Hindi for Cavers

Inia is a multi-ethnic conglomerater were numerous different languages are spoken. That’s pretty impractical, and so the Constitution of India designated two official language of the Government of India: Hindi written in the Devanagari script and English. English is obviously a remnant of colonial days, but is widely spoke, so the traveler has no problems with this language. Nevertheless we listed some cave related terms in Hindi.

Hindi in Devanagari	Hindi in Latin	English
गुफा	gupha	cave
कुटी	kutee	cavern
गुफाओं का आदमी	guphaon ka aadamee	cave man
गुहावासी	guhaavaasee	cave-dweller, troglodyte
caving	caving	caving
छेद निगल	chhed nigal	sink
पोनोर	ponor	ponor
स्रोत	srot	spring
कार्स्ट वसंत	kaarst vasant	karst spring
भूजल	bhoojal	groundwater
गुफा मठ	gupha math	cave monastery
मेरा	mera	mine
खान में काम करनेवाला	khaan mein kaam karanevaala	miner
अयस्क	ayask	ore
भूमिगत	bhoomigat	underground