Gumshuda Alfaaz

Lets share some of the Urdu words that have become / are becoming matrook (extinct) because of words exported from other languages.

For example, we use 'Table; and ‘Maiz’ is not used regularly now.

Do you remember Urdu of ‘Plate’?

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YES! :D it's tashtarii or rikaabii! :) aise to bahot se alfaaz haiN...one example is: glass

pahle jaam kahlaataa thaa jo ab sirf sharaab ke glass ke liye maKhsoos ho gayaa hai...

member [rukn] is another word, libraray [kutub Khana], Highway [shaar'e/shaah-raah]

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What is the Urdu of 'Jug'?

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NOT in the exact sense but closest word would be qoraaba, suraaHee, karvaa, bandhnaa, jhajjhar, gaRvaa etc

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saeen: **jug **jo urdu tarjmo **dunya **aahi. :hehe:

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hahaha…tum bhi na bas! :smiley:

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plate => rakabi

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:rotfl: Laado ke lashkare, jug mug kapRe sare…

Ok whats the urdu of ‘mug’ or ‘cup’?

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kkf bhai: roza lagging na.

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Right, but do we use it? What about using 'bowl'?

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cup = > piyala

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bowl = > katora

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Bread is getting famous instead of double roti

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Cup = Pyala? KKF do you agree?

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double roti also seems a foreign word. BTW, whats the Urdu of double?

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does chah-e-urdu holds different fatwa on cup too?

dohra

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Dugna

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So Double roti = Dugni Roti? :hmmm:

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Lolz nhi

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Rural India meN to aaj bhii tashtarii, rikaabii bolaa jaataa hai :)


bowl = pyaala. cup = pyaali [laToraa is a very specific bowl jo peetal yaa taambe kaa hotaa thaa aur jo essentially munaqqash huaa kartaa thaa...naqsheen kaTore]...ek rhyme hai:

kaTore pe kaTora
beTaa baap se bhii goraa!

ab aisaa kiuN kahte the? lol :D


haN, magar India men to at least UP meN aaj bhii sabhi log double rotii hii kahte haiN...sivaaye un logoN ke jo angrezii bahot bolte haiN...buzurg Khawaateen aaj bhii Dabal RoTii kahtii haiN :)