Sheels Hindi to English Dictionary

Sheels Dictionary is a free and useful offline Hindi to English and English to Hindi dictionary software. This software contains both type of dictionaries i.e. from Hindi to English and English to Hindi. Additionally there are lots of useful features which makes it useful and easy to use. It provides the meanings of the words to the users in an easy format and easy to use interface. This dictionary comes with a basic set of features that are developed to make this software easy to use and highly efficient at the same time.

Software Name: Sheels Hindi to English Dictionary
Latest Version: 2.0 (Read Release Notes)
Download URL: http://www.sheelgupta.blogspot.com/p/download.html
Download Count: Over 7 Million downloads till date.
Category: Education
Language: Hindi, English
Price: Free
Operating System: Windows
Date Published: 2010-08-15
Date Modified: September 14, 2014
File Size: 8.37 MB(8780800 Bytes)

System Requirements: Intel Pentium IV 1.6GHz or above, 512 RAM or above, Hard disk requirement of at least 200MB, Minimal desktop resolution 1024x768 Recommended.

Hindi is the most widely spoken language of India, with over more than 200 million speakers across the globe. It is very ancient language, and has a direct line of evolution to Sanskrit. Anyone with an interest in Hindi language will have to start learning and understanding Hindi vocabulary in order to master this language. A very simple tool to get acquainted with any language and see what it's all about is through the use of a dictionary software. A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages kept together in order to serve a person who is willing to know the meaning of a word. Sheels Hindi to English Dictionary is one such tool for those who wants to know the meaning of a Hindi or English word.

Special Features of Sheels Hindi to English Dictionary

• Easy & user friendly interface.
• Handy functions grouped inside a vertical toolbar.
• In-built virtual Hindi keyboard which you can use to type in Hindi, specially for those who don’t know Hindi typing.
• Very fast search function which will take you to the meaning of the word in an instant.
• Search facility is available in Phonetically and Devnagari Script.
• Powerful and impressive word database of more than 2,00,000 words which can be modified anytime.
• Facility to add new word. You can add as many words you want in your particular dictionary.
• Facility to modify the existing word.
• Specialized hotkeys for switching faster between Hindi to English & English to Hindi Dictionary.
• Offline and online support.

Release Notes

Sheels Dictionary Release 2.0 - September 14, 2014

1.      Added new words in database, now it contains 1,95,699 words.

2.      Added facility to search and type words phonetically.

3.      Facility of typing comma (,) and some punctuation marks has been added while adding and modifying words.

4.      Added Devnagari and Phonetic Keyboard help under Help menu.

5.      Editing word has been made simple and now it does not require providing word number.

6.      Fixed an issue with searching – In version 1.0 while searching “द” list of “छ” appeared.

7.      Searching has been made faster by using new algorithm.

8.      Added facility of state storing. Now the same dictionary will be opened on restarting software which was last closed. If user will close Hindi Dictionary, next time Hindi Dictionary will open and if user closes English Dictionary, next time same will open.

9.      Graphical User Interface has been more simplified and now it takes less space on users system.

10.  3D toolbar has been removed.

11.  Facility of Go To has been removed.

12.  This version will use 75% less disk space.

13.  Installation instructions have been updated. OCX error for Windows 8, Windows 7 and Vista has been fixed. Now no compatibility setting will be required after installation.

14.  Older version of Sheels Dictionary i.e. Version 1.0 is now no longer supported.

Mispronounced Words Part II

List of wrongly pronounced words in India - Part II

We have already seen some commonly used mispronounced words in our previous post. Here are some more common words which are wrongly pronounced by many persons.

