funny urdu words

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Anchals post about daryee ghorra and genda brought back some supressed thoughts

I find many urdu words funny…as I find many words in english funny, magar urdu alfaaz ki toh baat hi aur hai.

Lets just take one category..animal names..here are some of my favourite

  1. Chimgaddar (strangest word)
  2. Ood Bilaoo (sounds like some bala)
  3. Chachoondar (just sounds ghaleez)
  4. Jhinga (cockroach of the sea..i.e. prawn)
  5. Jhinger (cockroach..is the similarity in names of 4 & 5 just a coincidence)
  6. Laggar Baggha/Laggar Bagga (Laughing Hyena itself is a funny name, this animal got jipped in urdu and english both)
  7. tendva (just sounds like something that lives in a tandoor)
  8. Khargosh (literal meaning is donkey ears)
  9. Babbar Sher (sounds like a gangsta lion)

and why dont we have a real name for a tiger? its sara sar bay insaafi. we call a it a dhari daar sher i.e. a lion with stripes…thats injustice to my favourite animal.

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How bout uran katola
and Belcha (does it belch a lot)
and langri moola :D
and bagoona

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Jhinger is not cockroach
Cockraoch is** Lal Baig**

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Yeah I tell a pal of mine whose last name is Baig that he shares his sirname as well as his hygiene habits with Lal baig.

jhinger is a grass hopper right?

I also find the words Kadoo and mooli funny.
ullu is a funny word too

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Yes and what bout
Tidda another word for grasshopper:D
and aamlok guess what this is
and ok get this one
leechi always reminds me of leekhain

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How about “Kaaturaa”? lol

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And, “Baahluu” :wink:

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kural basically a cramp is referred to as kural
and the word patha is at one place an ullu's son and at the other referred to as body part

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acha surahi
why is it called a sur ahi
cause its got sur?

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leechi sounds like a leech or lucchi (as in lucchi lafangi which in itself is funny)

tidda...baychara..got stuck with such a name.

and then there is kuchva and called kashukuma in punjabi...

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actually its kachukama
what bout *kalam kala *
can you guess what that is ?

and why in the world is it called a dhaancha
when the gadha does dhaynchaa choo

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Phool-JhaRee (a little stick used in Fireworks). Where are Phools in that?

Dil-Pashori (to enjoy). Why Pashoor?

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jheengar is cricket......now I wonder how
cricket got its name.....
i find "kala kalota"funny
then some ppl. use "Alif" to denote naked...

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the urdu words that always crack me up are…

geeder
pana
teenda
kadoo
lota
ganja
batakh
billi (i always picture a country singin cat)
machar
bagla (lol)

and my fav gola

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Talking of funny words. can´t beat punjabi..every single word comes in several odd variations. just take the word "bald"- (headed)..

Ganja
tindal
RoDa

and then you have funny rimes like..

"tinD minD kotna, beshak daNdha thokna"

There is actually even a joke about every word having two meanings in Punjabi, but I guess it might be considered too much, so may be I´ll just keep it to myself :)

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langoor is one I find funny

hey Fraudia, I was under the umpression that khargosh meant rabbit or hare?!?!

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mariah it does mean rabbit, but the literal translation of the word from persian means doney ears.

khar= donkey
gosh= ears

donkey + ears = rabbit (interesting math)

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Kanchoowaan!!!..
Gandoya!!

Both for earthworm…
Patha is actually a student…not son…anchal Khala…

Laddo!!

Barfi!!!..(sure tastes better than it sounds…Barf…get it??)

Daddu…funnay name for a frog…

DAddu Car…the call VW beetles that…

lota…

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…could be mistaken for pakistani loto

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Eh Fraudia!

Whats the difference between tiger and cheetah? I thought there is an urdu word “cheeta” too…doesn’t it refer to this tiger? And here I thought that leopard is the one without an urdu name… Leopard, u know, the one with the spots.

Anyone?

Also, the “babar shair”, this is the one with all those hair on its face, right? Is it a male or a female?

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Kankahjoora !!... (scorpion in punjabi)

Langoor....

BudmaNas... ( Monkey)

Kauddu.... ( type of Reddish)

:D :D

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Dhakan
Khajooor
khoota
khabees
khanzeeel
kanjar
kameena

:D :D :D :D :D

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