Vegetables in Bengali: word list with pictures
30 words · tap 🔊 to hear each one in Bengali.
| Picture | English | Bengali | Say it | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Potato | আলু | alu | |
 | Tomato | টমেটো | tometo | |
 | Onion | পেঁয়াজ | penyaj | |
 | Carrot | গাজর | gajor | |
 | Peas | মটরশুঁটি | motorshunti | |
 | Cucumber | শসা | shosha | |
 | Brinjal | বেগুন | begun | |
 | Okra | ঢ্যাঁড়স | dhyarosh | |
 | Cauliflower | ফুলকপি | fulkopi | |
 | Cabbage | বাঁধাকপি | bandhakopi | |
 | Bottle Gourd | লাউ | lau | |
 | Spinach | পালং শাক | palong shak | |
 | Pumpkin | কুমড়ো | kumro | |
 | Corn | ভুট্টা | bhutta | |
 | Capsicum | ক্যাপসিকাম | kyapsikam | |
 | Chilli | লঙ্কা | longka | |
 | Garlic | রসুন | roshun | |
 | Ginger | আদা | ada | |
 | Broccoli | ব্রকলি | brokoli | |
 | Mushroom | মাশরুম | mashrum | |
 | Sweet Potato | রাঙা আলু | ranga alu | |
 | Radish | মুলো | mulo | |
 | Beetroot | বিট | bit | |
 | Bitter Gourd | করলা | korola | |
 | Green Beans | বিনস | bins | |
 | Coriander | ধনেপাতা | dhonepata | |
 | Drumstick | সজনে ডাঁটা | shojne danta | |
 | Ridge Gourd | ঝিঙে | jhinge | |
 | Fenugreek Leaves | মেথি শাক | methi shak | |
 | Raw Banana | কাঁচকলা | kanchkola |
Vegetables name in Bengali are words your child hears at every meal: আলু (alu, potato) in almost everything, বেগুন (begun, brinjal) in crisp begun bhaja, and লাউ (lau, bottle gourd) in a soft ghonto. This page has 30 vegetables with pictures and clear audio. Tap a picture to hear the name in Bengali and English, then play Find it or Memory. Vegetables are সবজি (sobji), and together with greens, শাকসবজি (shaksobji).
Word families that make Bengali vegetable names easy
Bengali builds many vegetable names from a few small words, which turns a long list into a puzzle children enjoy:
| Family | Meaning | Examples on this page |
|---|---|---|
| কপি (kopi) | the cabbage family | ফুলকপি (fulkopi) cauliflower, "flower cabbage"; বাঁধাকপি (bandhakopi) cabbage, "tied-up cabbage" |
| আলু (alu) | potato and friends | আলু potato; রাঙা আলু (ranga alu) sweet potato, "red potato" |
| শাক (shaak) | leafy greens | পালং শাক spinach, মেথি শাক fenugreek leaves |
| কলা (kola) | banana | কাঁচকলা (kanchkola) raw banana, "unripe banana", a vegetable; the ripe কলা is on fruits name in Bengali |
Ask your 5-year-old: "If ফুল is flower, what is ফুলকপি?" When they work it out, they have learned two words and a way of thinking.
Vegetables in Bengali food
- Shukto: a gentle, slightly bitter dish that often starts a traditional Bengali meal, with করলা (korola, bitter gourd), কাঁচকলা, রাঙা আলু, বেগুন and সজনে ডাঁটা (shojne danta, drumstick).
- Begun bhaja and alu bhaja: fried slices of বেগুন and আলু, loved by every child.
- Labra: a mixed vegetable dish served with khichuri at Durga Puja, full of কুমড়ো (kumro, pumpkin), মুলো (mulo, radish), ফুলকপি and more.
- Shaak bhaja: পালং শাক or মেথি শাক fried with a little garlic, রসুন (roshun).
- Lau ghonto and jhinge posto: লাউ and ঝিঙে (jhinge, ridge gourd) cooked soft.
Every dish is a naming chance. Let your child pick out each vegetable on the plate and say it in Bangla before eating.
How to teach vegetable names in Bengali
- Kitchen helper. Let your child wash টমেটো, shell মটরশুঁটি (motorshunti, peas) or pull ধনেপাতা (dhonepata, coriander) leaves, naming each one.
- Bazaar game. At the sobji market, give one job: "Find the গাজর."
- Colour sort. Red টমেটো, green ঢ্যাঁড়স (okra), purple বেগুন, orange গাজর. Pair with colours in Bengali; বেগুনি, purple, is named after the brinjal!
- Grow one. মেথি seeds sprout in a small pot within days.
- Count. "How many আলু in the basket?" Use numbers in Bengali.
| Age | Goal |
|---|---|
| 2-3 | Points to 5 vegetables when named: potato, tomato, onion, carrot, peas |
| 3-4 | Says 10 vegetables name in Bengali, knows their colours |
| 4-5 | About 20; sorts শাক from other vegetables |
| 5-6 | All 30; sorts fruits and vegetables; reads short names like আলু, লাউ |
For a school chart or worksheet of 10 or 20 vegetables name in Bengali, print this page from your browser. The word list with pictures prints with Bengali and English side by side.
Pretend cooking and picky eaters
Three- to five-year-olds love to "cook". Give your child a toy pot and a few real vegetables and make a pretend তরকারি (torkari, curry) together, asking in Bangla: "পেঁয়াজ দেব?" (shall I add onion?), "কটা আলু?" (how many potatoes?). Children who refuse vegetables often come round after many friendly meetings, so touching, smelling and naming are gentle steps. Never force a taste; talk to your paediatrician if you are worried about eating.
Fruit or vegetable? A sorting game for 5-year-olds
Put pictures or real items from this page and the fruits page on the table, and make two piles: ফল (fruit) and সবজি (vegetable). Some are easy: আম is a fruit, আলু is a vegetable. Some start good talk: টমেটো is cooked like a vegetable but grows like a fruit, and কাঁচকলা is a banana cooked as a vegetable. There is no need for a perfect answer; the thinking and the Bengali words are what matter. Then ask "does it grow under the ground or above?" and sort again: আলু, মুলো, গাজর and পেঁয়াজ go under, লাউ and কুমড়ো grow on vines above.
For Bengali families abroad
Outside Bengal, the South Asian grocery store is your classroom: লাউ, ঝিঙে, করলা, সজনে ডাঁটা and often potol are there. Supermarket vegetables like broccoli (ব্রকলি) and mushrooms (মাশরুম) keep English-style names, which makes them easy wins. The English and Hindi vegetables name game uses the same 30 pictures for children learning Hindi too.
অভিভাবকদের জন্য
রান্নাঘরই সবচেয়ে ভালো ক্লাসঘর। রান্না করার সময় প্রতিটি সবজির নাম বলুন: আলু, পেঁয়াজ, বেগুন। শিশুকে টমেটো ধুতে বা মটরশুঁটি ছাড়াতে দিন।
শব্দের মজাটা দেখান: ফুলকপি মানে ফুলের মতো কপি, রাঙা আলু মানে লাল আলু। শাক মানে পাতার সবজি: পালং শাক, মেথি শাক।
শিশু সবজি খেতে না চাইলে জোর করবেন না। ছুঁতে দিন, গন্ধ নিতে দিন, নাম বলতে দিন। ধীরে ধীরে ভালো লাগা তৈরি হয়।
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: bengali 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.
