Just wondering what is the urdu word for step mother as I have no idea what to call her.
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churail
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^^:rotfl: 
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sadya u r right SOTAILEE MAA
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Southali...which i think i learned from indian films so that means i'm unsure if it's hindi or urdu..
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pahari zuban what is this????
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Well, we use it often within our own family and with some Pakistani friends. While growing up, my brothers and I weren't allowed to speak it, my Mom wanted us to learn clean neat Urdu. but it's so much fun to speak Pahari Zaban:
it's like : 'tawara kai haal aa? Tou theek ai na?;
(how are you? you're fine, na?)
We call it pahari zaban. I think it's speaking flat, maybe that's why my mother didn't like us to speak it. :-D
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I used to, and still do, call mine 'aunty'. Seemed appropriate back them and it kind of stuck.
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Paharee zabaan,
The punjabi spoken in islamabad/pindi, azad kashmir and jelum...in the "Pahar" hills
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oh, I kept thinking pahari was like talking flat, because it was a bit disliked for us kids to speak it. We were only encouraged to speak Urdu at the time. so it's actually a "normal" dialect or something, and not flat talking.
I find punjabi quite different from pahari actually.
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I call my step mom Amijaan.