Food and drink in Urdu
177 words in Urdu on the topic “food and drink”: چائے — tea, پانی — water, دودھ — milk, روٹی — flatbread.
177 words on the topic
- چائےchaiteaThe same word English drinks as chai — it travelled overland from China like its cousins everywhere. In Pakistan tea is not a drink but a ritual: strong, with milk and sugar, in a small glass
- پانیpaniwaterOne syllable and everywhere: paani is water, from the tea to the road. Tap water is not drunk while travelling
- دودھdudhmilkWith a breath at the end: dood-h. Tea here is drunk with milk, and doodh patti is tea brewed straight in the milk
- روٹیrotiflatbreadThe retroflex t — the tongue taps the roof of the mouth. The bread of every table: roti also means food in general, the way "bread" once did in English
- چینیchinisugarLiterally "Chinese": sugar arrived the same way the tea did. It goes into the glass generously — the drink is as sweet as a dessert
- نمکnamaksaltThe same word the Persians use: namak is salt and namakin the shaker. Namak, meharbani — the first phrase at a shared table
- چاولchawalriceThe base of the festive table: pilaf here is pulao, and the rice in it is long and fragrant. The everyday rice is chaawal all the same
- دہیdehicurdServed with the spicy food — it puts out the fire of the spices the way sour cream does at home. The same curd is whipped into a drink for a hot day
- گرمgaramwarmGaram is both warm and hot: the context sets the degree. Fresh flatbread is always garam, and that is a compliment to the baker
- الائچیelaichicardamomThe same spice that scents festive tea everywhere in the region: pods go straight into the pot. It holds a rank beside the tea — no holiday glass is brewed without elaichi
- مزیدارmazedartastyLiterally "taste-having". A compliment to the food and the cook at once; gender does not bend it — tea and rice get the same word
- کھاناkhanafoodWith a breath: khaana. One word is both "food" and "to eat" — khaana khaana is "to eat food", and that is not a typo
- پیناpinato drinkThe dictionary form. The order is straight: paani peena chaahiye — "water to-drink is-needed": the verb shuts the phrase here too
- سبزیsabzivegetablesBoth the vegetables and a vegetable dish: sabzi at the bazaar is a mountain of greens. The same word the Persians trade with — a merchant heritage
- پھلphalfruitWith a breath: phal. A guest brings phal into the house the way one brings flowers elsewhere. The summer king of fruit is the mango
- سیبsebappleThe same saib the Persians say: the word walks the bazaars from Istanbul to Lahore. Mountain apples come down to the city by train
- کیلاkelabananaBananas all year round and for pennies: kela is the snack of the rickshaw driver and the schoolchild. The plural is kele
- آمaammangoWith the madda: aam. The same word also means "ordinary" — the mango here is as everyday as the apple elsewhere. In summer it is eaten for dessert and drunk as juice
- گوشتgoshtmeatGosht is both meat and flesh: a body is described with the word of a dinner. The same word the Persians eat — the cuisines are kin
- مچھلیmachhlifishA double breathy chh in the middle. The Ravi river feeds Lahore with carp and the coast with sardines: fried machhli is the Friday meal
- انڈاandaeggThe retroflex d — tongue curled back. The morning flatbread with fried egg — anda roti — is the food of roads and stations
- میٹھاmithasweetIt follows gender: about tea one says meethi. Meetha is also dessert in general: after the meal comes the meetha
- تازہtazafreshThe same taaza the Persians say: the word walks the bazaars from Istanbul to Lahore. The first praise of goods is taaza hai
- پکاpakkaripeOne word for ripe, cooked and final-and-for-all. The packet is no kin: pakka is what has reached readiness
- ناشتہnashtabreakfastBoth the breakfast and what is eaten at it: eggs, flatbread, tea. The morning meal here is early, before the heat
- دوپہر کا کھاناdopeher ka khanalunchLiterally "the food of midday": dopeher is midday. The main meal comes about one o’clock, after which the streets empty until the heat breaks
- رات کا کھاناrat ka khanasupperLiterally "the food of night": supper here is late, past ten, when the heat has broken. The whole family gathers for it
- چباناchabanato chewTo chew; chewing gum is the "chewer" — the thing one chews with. One eats with the right hand here, and the chewing is in everyone’s view
