English and Urdu both belong to the Indo-European family of languages and so there are some similarities. Let forget technical words like telephone and telphoon. This interests me, whenever I find a new word that’s similar in both languages.
E.g.
Better in English, and behtur in Urdu (something that is better than something else)
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me and mai :@:
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name and naam
mummy and ummy
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I and aye
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wrong..
I means me
aye in urdu means coming
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I and aye
agree with little princess
eight and aht (8)
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Nana = naaanaaaa
brother = biraadar
mom = maaN
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Nana = naaanaaaa brother = biraadar mom = maaN
is biraadar just an brother with a pakistani accent? I thought brother was bai, baijahn, prah
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is biraadar just an brother with a pakistani accent? I thought brother was bai, baijahn, prah
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nahiiN janaab-e-waalaa...biraadar zabaan-e-Faarsii kaa lafz hai aur urdu zabaan meN muravvij hai. urdu zabaan meN 60% alfaaz Faarsii zabana ke haiN...35% 'Arabii aur 5% men digar zabaaneN aatii haiN jinke alfaaz urdu meN zamm huye.**
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I wasn't aware there was that much Farsi in our zabaan
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Nahi =no
hut ( as in pray hut)=hut
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waranda and baramda
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some are exactly the same e.g.
Jungle
Bazaar
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Jalibi
Imerti
burfi
chum chum are also some examples of the words which are exactly the same in English and Urdu.
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waranda and baramda
what do they mean?
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Jalibi Imerti burfi chum chum are also some examples of the words which are exactly the same in English and Urdu.
funny.
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what do they mean?
the veranda....u know the hting jo usually all room ka connecting room hota hai..hall kinda thing
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the veranda....u know the hting jo usually all room ka connecting room hota hai..hall kinda thing
oh, i've learned quite a bit in this thread
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pyjama is same in both :@:
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Cha-a =Cha-a
Coffee= Kafee
are also same in English and Urdu.