also went to that thing - Swaminarayan temple. She said it was lots of fun. We had one of those here at temple but it was on Sunday. I didnt want to be in such big crowd so went on Saturday. It was so nice to visit temple.



Waah bhai waah. Jalsa chhe kem! good. so you liked it eh? I am still debating whether to spend $10 on it or wait for dvd. lol @ ur remix song. kaash hum bhi kabhi edison dekh sake...



Ayyo! dont give me that kind of ashirwad. mere ko nahin chahiye thank u. *grrrrr*

This time of the yr always reminds me of this funny incident. My uncle-aunt (foi-fuva) were newly weds and their friends (also a couple) got married a few wks after their marriage. So when they were at the reception and went to congratulate the couple for their wedding, by mistake they said "saal mubarak" instead of congrats. us kids still laugh at the incident til this date when its new yrs. So funny!! roflllllllllllllll