English words in Urdu

Heard someone saying this:

‘Mujhe un logon pe ghussa aata hai, jo Urdu zaban main English Language ke words use karte hain’ :cb:

In some cases, we don’t have Urdu words like for many scientific inventions, but our languages have rich vocabulary otherwise.

Why people use English words in Urdu? Take an example of word ‘cousin’, we have chacha zaad, Mamoo zaad, etc for different cousins, but people rarely use these terms now. Same is the case with words ‘Chacha, Tayaa, Mamoo, etc’ covered under one word ‘Uncle’.

Share your views and observation about other words?

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I have relatives whose kids call their mother as "Mummy" and father as "Abbu"...........english-urdu combo pack............:D

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We call our father Dady and mother Amma :D, per jo maza Baba Sain kehne main hai wo Dady kehne main nahin.. khair ab to aadat pad gai. We call our grandfather Baba wadho.

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But thats just not restricted to how you call your relatives, the problem is more severe when young generation can't speak a single Urdu sentence without mixing some English words.

Fan on Karo (type Urdu) is very much common nowadays :(

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yes and what about tv..........

what is urdu word for tv........

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^Tasveer ka dabba

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As I said there are limitations with the scientific inventions, but 'Pankha Chalao' seems easy and pure than 'Fan on Karo'.

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Are you Sindhi Muqaweee

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yep fan on karo, AC chalao, chair push karo, no one uses kursi now a days. Table per rakho and what is the urdu of table.

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Table ki urdu meiz hai. Kursi siasi halqon main abhi tak mashoor hai :hehe:

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They use b'coz they don't wants to forget english/urdu :)

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Matlab?

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Like:

I use 'you' instead of 'aap' ya 'tum' :D

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But why speak 'aadha teetar aadha bater' type language. Just try to speak one language at a time. :D

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:hmmm:

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kerhyan socha vich pe gae LKK?

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Meri Urdu or english bilkul thap ho gain hain :vivo:

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thap ya mix-up?

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thap I guess :hmmm:

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ok LKK what do you think what are the common English words we use in routine which have Urdu substitutes. I remember these:

Pen (Qalam), Book (Kitab), Bell (Ghanti), knock (Dastak).. we are making words in our languages extinct. :(