• Athlete – It is pronounced as /ATH-LETE/ not /ath-uh-lete/. The word has two syllables, not three.
• Asterisk – It is pronounced as /AS-TER-ISK/ not /as-ter-ik/. Notice the second S.
• Ask – It is pronounced as /ASK/ not /aks/. The S comes before the K.
• Accessory – It is pronounced as AK-SESS-OR-Y not as ASS-ESS-OR-Y. The first C has a “hard” sound.
• Arctic – Note the C after the R. It is pronounced as ARK-TIK not AR-TIK.
• Anyway – The problem with this word the addition of an unnecessary sound. Don’t add an s to make it “anyways.” The word is ANYWAY.
• Aegis – The ae in this word is pronounced "ee". It is pronounced as EE-JIS not AY-JIS.
• Chef - It is pronounced as SHef not che-f. The word ch is represented in three different sounds in English. For example /tch/ as in Munch, /k/ as in Christian, and /sh/ as in chef. The first sound is heard in words of English origin. The second sound of ch, /k/, is heard in words of Greek origin. The third and least common of the three ch sounds is heard in words adopted from modern French.
• Chaos – Chaos is a Greek word. It is pronounced as /KAY-OS/ not /chaa-os/.
• Cache – The word is of French origin, but it does not end with an accented syllable. It is pronounced as /KASH/ not /ka-shay/.
• Develop: It is pronounced as D+vay+lupp not Day+vay+lupp.
• Dilate – The word has two syllables, not three. It is pronounced as /DI-LATE/ not /di-a-late/.
• Epitome: It is pronounced as ep-i-tummy not ep-i-tome.
• Etc (et cetera) – This Latin term is often mispronounced. It is pronounced as /ET CET-ER-A/ not /ex cet-er-a/.
• February – It is pronounced as /FEB-ROO-AR-Y/ not /feb-u-ar-y/ or /far-vary/.

 List of wrongly pronounced words in India - Part I

Apostrophe Rules

Apostrophes (’) helps us to make our sentences short but putting them in the wrong place is one of the most common mistakes in the English grammar. It is normally used for two reasons: to show possession or to indicate ownership and to show that certain letters in a contraction are missing. The rules for apostrophes vary with the type of word. A lot of people are confused about when they can use an apostrophe and when they don’t. Here are a few apostrophe rules which will help you:

• Apostrophes are used to indicate possession. It means that an apostrophe with an "s" after a proper noun indicates that the person, place or thing owns the particular thing. For Example: Mohan’s house or Ram’s car. Remember: a possessive noun needs an apostrophe + “s” (’s) at the end. If there is already an “s”, you have to just add the apostrophe. If there is no “s,” you have to add both - first the apostrophe, and then the “s”.
• To indicate something belonging to one person, the apostrophe put the apostrophe before the ‘s’. For Example: the player’s kit.
• To indicate something belonging to more than one person, put the apostrophe after the ‘s’. For Example: the players’ kit.
• If two people possess the same item, put the apostrophe + s after the second name only. For example: His and Mohan’s house.
• Apostrophes are never used in making plural.
• Apostrophes are also used to indicate a contracted word. For example, “it’s” uses an apostrophe to indicate that the word is missing the “i” from “it is”. Similarly don’t, doesn't, it's, can't, you'd, should've, etc are also used.
• Note: Never use an apostrophe after a possessive pronoun such as my, mine, his, hers, our, ours, its, theirs etc. 

Learn Phonic rules

Phonic Rules

10 Rules for better English Pronunciation

Phonics refers to associating letters or group of letters along with the sounds they represent. In simple words we can say that Phonics is one method of teaching how to read and pronounce. It is an important tool for reading, writing and pronouncing words. The goal of phonics is to enable learners to decode new written words by pronouncing them in phonics terms. Phonics is normally a part of primary education and if not mastered properly it can lead us towards the incorrect pronunciation of words. Before starting rules for pronunciation lets see the meaning of vowels and consonants which is important part of this topic.

Vowels: There are 26 alphabet letters in English language. Out of these A, E, I, O, and U are vowels. These are the speech sounds made with your mouth open and your tongue in the middle of your mouth not touching your teeth and lips. Vowels can be "Long" or "Short". Sometimes "y" & "w" are also used as vowels. This also includes the diphthongs "ai, au, aw, ew, ei, oi, oo, ou, ow, oy" etc.

Consonants: Consonants are all the other letters which stop or limit the flow of air from the throat in speech. They are: "b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z,ch,ph,sh,th,wh, gh, and ng".

