Quiz - Urdu kiya hai?

Identify the source language of following words in bold text…

Aik **makan **main aik gora **chita **admi aik **nanna **munna sa **bacha **behthy thay…
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bawarchi **nay **nashta **lakar diya nashy main **urad **ki dal aur **toast **thay…

nashty karny kay bad usnay nay **chik **hatai, aik **sandooq **khola usamy say aik **pistol **nikali aur **dewar **par tangi **bandooq **utari aur ghar say bahar nikal giya…

**rasty **main teez hawa thi…

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interesting Mahool...let's see who gets it right! :)

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Aik *makan (Arabic: Kun) **main aik gora **chita (Punjabi) **admi aik **nanna (Hindi) **munna sa **bacha (Hindi.. though Balak is also Hindi) **behthy thay...
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bawarchi (Persian) **nay **nashta (Persian) **lakar diya nashy main **urad (Hindi) **ki dal aur **toast (English though French) **thay...

nashty karny kay bad usnay nay chik (Hindi) **hatai, aik **sandooq (Persian) khola usamy say aik **pistol (French via English ) **nikali aur **deewar (Hindi.. May be variation of Arabic Jidaar) **par tangi **bandooq (Hindi via Persian / Turks) **utari aur ghar say bahar nikal giya....

**rasty (Persian) **main teez hawa thi..

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ENGLISH =Pistl n toast
URDU =makan, bacha, bawarchi, nashta , dewar, bandoq, rasta, sandook
PUNJABI= Chik (LOCK) , chita (white)
HINDI = nanna , urad.

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aapkii nishaandehii se muttafiuq huN magar mundarja zel se nahiiN...aap bhii nazar e saanii kar leN: :)

-chiTTaa is also a Hindi world
-bachah = Faarsii
-chiq = Faarsii
-deewaar = Faarsii
-Sandooq = Arabii [sandooq ul bareeq sunaa hogaa which means post box]
-bandooq = is both Arabii and Faarsii
-rastah = Faarsii

:clap:

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Kalil Sahab, Yara, farsi Ka Pakistan ma Kya Kam? Ya saray wordz urdu k han janab

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Pakistan hii kiuN? India meN bhii to haiN! :D to, is Hisaab se sab Hindi ke huye lol

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Chik and chitta are Punjabi words, the remaining Hindi/Urdu and English.

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btw, chik = chiq [qaaf at the end] and is a Persian word. by chiq/chik you mean the parda made from the bamboo strips and hung over door/dar?

What's the easiest way to identify the source language of words?

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reading and reading

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Here iz a punjabi song "Sajna ny bovay Agy CHIK tan Li". Showz CHIK iz punjabi word

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BTW this thread was quite helpful:

http://www.paklinks.com/gs/culture-literature-and-linguistics/591753-baal-ki-khaal.html

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all the dictionaries tell you the origin of all the words. :)

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Most of your words are correct...

Princejall: You are making point here... The words which you identified as Urdu are actually foreign word... But this is the beauty of Urdu how it absorbs them....

Chik is Persian word....
Urad (Tamil)
Nanna (Gujrati)

When it comes to word identification.... Khan Sb... you are lajawab... you beautifully identified them....

*Here is the answer of quiz.... *
Makan (Arabic)
Chita (Punjabi)
Nanna (Gujrati)
Bacha (Persian)
Bawarchi (Turkish)
Nashta (Persian)
Urad (Tamil)
Toast (English)
Chik (Persian)
Sandooq (Turkish)
Pistol (English)
Deewar (Persian)
Bandooq (Turkish)
Rasty (Persian)

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As far as I know Urdu has borrowed many words from Farsi.

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^And u r absolutely right.

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Yayy I won (partly).

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How?