- نگلناningalnato swallowTo swallow; in the figurative sense — to swallow an insult, exactly as at home. The throat is gala, and the words are kin
- بھوکbhukhappetiteWith a breath at the end: bhukh. One word for hunger and appetite alike: bhukh nahin hai — I do not feel like eating
- حصہhissaportionA part, a share, a piece: what has been cut from the whole. Mera hissa is both "my share" and "my piece" — as at home
- خوشبوkhushbuscentLiterally "pleasant air": khush — pleasant — and bu — smell. A bad smell is said differently — badbu — and every child knows the word
- کھانے کے بعدkhane ke baadafter mealsLiterally "of eating after": baad — after — stands AFTER the word, like all the service words here. Before meals — "of eating before"
- مکھنmakhanbutterWith a breath: mak-khan. Only the dairy kind; the vegetable oil is another word. Melted, it goes onto every flatbread and into every sweet
- آلوalupotatoOpens with the madda — a long aa. The most everyday vegetable here, and the stew of it is food for all occasions
- آٹاataflourKeep your ear sharp against "eight": the long aa at the start decides. Wheat flour — the flatbread is shaped from it
- شہدshehadhoneyThe same word the Persians keep: honey from the hills to the plain. The mountain honey of the north is the gift carried to the city
- میوہ جاتmaiwe dzhatnutsLiterally "fruits of various kinds": nuts and dried fruits are one family here. They are given to guests and eaten in winter with tea
- پیازpyaazonionThe same word the Persians and the Turks keep: the onion walked the same roads as its name. No stew begins without it
- گاجرgadzharcarrotThe winter vegetable, and its sweet — carrot halva — is the winter dessert. The carrot here is long, red and sweet
- مرچmirchpepperThe same word the Persians and the Turks keep: pepper of any kind, fragrant and burning. The country cannot imagine food without it
- لوبیاlobiyabeansThe plural sounds the same. Beans with rice are the food of a weekday evening — filling and inexpensive
- مصالحےmasalespicesAlways plural, like at home. A familiar word? The masala holds the same root: everyone knows the spice mix now
- کھانا پکاناkhana pakanato cookLiterally "to boil food": two verbs, both of which you know. Cooking here is not one action but a pair
- دھوناdhonato washWith a breath: dh-ona. Dishes, hands and clothes — one verb; the word beside it adds the detail
- چاقوchaquknifeThe same word the Persians and the Turks keep. The knife is not mandatory at the local table: flatbread and stew are eaten with the right hand
- ابالناubalnato boilLiterally "to boil up": cooking in water. "I boil water" — the first phrase of any tea
- تلناtalnato fryTo fry in oil, deep: to immerse. Everything that crunches on the local table is "fried"
- بھونناbhunnato roastWith a double breath. To roast here is to cook on dry heat: the flatbread is baked not in a form but on the hot plate
- کاٹناkatnato cutThe retroflex t and a long aa. The polite kitchen request — "cut, please" — and the knife is handed handle first
- ڈیکچیdekchipotAn international word older than the railways: the cauldron that travelled through Persia. The pot is the chief vessel here
- کراہیkrahiwokA heavy round wok-pan. One word for the vessel and the dish served in it: "karahi" on a menu means "from the wok"
- چولہاchulhastoveKin of the cast-iron stove by sense, not root: the hearth. The village hearth is fed with wood, and the flatbread on it is tastier
- پلیٹpletplateAn international word. The big shared plate stands in the middle — one eats from the common plate, each from his own side
- پیالیpyalicupThe familiar word from the tea-house: "how many cups?" Tea is counted in cups, and the cup here is the measure of hospitality
- گلاسglasglassAn international word. Water is served in a glass — and taken only with the right hand, as is the custom
- چمچchamchspoonOne ch and an mch in a row. The spoon is optional here — the stew is eaten with the flatbread, as with a spoon
- کانٹاkantaforkLiterally "a prong, a hook": the fork and the fishing rod share one name. The table manages without it — it is a recent guest in the house
- بوتلbotlbottleAn international word. Cold water is sold in bottles on every corner, and the price is named before the purchase
