100 Essential Gujarati Words

These are 100 essential Gujarati words, curated for learners: the pronouns, verbs, and everyday nouns that unlock simple sentences. Core-first learning works: a small set of essential words does most of the work in daily speech, so mastering this list with spaced repetition gives you the fastest possible start.

#	Word	Pronunciation	English meaning
1	હું	hoon	I
2	તું	toon	you
3	તે	teh	he
4	અમે	ah-MEH	we
5	તમે	tah-MEH	you
6	તેઓ	teh-OH	they
7	આ	ah	this
8	પેલું	PEH-loong	that
9	શું	shoong	what
10	કોણ	kohn	who
11	નહીં	nah-HEEN	not (negation)
12	અને	ah-NEH	and
13	અથવા	ath-VAH	or
14	પણ	pahn	also
15	માં	mahn	in
16	સાથે	SAH-theh	with
17	એક	ek	one
18	બે	beh	two
19	મોટું	MOH-toong	big
20	નાનું	NAH-noong	small
21	સારું	SAH-roong	good
22	નવું	NAH-voong	new
23	માણસ	MAH-nahs	person
24	પાણી	PAH-nee	water
25	દિવસ	DEE-vahs	day
26	વર્ષ	varsh	year
27	સમય	sah-MAY	time
28	ઘર	ghar	house
29	કામ	kahm	work
30	જીવન	JEE-vahn	life
31	શબ્દ	shahbd	word
32	હોવું	HOH-voong	be
33	કરવું	kar-VOONG	do
34	કહેવું	keh-VOONG	say
35	જાણવું	JAHN-voong	know
36	જોવું	JOH-voong	see
37	જવું	jah-VOONG	go
38	આવવું	AHV-voong	come
39	આપવું	AHP-voong	give
40	લેવું	leh-VOONG	take
41	ઇચ્છવું	ichh-VOONG	want
42	ખાવું	khah-VOONG	eat
43	પીવું	pee-VOONG	to drink
44	હવે	hah-VEH	now
45	અહીં	ah-HEEN	here
46	ત્યાં	tyahn	there
47	ક્યાં	kyahn	where
48	કેમ	kem	why
49	બધું	bah-DHOONG	all
50	આજે	AH-jeh	today
51	લાંબું	LAHM-boong	long (great length)
52	બનાવવું	bah-NAHV-voong	to make, create
53	વસ્તુ	VAS-too	thing, object
54	સાંભળવું	SAHM-bhal-voong	to hear, listen
55	બાળક	BAH-lahk	child
56	ત્રણ	trahn	the number 3
57	નામ	nahm	name
58	મિત્ર	mitr	friend
59	વધારે	vah-DHAH-reh	more, a greater amount
60	રાત	raht	night
61	શકવું	shak-VOONG	can, be able to
62	ચાલવું	chahl-VOONG	to walk
63	દોડવું	dohd-VOONG	to run
64	વાંચવું	vahnch-VOONG	to read
65	મારું	MAH-roong	my (possessive of I)
66	અવાજ	ah-VAHJ	sound, noise; voice
67	હા	hah	yes
68	સૌથી	SOW-thee	most (superlative marker)
69	સંખ્યા	SANKH-yah	number (numeric quantity)
70	ક્યારે	KYAH-reh	when (question word)
71	ઉપર	OO-par	over, above
72	સમજવું	sah-maj-VOONG	to understand
73	ખોરાક	khoh-RAHK	food
74	કરતાં	kar-TAHN	than (comparison)
75	બોલાવવું	boh-LAHV-voong	to call (summon)
76	પહેલું	pah-HEH-loong	first (ordinal 1st)
77	લોકો	LOH-koh	people, persons
78	કદાચ	kah-DAHCH	perhaps, maybe
79	નીચે	NEE-cheh	down, below
80	બાજુ	BAH-joo	side (left-right side)
81	સૂવું	soo-VOONG	to sleep
82	ફરી	fah-REE	again
83	શોધવું	shohdh-VOONG	to find, search for
84	કોઈ	KOH-ee	any (no matter which)
85	જૂનું	JOO-noong	old (of things)
86	પૈસા	PAY-sah	money
87	ભાગ	bhahg	part, portion
88	ખરીદવું	khah-reed-VOONG	to buy
89	મળવું	mal-VOONG	to get, obtain; to meet
90	જગ્યા	JAG-yah	place, location
91	મા	mah	mother
92	રહેવું	reh-VOONG	to live (reside); to stay
93	કેટલું	KET-loong	how much, how many
94	પછી	pah-CHHEE	after, later
95	પાછું	PAH-chhoong	back, to a previous place
96	ઓછું	OH-chhoong	few, less (small amount)
97	ફક્ત	fakt	only, no more than
98	ગોળ	gohl	round, circular
99	પુરુષ	POO-roosh	man, adult male
100	મહિનો	mah-HEE-noh	month

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Curated for learners: Gujarati has no reliable public frequency corpus, so this list is ordered by usefulness, not by measured frequency. Pronunciation is a respelling guide, not phonetic notation.

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Frequently asked questions about Gujarati words

How many Gujarati words do you need for a basic conversation?

Across languages, a small core of words does most of the work in everyday speech: the first few hundred words carry the bulk of simple conversation. You can manage basic exchanges with a few hundred words; this list is the foundation to build on.

What is the fastest way to memorize these 100 words?

Spaced repetition: review each word just before you would forget it, at growing intervals. It moves vocabulary into long-term memory far faster than rereading a list. Turn the 100 words into flashcards and review a small batch daily; the whole list fits into two to three weeks.

Are 100 words enough to speak Gujarati?

No. One hundred words let you recognize the skeleton of most sentences, but not hold a real conversation. They are the right starting point: after this list, keep growing your core vocabulary and start speaking practice early, even with simple phrases.

Where does this Gujarati word list come from?

It is curated for learners rather than corpus-ranked: Gujarati has no reliable public frequency corpus, so we selected the words that unlock everyday sentences and ordered them by usefulness. These are essential words, not a measured frequency ranking.