Vocabulary

Marathi Fruits & Vegetables (फळे आणि भाजी)

10 Marathi fruits and vegetables names — केळं to बटाटा — with Hindi meanings, pronunciation, market examples from Units 3 and 9.

10 words · Units 03, 09

What you will learn

The 10 everyday fruit and vegetable names from the Bol Marathi curriculum: केळं, आंबा, सफरचंद, द्राक्षं, संत्रं, बटाटा, कांदा, टोमॅटो, भाजी, फळ. Every entry has Hindi meaning, pronunciation and a market-ready example sentence.

Honest scope: the full food list (32 words) lives at /vocabulary/food/. This page is the quick-reference subset you will actually use at a vegetable cart or fruit stall — quantities, prices and the bargaining line थोडं कमी करा, कृपया.

Tip: भाजी means BOTH vegetable and curry — context tells you which. At the market, एक किलो भाजी द्या = one kilo of vegetables; at home, भाजी तयार आहे = the curry is ready.

The Words

भाजी
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भाजी
bhājī
सब्जीvegetable / curry
आज कोणती भाजी?Which vegetable today?
फळ
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फळ
phaḷ
फलfruit
रोज एक फळ खा.Eat one fruit daily.
केळं
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केळं
keḷa
केलाbanana
केळं स्वस्त आहे.Bananas are cheap.
आंबा
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आंबा
āmbā
आमmango
हापूस आंबा प्रसिद्ध आहे.Hapus mango is famous.
सफरचंद
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सफरचंद
sapharchand
सेबapple
सफरचंद लाल आहे.The apple is red.
द्राक्षं
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द्राक्षं
drākṣa
अंगूरgrapes
द्राक्षं गोड लागतात.Grapes taste sweet.
संत्रं
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संत्रं
santra
संतराorange
नागपूरची संत्री प्रसिद्ध.Nagpur oranges are famous.
बटाटा
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बटाटा
baṭāṭā
आलूpotato
बटाट्याची भाजी कर.Make potato curry.
कांदा
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कांदा
kāndā
प्याजonion
कांदा चिरून घे.Chop the onion.
टोमॅटो
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टोमॅटो
ṭomĕṭo
टमाटरtomato
टोमॅटो स्वस्त झाले.Tomatoes became cheap.

Market quantities

एक किलो (one kilo), आधा किलो (half kilo), पाव किलो (250g), दोन किलो (two kilo) — the numbers you need before the noun. Unit 9 drills exactly this: एक किलो भाजी द्या.

Seasonality note

आंबा (mango) is summer; संत्रं (orange) is winter; केळं (banana) year-round. Vendors will tell you काय सुरु आहे? (what's in season?) — learn the cycle, not just the names.

Common mistakes

✗ Using भाजी for a single vegetable✓ भाजी = vegetable (category) AND curry; for a single item say बटाटा, कांदा, टोमॅटो

भाजी is the collective; the specific names are what you buy.

✗ Saying फळ for plural fruits✓ फळ = singular fruit; फळे = plural

The -े plural marker is regular here — आंबा/आंबे, केळं/केळी.

✗ Thinking आंबा is the only mango word✓ आंबा = the fruit; आंब्याचं झाड = the tree

Same root, different referent — the tree appears in the Nature page.

Build sentences with these words

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Quick practice

Answer first, then open the reveal to check yourself.

1. Grapes in Marathi are…
  1. सफरचंद
  2. द्राक्षं
  3. संत्रं
  4. आंबा

Answer: B. द्राक्षं — द्राक्षं (drākṣaṃ) — grapes; सफरचंद is apple, संत्रं is orange.

2. What is कांदा?
  1. Garlic
  2. Onion
  3. Ginger
  4. Tomato

Answer: B. Onion — कांदा (kāndā) = onion; लसुण is garlic.

3. Which word means “vegetable curry”?
  1. फळ
  2. भाजी
  3. टोमॅटो
  4. सफरचंद

Answer: B. भाजी — भाजी (bhājī) — the curry on your plate, not the raw vegetable.

4. Fill in the blank: एक किलो ___ द्या.

भाजी — Unit 9 market sentence — the generic vegetable ask.

You've learned the words.

Now make them stick with spaced repetition, listening, and speaking practice.

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Common questions

How many fruits and vegetables are on this page?

10 — the everyday subset from the curriculum. The full food vocabulary (32 words) is at /vocabulary/food/.

What is “onion” in Marathi?

कांदा (kāndā) — one of the highest-frequency market words.