Archaic/Seldom-used Urdu words

khoji · October 1, 2010, 10:43pm

Do you know any such words?

Here are some:
nawn = namak
khaand = shakar, cheeni
sandaas = toilet, restroom, بیت الخلا

Does anyone know what the word ‘chabootra’ (چبوترا) mean?

mama_ki_dua · October 1, 2010, 11:03pm

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^
It’s a fruit I think

Dubaiwali · October 1, 2010, 11:07pm

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I think chabootra is the cage in which birds are held. Not sure, will ask mum.

Niksik · October 1, 2010, 11:31pm

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Chabootra is aangan, yard...verandah type of thing?

Dubaiwali · October 1, 2010, 11:33pm

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Righttt that what it is! I head the word chabootra in farah hassan's song.. that's what it is :D

khoji · October 2, 2010, 2:18am

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Directions:
mashriq, maghrib, shumaal, junoob = poorab, puchham, uttar, dakkan.

Actually, CHABOOTRA is a sitting platform. Chabootra was quite common in old houses.

Krypton · October 2, 2010, 2:19am

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heyi know khaand : D

khoji · October 2, 2010, 2:43am

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Wow. I am pleasantly surprised that you know it.
I know the word 'nawn' for salt because my mother's uncle used to use it.

kiwaarr کواڑ = door or darwaza دروازہ

Though not related to this thread, but here is an interesting fact. The word chaabi (چابی) in Urdu, used for 'key', is actually a Portuguese word 'Chave'. And I always thought it was an original Urdu word!
The Urdu word for 'key' is KUNJI (کنجی).

Jafri · October 2, 2010, 1:31pm

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LOL junoob

Naabigh · October 2, 2010, 3:28pm

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Such words are called MatruKaaT - Jinhey TaRk kardia gaya ho .

ChaBooTra is sitting platform normally made up of cement - and mostly it is outside the house , not inside .

The jabalPuri /deccani slang for chaBootra is kaTTa - which is definitely not same as kaTTa in punjabi .

Krypton · October 2, 2010, 10:47pm

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chabara:D

khoji · October 3, 2010, 12:02am

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:)
It's not dhakkan ڈھکن, it is dakkan دکن.
As in Hyderabad Daccan حیدرآباد دکن.

khoji · April 24, 2011, 12:05pm

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laaj = sharam

lethal_kamikaze · April 25, 2011, 10:04pm

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Waila = free, shaadi bhiyah pr paise phenkna :)

KKF · April 25, 2011, 11:16pm

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**good thread bro...a chance to learn for all of us.

lemme interject here if i may. non for namak and khaanD for sugar are Hindi words and are still very much in use in rural India.

sanDaas is also a Hindi word for a specialized type of squat toilet. in old days...a very deep and wide hole was dug in the ground with a concrete squat type of seat was constructed on top of the hole. the seat is called qadamcha [footrest]**

**those words for directions are by no means abandoned [matrook]...they are used very frequently by those whose mother tongue is Urdu.

chabootaraa is a raised square platforms built inside/outside the house [mostly outside] for folks to sit and chat...usually, no furnitures were placed there. people used to squat there...it is still found abundantly in rural India. with furniture, it's called chaubaaraa or darvaaza or ahaata
**

again, kiwaaR is a Hindi word and it's NOT a matrook word. we in the village use it 24/7. the word KUNJI is indeed a DEAD word in Urdu...but, my family still uses the word frequently in Lucknow...i believe chaabii is also a Hindi word...since Portuguese were in India so this word could have very well come from Portuguese language. :)

the word by the way is "Chaubaaraa"

**sorry but laaj is once again a Hindi word and very much in use.

i'will post my list of words in the next post.

Khoji saab...zabardast thread! :)**

Krypton · April 25, 2011, 11:25pm

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^no way really?

in punjabi…it’s chabara.

KKF · April 25, 2011, 11:35pm

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it may be…i ain’t familiar with Punjabi … chau means 4 and baara means “side” so chabara is a square structure.

kaka_in_usa · April 26, 2011, 6:11am

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wow.. i still use all the words mentioned in the first post. in fact it is very common here.

anyways, chabootra means the round cement structure under a tree where people rest.

chobara means a town square or intersection.

kaka_in_usa · April 26, 2011, 6:18am

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guess these ones, they all are related and at some point made your life hell :D

Vigyan

Ganeet

Itihaas

Bhugol

KKF · April 26, 2011, 6:20am

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:D i guess most people wudn't know...i'll let them try! :)