Rules for Pronunciation: 

1. Every syllable in every word must contain a vowel.
2. When a syllable ends in a vowel and if it is the only vowel, that vowel is usually long. Examples: be/come, cra/ker, go/ing, fu/ture, my/self, pa/per, ba/ker.
3. When a syllable ends in a consonant and has only one vowel, that vowel is short. Examples: cap, sad, clock, mug.
4. When a syllable ends in a silent "e," the vowel that comes before the silent "e" is long. Examples: make, take, cale, bite, kite, rope, hope, use, fuse.
5. When a syllable has two vowels together, the first vowel is usually long and the second vowel is silent. Example: pain, stain, crow, grow, coat. Diphthongs don't follow this rule; In diphthongs, the vowels blend together to create a single sound.
6. When a vowel is followed by "r" in the same syllable, it is neither long nor short. Examples: for, charm, sir, shirt, corn, surf, fir.
7. When 2 consonants are joined together and form new sound, they are known as consonant digraph. Here are some consonant digraphs you should know: gh (laugh), kn (known), wh (why), sh (shout), wr (write)th (that), ch (child), ph (graph), tch (catch), ng (ring).
8. When letter "C" is followed by "e, i, or y," it usually has the soft sound of "S" Example: cigar, city, cease, celebrate, cycle etc.
9. When letter "G" is followed by "e, i, or y," it usually has the soft sound of "J." Example: gem, germinate, ginger, gymnastic etc.
10. In a one syllable word "Y" is pronounced as (ai) for example: cry, try, fry, by etc and in a two syllable word "Y" is pronounced as (e) for example: tiny, party, candy, city, kitty etc.

Sometimes the rules don't work. Because of the vastness of the language at some places some rules don't work. However these rules work in the majority of the words.

Commonly used mispronounced words

Learn Apostrophe rules

Mispronounced Words

List of wrongly pronounced words in India - Part I

Pronunciation is the way or the manner of speaking a word. A word can be pronounced in different ways by various persons depending on many factors such as: their location, education, social class, childhood, voice disorders and many more. It is an undeniable fact that in India people have acquired a not-so-bad command of English language but still the mispronunciation of certain words is very common among a good majority of English speakers in India. Below is the list of some commonly used mispronounced words.

• Science: It is pronounced as saayans not as signs.
• Receipt: It is pronounced as ri-seet not as ricept.
• Almond: It is pronounced as Ah-mund, (L is silent) not as Aal-mund.
• Bury: It is pronounced as Be-ri and not as Burr-ri.
• Dengue: It is pronounced as Den-gee not as Den-goo.
• Pizza: It is pronounced as peet-zuh not as Pi-za.
• Genre: It is pronounced as Zhon-ruh not as Jen-ner.
• Quote: It is pronounced as kwo-te not as coat.
• Sour: It is pronounced as sower (as in power) not as saar.
• Police: It is pronounced as Puh-leece not as Poo-leece.
• Coupon: It is pronounced as Koo-pawn not as koo-pun.
• Gauge: It is pronounced as gayj not as gauj.
• Raspberry: It is pronounced as Raz-ber-ee (P is silent) not as rasp-berry
• Cocoa: It should be pronounced as koh-koh and not as koh-koh-wa.
• Dessert: It is pronounced as dizz-urt not as des-ert.
• Bowl: It is pronounced as bo-hl (pronunciation of O) not as baa-ool.
• Euler: It is pronounced as Oiler not as Yular.
• Truth: It is pronounced as troo-th not as tru-th.
• Capris: The correct pronunciation is Kuh-preez and not as cape-reese.
• Plumber: It is pronounced as plumer with b silent.

 Learn Phonic rules
List of wrongly pronounced words in India - Part II

Nomadic (खानाबदोश)

Pronunciation :  नोमेडिक 

Hindi Meaning : घुमंतू, खानाबदोश, घुमक्कड़

English Meaning : one who travel from place to place rather living in one place all the time.
Example :
1. Early men were nomadic.
2. After some time early man gave up their nomadic life and became civilized.
3. The nomadic wild animal never stayed in one place for long.