- دستیہdastiyanapkinFrom the hand you know from the gloves: the napkin here is "for the hands". A cloth napery is the mark of a house that expects a guest
- کیتلیkaitlikettleAn international word with a local destiny: the kettle is the chief appliance of the house. Tea is brewed right in it, with milk
- ٹرےtretrayAn international word with the retroflex t. The tray with tea is carried out to the guest — a ceremony, and one does not refuse it
- بہت گرمbehot garamhotThe familiar warm plus "very": warm, and with the intensifier — hot. No separate word; the degree does the work
- ٹھنڈاthandacoldThe retroflex th with a breath. The partner of warm: of water, weather and drink alike — cold water at every step
- بھوکاbhukahungryFrom the hunger, with a double breath. "Hunger has attached" — the feeling lives outside "I" here too
- ذائقہzaiqatasteThis word is the taste — and after the sweet one asks: "how is the taste?" The answer is achchha, nahin or anything between
- نمکینnamakinsaltyFrom the familiar salt: "with salt". On a biscuit packet it means salty — and that is no misprint
- کھٹاkhattasourA breath and the retroflex t. The sour is prized here: the sour one is both a seasoning and a sauce
- کڑواkarwabitterThe retroflex r in the middle. Of tea one says bitter when no sugar was put in: a taste without sweetness is suspect here
- تیزtizhot (spicy)Both sharp and quick: pepper and wind are both this. Of food it is said with respect — a compliment to the cook
- پیٹ بھراpet bharafull (fed)Literally "the belly full": the belly and the filled. The refusal of a second helping is said with exactly these words
- چکھناchakhnato tasteWith a breath in the middle. "Taste it!" — the hostess’s first phrase, and refusing her is impolite
- مینیوminiumenuAn international word written in the local script. In inexpensive places there is no menu — dishes are asked aloud
- ویٹرwaiterwaiterAn international word with the retroflex t. One hails him with the polite "excuse me", not a whistle
- آرڈرordarorderAn international word written in the local script. "Place the order" — and the waiter will return with a pen
- آرڈر کرناordar karnato orderThe same order plus the familiar doing: ordering here is made a deed, like doing work
- سالنsalandish (stew)The stew-gravy, the main dish of the table: eaten with flatbread instead of a spoon. The word is both dishes in general and this gravy in particular
- حصہhissaportionThe same word as the share: a portion here is your part of the whole. "The portion is small" — a claim the waiter will hear
- دو کے لیے ٹیبلdo ke lie tebltable for twoLiterally "a table for two", both pieces international. To ask for it — and they will point with a hand
- میٹھیmithidessertThe familiar sweet in the feminine became the name of a course: dessert here is simply "the sweet". Rice pudding and halva are its main faces
- گوشت کے بغیرgosht ke baghairwithout meatLiterally "meat without", where the without stands after the word. The vegetable dish is asked for with exactly these words
- کیکkikcakeThe same cake. No birthday happens without it — and it is cut with a cheer
- پاسٹاpastapastaAn international word written in the local script: the children’s demand
- یوگرٹyugertyogurtThe city word for what the village calls curd; sold in cups
- ملائیmalaicreamNot the shop cream but the very skin on boiled milk, the tea’s crown
- آئس کریمais krimice creamTwo foreign words that needed no translation: the ice cream of the heat
- چاکلیٹchaklatchocolateIt came from across the sea and changed its stress: said sharp at the end
- بسکٹbiskitbiscuitAnother international word — the tea’s companion, sold by the packet
- بیفbifbeefA short word from the meat shop: beef here is the cow’s, the buffalo’s is named apart
- مٹنmatanmuttonThe English mutton here means any sheep or goat meat — the biryani’s meat
- جھینگےjhingeshrimpsOnly in the plural, like the fish. Karachi’s sea sends them fresh
- انگورangorgrapesThe same word the Persians keep: the trade roads’ sweet cargo
- کھیراkhiracucumberWith the breathy kh. The cucumber here is eaten with salt and sun
- بند گوبھیband gobhicabbageLiterally "a closed head": the cabbage as the wrapped one
- لہسنlahsungarlicThe clove here is a "finger" — the garlic counted in fingers
