Upgrading Urdu Vocabulary

The Thread aims to Help Improve Urdu Vocabulary of Urdu Learners like me by regular Updates.

Ref: Practical Standard 21st Century Urdu Dictionary

Dastak = Knock
Surosh = Angel Voice (from Heaven)
soom = Miser

Fay'yaaz = Generous, benovolent

Siyaaq-o-sibaaq = context
siyaaq-o-sibaaq mein = in context of

Umeed = Hope
Ulfat = Love
Gham = sorrow
AaNsu = Tears
Muskan/muskurahat = Smile
Hasi = Laugh
Dard = Pain
Tanha = lonely
Tanhai = Loneliness
Sehra = Desert

Poet: Ahmad Faraz

Badla na mere baad bhi Mauzoo-e-Guftagoo
Main Jaa Chuka hoon phir bhi teri Mehfilon mein hoon

I continue to be the topic of your conversation even after my exit.
I have left but still I am a part of your gatherings

Baad = After
Mauzoo –e- Guftagoo – Topic of Conversation
Phir bhi – Still
Mehfil – Gathering, Party

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Who Saamney Hai Magar Tishnagi nahi Jaati
Yeh kya sitam hai ki dariya saraab jaisa hai.

She is in front of my eyes but my thirst remains unquenched
How cruel it is! The River is like a mirage.

Tishnagi - Thirst
Sitam – Tyranny
Dariya - River
Saraab – Mirage

Without Mirza Ghalib one just can't imaging urdu poetry.

hazaro khwahishein aisi ke har khwahish pe dum nikle, - Thousands of desires, each worth dying for...

bohot nikle mere armaan lekin phir bhi kam nikle, - Many of them I have realized...yet I yearn for more...

We have heard about the dismissal of Adam from Heaven, - nikalna kurd se adam ka sunte aaye hain lekin,

bohot be aabru hokar tere kooche se hum nikle, - With a more humiliation, I am leaving the street on which you live.

Word of the day: ţhanđ lagna - to feel cold- ٹھنڈ لگنا

Usage: بارش ہونے کی وجہ سے مجھے اج بہت ٹھنڈ لگ رہی ہے۔

Transliteration: bārish hone ki vajah se mujhe āj bohot ţhanđ lag rahi he.

Translation: I feel cold today because of rain.

Literally: rain happening of-reason-from to-me today very cold feel-ing is.

Notes:

- bārish hona means 'to rain'. When there is a post position in front of the infinitive 'hona', it changes the ending of the infinitive to from 'a' to 'e'. So hona becomes hone.

- ki vajah se means 'due to' or 'because of'

Courtsey Fb