Synonyms : migratory, strolling, vagrant, rangy, peripatetic, wandering, gypsy

Antonyms :  native, settled

Previous word of the week : Stride

Stride (छलाँग)

Pronunciation : स्ट्राइड

Hindi Meaning : प्रगति,  तरक़्क़ी, फलांग

English Meaning : 1. if you stride somewhere, you walk there with quick, long step
2. walk with long, decisive steps in a specified direction.

Example :
1. He was getting into his stride at last.
2. Her unusually swift stride outdistanced both of them.
3. He covered the distance quickly with his long stride.

Synonyms : tramp,  stomp, clump, pace, parade, traipse, tromp

Antonyms : ramble, stroll, wander, meander

Previous word of the week : Gigantic

Gigantic (बहुत बड़ा)

Pronunciation :  जायगेन्टिक

Hindi Meaning : विशाल, महाकाय, बहुत बड़ा, लम्बा चौड़ा
English Meaning : of very great size or extent; huge or enormous.

Example : 1. Thousands of students are enrolling in gigantic open on line courses. 2. A gigantic task of national reconstruction awaits us. 3. Dozens of youths in the street combing their hair peering into gigantic foot square mirrors.  

Synonyms : giant, spacious, enormous, immense, bulky, mammoth, huge, immeasurable, large  

Antonyms : teeny, tiny, small, little, miniature, insignificant, minute  

Previous word of the week : Placate

Desperate (हताश)

Pronunciation : डेस्परेट

Hindi Meaning : हताश, निराश, मायूस, मरने पर उतारू

English Meaning : If you are desperate, you are in such a bad
situation, that you are willing to try anything to change it.

Example : 
1. He also know he is feeling desperate right about now.
2. I crashed the car and was desperate for help.
3. People are desperate for him to do something.

Synonyms :  heartsick, dead alive, frustrated, hopeless, despondent, depressing, disappointing, dispirited, downward, downcast,

Antonyms :  confident, satisfied, hopeful, secure, peaceful, cowardly, calm, moderate, meek, contented

Previous word of the week : Placate

Placate (सांत्वना देना)

Pronunciation : प्लेकेट

Hindi Meaning : सांत्वना देना, दिलासा देना, तसल्ली देना

English Meaning : make (someone) less angry or hostile.

Example :  
1. He smiled, trying to placate me.
2. I tried to placate the sad little boy by giving him a chocolate.
3. If no one tries to placate my brother when she is angry, he gets even angrier.

Synonyms :  tranquilize, calm down, console, cheer up, pacify, reconcile, stroke

Antonyms :  upset, provoke, worry, trouble, irritate, incite

Previous word of the week : Esoteric

Esoteric (गुप्त)

Pronunciation : एसॉटेरिक

Hindi Meaning : गूढ़, गुप्त

English Meaning : If you describe some as esoteric you mean it is known, understood, or appreciated by only a small number of people.

Example :
1. Only a couple of people I know share your esoteric thoughts on those religious principles.
2. He made an esoteric joke that only he and his sister understood.
3. Mohit was very familiar with esoteric literature from the Middle Ages.

Synonyms :  heavy, occult, secret, Orphic, hidden, cryptic, mystical, abstruse, hermetic, profound, inscrutable

Antonyms : obvious, known, public, familiar, common

Previous word of the week : Vex

Vex (चिढ़ना)

Pronunciation : वेक्स

Hindi Meaning : चिढ़ना, खीझाना, सताना

English Meaning : 1. make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.

       2. to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to   

Example : 
1. The sound of a fly buzzing near my ear is something that can vex me to no end.
2. Please accept my apology because I did not mean to vex you with my words.
3. If you attempt to vex the dog by pulling his tail, he is sure to bite you.

Synonyms : annoy, afflict, disturb, disquiet, rile, give a hard time, nettle, infuriate, exasperate

Antonyms :  comfort, please, soothe, mollify, cheer, calm, ease, please, assist, delight, appease, make happy

Previous word of the week : Browbeat

Browbeat (धमकाना)

Pronunciation :  ब्रोबीट

Hindi Meaning :  धमकाना, धमकी देना

English Meaning :
1. intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words.
2. If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.