- کدوkadupumpkinOne short word for the pumpkin: sweet in the pot, big in the field
- بینگنbainganeggplantThe nasal in the middle, the ng merged: the eggplant of a hundred recipes
- لیموںlimunlemonThe nasal at the end carries the sound into the nose; the lemon lifts the tea’s taste
- تربوزtarbuzwatermelonThe same word the Persians and the Turks keep: the fruit of the heat, sold by the cart
- اسٹرابیریstraberistrawberryAn international word, said almost as at home: winter’s red gift
- ناشپاتیnashpatipearThe name counts it "of the chest": the pear as the fruit of the chest and of the cold
- آڑوarupeachA short word with the retroflex r: the peach and the watermelon are the fruits of the heat
- ترکیبtartibrecipeLiterally "the make-up, the order": the recipe as the dish’s order
- سبزی صاف کرناsabzi saf karnato clean the vegetablesLiterally "to make the vegetables clean": the making-clean you met
- ابالناubalnato boil (water)The boiling: the water "boils itself" — the verb of the kettle
- ملا دیناmila denato mix inLiterally "having mixed, to give": the giving that finishes the deed
- نمک ڈالناnamak dalnato add saltLiterally "to put salt": the putting you met at the button
- گرم کرناgaram karnato reheatLiterally "to make warm": the making-warm you met at the water
- ٹھنڈا کرناthanda karnato coolLiterally "to make cold", the mirror of the warming
- انڈے پھینٹناande phaintnato beat the eggsThe whipping: beaten with a whisk and with vigor
- پانی ڈالناpani dalnato add waterLiterally "to put water" — the same putting as the salt’s
- بھونناbhunnato searWith the breathy bh: seared first, stewed after
- استعمال کی تاریخistemal ki tarikhexpiry dateLiterally "the date of use": the date that rules the pantry
- خراب ہو گیاkharab ho gayait has gone offThe bad already familiar: "bad" in the past — the milk in the heat
- جارdzhaarjarA short borrowing from the shop shelf: the jar of pickles
- ایک اورek aura second helpingLiterally "one more": helpings asked for and never refused
- پیک کر دیںpak kar dainto go (packaging)Literally "do pack it": the takeaway of the street food
- بغیر چینی کےbaghir chini kewithout sugarLiterally "without the sugar": the tail does the grammar, the without does the rest
- میں سبزی خور ہوںmain sabzi khor hunI am a vegetarianLiterally "I am a vegetable eater": the eater inside the word
- مزے سے کھاؤmaze se khaobon appetitLiterally "eat with pleasure": the pleasure you met, now a blessing
- چکنائی والا کھاناchiknai wala khanafatty foodLiterally "the fat-bearing food": not good for the heart
- مٹھائیmithaisweetsThe sweets: handed out at every festival and every happy event
- قومی کھاناqaumi khananational dishLiterally "the nation’s food": every country has its own
- اسٹریٹ فوڈstrit futstreet foodTwo international words: eaten on the spot at the fair
- گرم گرمgaram garampiping hotLiterally "warm-warm": fresh-baked flatbread here is genuinely hot, from the oven to the table. The word doubled — like "hush-hush": the very freshest
- باسٹہbastastaleAbout bread that has dried and stiffened: yesterday’s flatbread is stale. Only the piping hot oven brings it back
- سور کا گوشتsor ka goshtporkGosht — meat — you have met; the meat of each animal is named as a pair: whose meat. You need the word for menus and dictionaries, not for the market
- چکنchikenchicken (meat)The live bird is murghi, but on the plate it is chicken — an international word written in the local script
- مرغابی کا گوشتmurghabi ka goshtduck (meat)The bird itself is murghaabi, literally "water-bird"; on the table it is murghaabi ka gosht, by the same pair as pork
- قیمہqimaminced meatMeat turned soft in the grinder: kebabs and stuffings are shaped out of qeema. A word not from a book but straight from the kitchen
- ہیمhaimhamAn international word written in the local script. Local menus rarely carry it — it is a guest from abroad
- سوسیجsosidzhsausageAnother international word written in the local script. The morning pair is anda and sausage: egg and sausage from the pan
- ٹوناtunatunaFish here is machhli — you have met it; the fish’s breed is added to the name: tuna, salmon
- سامن مچھلیsaman machhlisalmonSalmon is the international name of the fish with the familiar machhli hooked onto it. Pink flesh does not run in the local rivers, hence the price
