Vegetables name in Gujarati with pictures

Vegetables in Gujarati: word list with pictures

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

Picture	English	Gujarati	Say it	Listen
	Potato	બટાકા	bataaka	🔊
	Tomato	ટામેટું	taametu	🔊
	Onion	ડુંગળી	dungli	🔊
	Carrot	ગાજર	gaajar	🔊
	Peas	વટાણા	vataana	🔊
	Cucumber	કાકડી	kaakdi	🔊
	Brinjal	રીંગણ	reengan	🔊
	Okra	ભીંડા	bheenda	🔊
	Cauliflower	ફુલાવર	flower	🔊
	Cabbage	કોબીજ	kobij	🔊
	Bottle Gourd	દૂધી	doodhi	🔊
	Spinach	પાલક	paalak	🔊
	Pumpkin	કોળું	kolu	🔊
	Corn	મકાઈ	makaai	🔊
	Capsicum	કેપ્સિકમ	capsicum	🔊
	Chilli	મરચું	marchu	🔊
	Garlic	લસણ	lasan	🔊
	Ginger	આદુ	aadu	🔊
	Broccoli	બ્રોકોલી	broccoli	🔊
	Mushroom	મશરૂમ	mushroom	🔊
	Sweet Potato	શક્કરિયું	shakkariyu	🔊
	Radish	મૂળો	mulo	🔊
	Beetroot	બીટ	beet	🔊
	Bitter Gourd	કારેલાં	kaarelaa	🔊
	Green Beans	ફણસી	fansi	🔊
	Coriander	કોથમીર	kothmir	🔊
	Drumstick	સરગવો	sargavo	🔊
	Ridge Gourd	તુરિયાં	turiyaa	🔊
	Fenugreek Leaves	મેથી	methi	🔊
	Raw Banana	કાચું કેળું	kaachu kelu	🔊

Vegetables name in Gujarati, શાકભાજીનાં નામ (shākbhājīnāṃ nām), are words your child hears at almost every meal, from dāl-bhāt-shāk-rotlī to a festive thali. This page has 30 vegetables with pictures and clear audio in Gujarati and English, from બટાકા (baṭākā, potato) and ટામેટું (ṭāmeṭuṃ, tomato) to ભીંડા (bhīnḍā, okra) and દૂધી (dūdhī, bottle gourd). Tap a picture to hear it, then play Find it.

Everyday shak to learn first

Start with five vegetables you cooked this week. For many Gujarati families that means બટાકા (potato), ટામેટું (tomato), ભીંડા (okra), રીંગણ (rīngaṇ, brinjal) and દૂધી (bottle gourd). Next add ગાજર (gājar, carrot), વટાણા (vaṭāṇā, peas), કાકડી (kākḍī, cucumber), કોબીજ (kobīj, cabbage), ફુલાવર (cauliflower), પાલક (pālak, spinach), કોળું (koḷuṃ, pumpkin) and મકાઈ (makāī, corn). Leafy greens matter too: મેથી (methī, fenugreek) and કોથમીર (kothmīr, coriander) are in countless Gujarati dishes, from methi thepla to dhokla garnish.

Notice some everyday Gujarati names come straight from English: ફુલાવર is "flower" for cauliflower, and કેપ્સિકમ, બ્રોકોલી and મશરૂમ are used as they are. Bilingual children enjoy spotting these.

Vegetables in Gujarati food

Gujarat's kitchen is largely vegetarian, which makes vegetables the heroes of the plate. Winter brings undhiyu, a slow-cooked mix of રીંગણ, શક્કરિયું (shakkariyuṃ, sweet potato), ફણસી (phaṇsī, green beans), વટાણા and મેથી muthiya, eaten especially at Uttarayan. Summer brings તુરિયાં (turiyāṃ, ridge gourd) and દૂધી, and ringan no olo is a smoky brinjal favourite. સરગવો (sargavo, drumstick) goes into Gujarati kadhi and dal. Naming vegetables while you cook gives each word a smell and a story.

Many Jain families, and some other Gujarati households, do not eat root vegetables such as potato, onion, garlic and carrot. If that is your home, simply focus on the vegetables you do cook: ભીંડા, દૂધી, તુરિયાં, કોબીજ, વટાણા, ફણસી and leafy greens. The game shows all 30, and you can talk about the others as "vegetables some families eat".

Vegetables in Gujarati by colour

Pair this with colours name in Gujarati for a sorting game at the counter.

How to teach vegetable names in Gujarati at home

• Shell the peas. Let your child pop વટાણા from the pods and count them with Gujarati numbers.
• Pick the methi. Plucking મેથી leaves is a perfect job for small fingers.
• Shakmarket trip. Give your child three pictures to find at the vegetable market.
• Grow something. કોથમીર or મેથી sprout in a pot within days.
• Tiny tastes. Never force food; praise looking and touching. Naming vegetables in play can make a fussy eater more curious.

Play "shakwala": your child sells toy vegetables and you ask અડધો કિલો ભીંડા આપો ("half a kilo of okra, please").

What to expect by age

At 2-3, children learn a few vegetables they eat often and point to them in the game. At 3-4, they name 8-12 and sort by colour. At 4-5, they say what they like: મને ભીંડા ભાવે છે. At 5-6, they read short words like બીટ and મેથી. Play for five minutes together, then carry the words into the kitchen. For Hindi and English, see vegetables name in Hindi and English, and pair this page with fruits name in Gujarati.

A bilingual kitchen routine

For Gujarati families in the UK, US or Canada, the kitchen is often where Gujarati is spoken most. Make one daily moment, such as preparing dinner, a Gujarati moment. Hand your child a vegetable and ask આ શું છે? (what is this?). If they answer in English, repeat the Gujarati word, હા, આ દૂધી છે, and carry on without correcting. Over a few weeks the same vegetables come up again and again, which is the repetition young children need. Grandparents on a video call can join in and ask your child to show them the ભીંડા or ટામેટું.

બાળકો માટે શાકભાજીનાં નામ ગુજરાતીમાં

આ પાનાં પર ત્રીસ શાકભાજી ચિત્ર અને સ્પષ્ટ અવાજ સાથે છે: બટાકા, ટામેટું, ભીંડા, રીંગણ, દૂધી, વટાણા, ગાજર, મેથી, કોથમીર અને બીજાં ઘણાં શાક.

રસોડાને શીખવાની જગ્યા બનાવો. બાળકને વટાણા ફોલવા, મેથી ચૂંટવા અને શાક ગણવા દો, અને તેના રંગની વાત કરો. બાળકને ખાવા માટે દબાણ ન કરો; અડવા, સૂંઘવા અને થોડું ચાખવા પર શાબાશી આપો.

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: gujarati 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.