Questions & Answers about यह वॉशिंग मशीन का घटक है।
In this sentence, यह means this.
So यह वॉशिंग मशीन का घटक है is literally structured like:
this washing machine-of component is
Depending on context, यह can sometimes be translated as this or it in natural English, but for a learner it is best to think of it here as this.
A useful note:
- यह = this
- वह = that
In everyday speech, यह is often pronounced more like ये and वह more like वो, but the standard written forms are यह and वह.
Yes — it is a borrowed expression from English, written in Devanagari script.
Hindi very often uses loanwords for modern objects, appliances, and technology. So वॉशिंग machine written fully in Devanagari as वॉशिंग मशीन is very normal.
You may also hear more native-style alternatives in some contexts, but for everyday speech, वॉशिंग मशीन is completely natural.
This is common in Hindi:
- बस = bus
- ट्रेन = train
- कंप्यूटर = computer
- मशीन = machine