- جھینگاjhingashrimpRiver and sea — one word. You hear the breathy jh: after the d comes a puff, as on a fogged pane of glass
- سمندری کھاناsamandari khanaseafoodLiterally "sea food": samandar is the sea, khaana the food. There is no single word for all the sea’s harvest — only descriptions
- آلو بخاراalu bukharaplumLiterally "potato of Bukhara": aalu — potato — you have met, but in this pair it is the plum. The dried plum goes by the same word
- رس بھریras bhariraspberryLiterally "filled with juice": a berry full of sap. It grows in the cool mountains; down on the plain it is a rarity and a treat
- خربوزہkharbuzamelonThe first sound is a deep kh from the throat, not from the tongue. Melon is served chilled here: in the heat it beats ice cream
- انارanarpomegranateOne word for the pomegranate and its seeds. Fresh pomegranate juice is pressed right at the passage — thirst is quenched by the glass
- انناسananaspineappleThe caravan road carried this word across half the world — that is why it sounds almost the same everywhere. Read it as it is written
- کنوkinnumandarinThe local name of the mandarin: the variety was bred here and the name stayed local. In winter it sits in heaps at every bazaar
- کیویkiwikiwi (fruit)An international word written in the local script. It sounds exactly the same everywhere — read without surprises
- ایووکاڈوawokadoavocadoAn international word written in the local script. It appeared in local shops recently and still stands as an exotic
- کشمشkishmishraisinThe same word that has lived for ages as kishmish in the bazaars of half of Eurasia: a shared heritage of the caravan roads
- انجیرandzhirfigA tree of courtyards and tales: a ripe fig falls by itself. Dried — to the winter tea; fresh — straight off the branch
- شملی مرچshimli mirchbell pepperLiterally "pepper of Shimla" — the cool hill town where the vegetable took root. The hot mirch you have already met
- زوکینیzukinizucchiniAn international word written in the local script. The pumpkin here is kaddu, and the zucchini — its slender cousin — is zucchini
- چقندرchuqandarbeetrootThe short u the script does not write: say chukandar. It stains hands and pots for good, here as everywhere
- مولیmuliradishRadish and the big white root are one word — told apart by size: chhoti mooli is the small red one. In the morning it is eaten with fresh flatbread
- ہری سبزیاںhari sabzeingreensLiterally "green vegetables": sabzi — the vegetable — you have met, hari — green. A bunch at the bazaar is chosen by smell
- سوئاsuyadillNot to be confused with soy: dill here is soya, a slender herb with a strong smell. It goes generously into the lentil broth
- پارسلیparsliparsleyAn international word written in the local script. In the local kitchen it is a guest: the greens here are dill and mint
- ادرکadrakgingerThe short a the script does not write: adrak. Ginger here is not a spice but a daily affair — into the tea, the meat, the broth
- مکئیmakaicornThe kernels, the cob and the street corn roasted with salt and lemon are all makai. Its flour bakes the everyday bread
- پالکpalakspinachThe word behind palak paneer — spinach with cheese — which food lovers everywhere know. Greens here are cooked soft and long
- بنbanbunAn international word written in the local script: a soft little loaf for tea. Cut it, add butter — and breakfast is served
- پائیpaipieAn international word written in the local script. In local bakeries the pie is more often meat than sweet
- پیسٹریpestripastryAn international word written in the local script: it names both a pastry and a slice of cake. Joys here are celebrated with a trip for pastry
- ڈونٹdonatdoughnutAn international word written in the local script. The glazed ring is a mark of a fancy bakery, not a corner counter
- بیکری کی چیزیںbekri ki chizenbaked goodsLiterally "things of the bakery": bakery is the shop, cheez the thing. An umbrella word: cookies, loaves and puff pastries at once
- مراباmurabbajamA preserve of whole stewed fruit: murabba of gooseberries, carrots and apples. The international jam has been ceded to the gym here
- شربتsharbatsyrupA syrup diluted with water and ice: the English sherbet walked out of this very word. In the heat it is drunk with rose water
- پاپ کارنpap karanpopcornAn international word written in the local script. It is sold in paper cones both at the cinema and at the stadium
