Fruits name in Marathi with pictures

Fruits in Marathi: word list with pictures

30 words · tap 🔊 to hear each one in Marathi.

Picture	English	Marathi	Say it	Listen
	Mango	आंबा	āṃbā	🔊
	Banana	केळं	keḷaṃ	🔊
	Apple	सफरचंद	sapharachaṃd	🔊
	Orange	संत्रं	saṃtraṃ	🔊
	Grapes	द्राक्षं	drākshaṃ	🔊
	Watermelon	कलिंगड	kaliṃgaḍ	🔊
	Papaya	पपई	papaī	🔊
	Guava	पेरू	perū	🔊
	Pineapple	अननस	ananas	🔊
	Strawberry	स्ट्रॉबेरी	sṭroberī	🔊
	Cherry	चेरी	cherī	🔊
	Lemon	लिंबू	liṃbū	🔊
	Coconut	नारळ	nāraḷ	🔊
	Pear	नासपती	nāsapatī	🔊
	Pomegranate	डाळिंब	ḍāḷiṃb	🔊
	Sapodilla	चिकू	chikū	🔊
	Peach	पीच	pīch	🔊
	Muskmelon	खरबूज	kharabūj	🔊
	Kiwi	किवी	kivī	🔊
	Green Apple	हिरवं सफरचंद	hiravaṃ sapharachaṃd	🔊
	Blueberry	ब्लूबेरी	blūberī	🔊
	Lime	हिरवं लिंबू	hiravaṃ liṃbū	🔊
	Jackfruit	फणस	phaṇas	🔊
	Java Plum	जांभूळ	jāṃbhūḷ	🔊
	Lychee	लिची	lichī	🔊
	Custard Apple	सीताफळ	sītāphaḷ	🔊
	Plum	आलुबुखार	ālubukhār	🔊
	Indian Gooseberry	आवळा	āvaḷā	🔊
	Dates	खजूर	khajūr	🔊
	Fig	अंजीर	aṃjīr	🔊

Learning fruits name in Marathi comes with a bonus: Maharashtra grows some of the most famous fruits in India. This page has 30 fruits with pictures and clear audio, from आंबा (aamba, mango) and केळं (kela, banana) to सीताफळ (seetaphal, custard apple) and आवळा (aavla, Indian gooseberry). Tap a fruit to hear its name in Marathi and English, then play Find it or Memory.

First fruits to learn in Marathi

Begin with five fruits your child eats often. Say the name each time you offer one, and your child will soon ask for it by name:

The Marathi word for fruit is फळ (phal), and it hides inside सीताफळ (custard apple) रामफळ (its cousin, bullock's heart) and जायफळ (nutmeg). Older children like spotting फळ inside longer words, and it is a good first reading word: just two letters, with Marathi's special ळ.

Famous fruits of Maharashtra

Every region of Maharashtra has a fruit it is proud of, which makes a fun map game for 5- and 6-year-olds:

• Konkan (Ratnagiri, Devgad): हापूस आंबा (Alphonso mango), plus फणस (jackfruit), नारळ (naral, coconut) and kokum.
• Nagpur: संत्रं (santra, orange). Nagpur is often called the Orange City.
• Nashik: द्राक्षं (grapes), grown in large vineyards.
• Jalgaon: केळं (banana).
• Solapur: डाळिंब (daalimb, pomegranate).
• Dahanu and Gholwad: चिकू (sapodilla).

Many Marathi families wait for the first Hapus of the season, and summer lunch often means आमरस (aamras, mango pulp) with puri. Children remember words that come with a story and a taste.

Fruits by season

• Summer (March to June): आंबा, कलिंगड (kalingad, watermelon), खरबूज (kharbooj, muskmelon), फणस, जांभूळ (jaambhool, jamun) at the start of the rains.
• Monsoon and after: सीताफळ, पेरू (peru, guava), डाळिंब.
• Winter: संत्रं, द्राक्षं, आवळा, बोरं (bor, Indian jujube; at Sankranti, children get बोरन्हाण, a shower of bor and sweets).
• All year: केळं, पपई (papai, papaya), लिंबू (limbu, lemon), नारळ.

Imported fruits keep English-style names in Marathi: किवी, ब्लूबेरी, स्ट्रॉबेरी, चेरी. Mahabaleshwar strawberries are the exception, grown right in Maharashtra, which surprises many children.

How to teach fruit names in Marathi at home

1. Offer a choice. "केळं हवं की सफरचंद?" (banana or apple?) Your child has to say a word to answer.
2. Market trip. At the fruit stall, give one job: "Find the डाळिंब."
3. Colours. Yellow केळं, green पेरू, red सफरचंद. Learn the colour words on colours in Marathi.
4. Taste words. गोड (god, sweet) and आंबट (aambat, sour). लिंबू आंबट आहे!
5. Count. Count grapes or banana slices with numbers in Marathi.

Need a fruits name in Marathi chart for a project or worksheet? Print this page from your browser. The word list with pictures prints cleanly with Marathi and English side by side.

Small Marathi sentences with fruit words

Once your child knows a few names, turn them into tiny sentences. These are easy to say at snack time and teach useful words like "want", "more" and "finished":

• मला आंबा हवा. (mala aamba hava) I want a mango.
• अजून द्राक्षं दे. (ajoon draaksha de) Give me more grapes.
• केळं संपलं! (kela sampla) The banana is finished!
• पेरू हिरवा आहे. (peru hirva aahe) The guava is green.

For children growing up abroad, these short sentences matter more than long word lists. A child who can say मला केळं हवं to आजी on a video call has real, living Marathi.

More fruit play and a note on picky eaters

After this page, the fruits name in Hindi and English game uses the same 30 fruits, handy for children learning Hindi at school. Then try vegetables name in Marathi and ask "fruit or vegetable?" for each picture. Odd one out is a good follow-up too. Children often accept a new food after meeting it many times, so touching, smelling and naming a fruit in Marathi is a gentle, pressure-free way to try it. Never force a taste; praise curiosity instead.

पालकांसाठी

फळांची नावं शिकवणं सोपं आहे, कारण खाताना शिकता येतं. "केळं हवं की सफरचंद?" असं विचारा. उत्तर देताना मूल मराठी शब्द बोलतं.

महाराष्ट्रातल्या फळांच्या गोष्टी सांगा: कोकणातला हापूस, नागपूरची संत्री, नाशिकची द्राक्षं, सोलापूरचं डाळिंब. बाजारात गेल्यावर मुलाला एखादं फळ शोधायला सांगा.

या पानावर तीस फळं आहेत. चित्राला हात लावला की नाव ऐकू येतं. हे सगळं मोफत आहे.

How to use this page at home

Say it, then find it

Play for a few minutes, then look for the same thing away from the screen: marathi words on the shelf, in the kitchen, on the way to school. A child learns a word properly when they meet it twice, once on the screen and once in their hand.

Ten minutes is enough

Short and happy beats long and tired. Stop while your child still wants more, and come back tomorrow: the same page on five short days teaches far more than one long sitting. Nothing here is scored, so there is no reason to push.

Use both languages

Tap the language button at the top to hear the words in your home language first and the second language after. Hearing the same picture named in two languages is one of the few things research agrees builds attention as well as vocabulary.