what's Urdu for 'HIND-SIGHT'...

salaam

hru?

haN jii, to bataaiye k ‘HIND-SIGHT’ ko urdu meN kia kahte haiN? :smiley:

Good Luck N Happy maGhaz-maaring! :slight_smile:

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

Easy- Urdu for hindi-sight is urdu-sight.

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

hahaha…yeh to maiN ne sochaa hii nahiiN thaa…Hindi-site…www.Hindi_Site.com

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

Foresight in Urdu is duorandaishi!

so it follows that hind sight should be …

**ba’adandaishi **…I just made that up! or am I right?

Yaa Urdu ki taang tootee?..:hoonh:

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

lol…plaster chaRh gayaa magar good news is that you got half of it right! :slight_smile: Khair-andeshii se kaam leN :slight_smile: Good Try though! :slight_smile:

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

So if we translate Khair-andeshi into English…

that would be literally…Goodsight!

Aap kay sub khair-undesh dost are not friends with hindsight?

Hows That? oh wise one?

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

not really…andesh means one who thinks…door andesh means the one has a far reaching thinking and when applied to figure of speech it means someone who has a foresight…

…now, Khair andesh mean someone who thinks well for others i.e. a well-wisher. i sometimes sign off my letter as:

faqat Khair andesh
_______KKF

HINT: don’t use Faarsi methods to coin the word…u got to use Arabic method.

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

OK so you proved either Khair-undesh has dual meaning or …

that there is No Word in Urdu for Hind-sight!

the closest that comes to hind-sight is, ba’ad mien dekhna!

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

there is a urdu word which is derived from Arabic…Urdu after all is a 60-35 Farsi/Arabic mixture. :slight_smile:

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

it’s baadi-un-nazar

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

YUP…you got it right!
**
ba’d = after/behind/hind
un = of
nazar = sight**

GREAT JOB, Jinx! :slight_smile:

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

Makes sense. So I guess both jinx and I got it right.

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

YES, mostly YOU! :cb: :wink:

Re: what’s Urdu for ‘HIND-SIGHT’…

Thanks Khaan. The nice guy that I am I would like to share the podium with the other guy.