- چپسchipscrispsAn international word written in the local script. Locally it stands in the singular: chips — and the packet and the handful
- چوئنگ گمchuing gamchewing gumAn international word written in the local script. At the shop it sits on the children’s shelf, next to the sweets
- لیموں پانیlimun panilemonadeLiterally "lemon water": leemon and paani you have met. Homemade lemonade with salt and mint is the rescue from the heat
- منرل پانیmineral panimineral waterLiterally "mineral water": paani you have met. The bottle travels with you: drinking from the tap is not the custom here
- سوڈا پانیsoda panisparkling waterLiterally "soda water": the bubbles here are called soda. A splash of it goes into lemonade too — sharper and bracing
- کوکٹیلkoktailcocktailAn international word written in the local script. On a local menu it is a fruit drink with ice and cream
- کاکاؤkakawcocoaIt ends on a short w: kakao. Warm cocoa is the evening drink in the mountains, where the cold comes early
- انسٹنٹ کافیinstant kafiinstant coffeeLiterally "instant coffee": kaafi you have met. Coffee from ground beans is brewed longer here and considered tastier
- ٹی بیگti begtea bagLiterally "tea pouch": the international tea and bag. Loose tea here is kept in a tin and measured by the pinch
- ابلتا پانیbalta paniboiling waterLiterally "boiling water": from ubalna — to boil. Tea is poured with boiling water here, not merely hot
- شرابsharabalcoholAn old word: it names wine and drink in general. In a country where it is not served, the word lives in songs and verses
- مشروبmashrobbeverageAny drink at once: from the menu, the fridge, the cooler. The word is polite and bookish at the same time
- جوسdzhusjuiceAn international word written in the local script: fresh juice is pressed at the bazaar in front of you. The native word of the same sense is ras — it lives in the names of sweets
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What is worth knowing about these words
چائے (chai) — tea. The same word English drinks as chai — it travelled overland from China like its cousins everywhere. In Pakistan tea is not a drink but a ritual: strong, with milk and sugar, in a small glass.
پانی (pani) — water. One syllable and everywhere: paani is water, from the tea to the road. Tap water is not drunk while travelling.
دودھ (dudh) — milk. With a breath at the end: dood-h. Tea here is drunk with milk, and doodh patti is tea brewed straight in the milk.
روٹی (roti) — flatbread. The retroflex t — the tongue taps the roof of the mouth. The bread of every table: roti also means food in general, the way "bread" once did in English.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “tea” in Urdu?
The same word English drinks as chai — it travelled overland from China like its cousins everywhere. In Pakistan tea is not a drink but a ritual: strong, with milk and sugar, in a small glass
- How do you say “curd” in Urdu?
Served with the spicy food — it puts out the fire of the spices the way sour cream does at home. The same curd is whipped into a drink for a hot day
- How do you say “fruit” in Urdu?
With a breath: phal. A guest brings phal into the house the way one brings flowers elsewhere. The summer king of fruit is the mango
- How do you say “sweet” in Urdu?
It follows gender: about tea one says meethi. Meetha is also dessert in general: after the meal comes the meetha
- How do you say “to swallow” in Urdu?
To swallow; in the figurative sense — to swallow an insult, exactly as at home. The throat is gala, and the words are kin
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
A menu, a market, a shop sign, the question “what is this?”. Food is the most frequent subject of the first weeks and the safest excuse to start talking.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “tea” in Urdu?
«چائے», read “chai”. The same word English drinks as chai — it travelled overland from China like its cousins everywhere. In Pakistan tea is not a drink but a ritual: strong, with milk and sugar, in a small glass. It is one of 177 words in the set “food and drink” — the rest are in the table above.
How many food words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 177 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.