Example :
1. He does not browbeat, but quietly negotiates to bring people around.
2. They browbeat everyone who disagrees with them.
3. They try to browbeat us so that we never disagree with them and let them to do bad things.

Synonyms : scarify, bluster, daunt, intimidate, threaten, terrorize

Antonyms :  assist, coax, praise, boost, help, compliment

Previous word of the week : Propitiate

Propitiate (संतुष्ट करना)

Pronunciation : प्रपीशिएट

Hindi Meaning : संतुष्ट करना, शांत करना, धीमा करना, राज़ी करना

English Meaning :  If you propitiate someone, you stop them being angry impatient by doing something to please them.

Example :
1. I have never gone out of my way to propitiate people.
2. These ancient ceremonies propitiate the spirits of the waters.
3. After offending his boss, Kumar tried to propitiate him by inviting him to dinner.

Synonyms : satisfy, pamper, calm, quiet, slack up, placate, recreate, decelerate, soothe, assuage

Previous word of the week : Exculpate

Exculpate (सफ़ाई देना)

Pronunciation : एक्सकल्पेट

Hindi Meaning : सफ़ाई देना, निर्दोष सिद्ध करना, दोषमुक्त करना

English Meaning : show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.

Example :
1. Each one makes some attempt to exculpate the other.
2. He is exculpating even after doing such a crime.
3. He had to exculpate the defendant due to lack of evidence.

Synonyms : explain, clean, tidy up, acquit, exonerate, clear, discharge, condone, excuse, justify, remit, pardon, amnesty

Antonyms : incriminate, sentence, keep, censure, hold, maintain, damn, accuse, condemn

Previous word of the week : Deprive

Deprive (वंचित करना)

Pronunciation :  डिप्राइव

Hindi Meaning : वंचित करना, हरण करना, हटाना, छीन लेना

English Meaning : 1. Prevent (a person or place) from having or using something.
2. If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.

Example :

1. They have been deprived of the fuel necessary to heat their homes.
2. If you deprive a person of food and water for days they die.
3. Don't deprive your team of an member for an overly long time.

Synonyms : shear, bereave, denude, mulct, dislodge, alienate, repel, take up

Antonyms : endow, present, supply, offer, keep, bestow, cover, clothe, give

Previous word of the week : Attenuate

Attenuate (दुर्बल होना)

Pronunciation : अटैन्यूएट

Hindi Meaning : दुर्बल होना, पतला करना

English Meaning : reduce the force, effect, or value of.

Example :
1. You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it.
2. They will attenuate rights and still call them rights.
3. Well, okay, but this risk can be significantly attenuated before transplantation.

Synonyms : languish, weaken, fall, away, attenuate, cut down, assuage, curtail, sicken

Antonyms : expand, intensify, stretch, enlarge, extend, enable, assist, strengthen

Previous word of the week : Evasive

Evasive (गोलमाल)

Pronunciation : इवेसिव

Hindi Meaning : गोलमाल, टालने वाला, टाल-मटूल करने वाला
English Meaning : difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.

Example :
 1. She was evasive when her mother asked her where she had been. 
 2. He was evasive about the circumstances of his first meeting.
 3. The manager found his responses to many questions evasive.  

Synonyms :  Elusive, intangible, slippery , lying, sly, fugitive, devious, false

Antonyms : Clear, honest, direct, ready, definite, truthful, straight, forthright`

Previous word of the week : Abscond

Abscond (फरार होना)

Pronunciation : एब्सकौंड

Hindi Meaning :  फरार होना, भाग जाना

English Meaning : to leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law.

Example :
1. He was ordered to appear the following day, but absconded.
2. The greedy accountant was caught at the airport before he could abscond with the company’s profits.
3. Because he was driving without a license, Rohit chose to abscond while the officer ran his car tag.

Synonyms : run away, get off,  escapade,  clear out, take off

Antonyms :  wait, stay, face, join, yield, abide, continue, remain, stop, arrive

Previous word of the week : Enigmatic