100 Essential Sindhi Words

These are 100 essential Sindhi 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	مان	mahn	I
2	تون	toon	you
3	هو	hoo	he
4	اسان	ah-SAHN	we
5	توهان	toh-HAHN	you
6	اهي	ah-heh	they
7	هي	hee	this
8	اهو	ah-HOH	that
9	ڇا	chhah	what
10	ڪير	kehr	who
11	نه	nah	no
12	۽	aen	and
13	يا	yah	or
14	پر	par	but
15	۾	mehn	in
16	سان	sahn	with
17	هڪ	hik	one
18	ٻه	bah	two
19	وڏو	WAH-doh	big
20	ننڍو	NUN-dhoh	small
21	سٺو	SOO-thoh	good
22	نئون	nah-OON	new
23	ماڻهو	MAHN-hoo	person
24	پاڻي	PAH-nee	water
25	ڏينهن	DEEN-hun	day
26	سال	sahl	year
27	وقت	vahkt	time
28	گهر	ghar	house
29	ڪم	kahm	work
30	زندگي	zin-dah-GEE	life
31	لفظ	LAH-fuhz	word
32	هجڻ	hah-JAHN	be
33	ڪرڻ	kah-RAHN	do
34	چوڻ	chah-WAHN	say
35	ڄاڻڻ	jah-NAHN	know
36	ڏسڻ	dih-SAHN	see
37	وڃڻ	wah-NYAHN	go
38	اچڻ	ah-CHAHN	come
39	ڏيڻ	dih-YAHN	give
40	وٺڻ	wah-THAHN	take
41	چاهڻ	chah-HAHN	want
42	کائڻ	khah-in	eat
43	پيئڻ	pee-ahn	to drink
44	هاڻي	HAH-neh	now
45	هتي	hih-TEH	here
46	هُتي	huh-TEH	there
47	ڪٿي	kih-THEH	where
48	ڇو	chhoh	why
49	سڀ	sahbh	all
50	اڄ	ahj	today
51	ڊگهو	DIG-hoh	long
52	ٺاهڻ	THAH-han	make, create
53	شيء	shay	thing, object
54	ڏيکارڻ	deh-KHAH-ran	show, display
55	هر	har	every, each
56	هيٺ	hehth	under, below
57	تنهنڪري	tan-hin-KREE	therefore
58	نهارڻ	nih-AH-ran	look, gaze at
59	وڌيڪ	wah-DHEEK	more
60	تمام	tah-MAHM	very
61	سگهڻ	sa-GHAHN	can, be able to
62	شڪل	shah-KUL	form, shape
63	عظيم	ah-ZEEM	great, grand
64	سوچڻ	so-CHAHN	think
65	مدد	mah-DAHD	help
66	آواز	ah-WAHZ	sound, voice
67	گهٽ	ghat	low, less
68	ليڪ	lehk	line
69	انگ	ang	number, digit
70	اڳ	ag	before, earlier
71	مٿي	mah-THEH	over, above
72	ڦرڻ	phih-RAHN	turn, revolve
73	سبب	sah-BAB	cause, reason
74	کان	khahn	than (also: from)
75	سڏڻ	sah-DAHN	call, summon
76	پهريون	PAH-ree-oon	first (ordinal 1st)
77	قوم	kohm	people, nation
78	ساڳيو	SAHG-yoh	same, identical
79	فرق	fahrk	difference
80	پاسو	PAH-soh	side
81	هلڻ	hah-LAHN	move, walk
82	ڇوڪرو	CHOHK-roh	boy
83	ڳولڻ	goh-LAHN	find, search for
84	ڪو	koh	any, some
85	پراڻو	poo-RAH-noh	old (of things)
86	ٻڌائڻ	bu-DHAH-in	tell, inform
87	حصو	HIS-soh	part, portion
88	جملو	JUM-loh	sentence (grammatical unit)
89	ملڻ	mih-LAHN	get, receive (also: meet)
90	جاءِ	jah-ee	place, location
91	ٽي	tee	the number 3
92	رهڻ	rah-HAHN	live, reside
93	هوا	hah-WAH	air (also: wind)
94	پوءِ	poh-ee	after, then
95	واپس	WAH-pas	back (return)
96	ٿورو	THOH-roh	little, a small amount
97	صرف	sirf	only
98	گول	gohl	round, circular
99	مرد	murd	man, adult male
100	به	bih	also, too

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Curated for learners: Sindhi 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 Sindhi words

How many Sindhi 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 Sindhi?

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 Sindhi word list come from?

It is curated for learners rather than corpus-ranked: Sindhi 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.