Urdu

Urdu - Basic Vocabulary

This is a collection of basic vocabulary for the Urdu language, including around 200 words.

1. Numbers

Learn to count and express quantities with basic numerals, cardinal and ordinal numbers, and numerical expressions

0

صفر

sifr

zero

1

ایک

ek

one

2

دو

do

two

3

تین

tīn

three

4

چار

chār

four

5

پانچ

pānch

five

6

چھ

chhah

six

7

سات

sāt

seven

8

آٹھ

āṭh

eight

9

نو

nau

nine

10

دس

das

ten

11

گیارہ

gyārah

eleven

12

بارہ

bārah

twelve

13

تیرہ

terah

thirteen

14

چودہ

chaudah

fourteen

15

پندرہ

pandrah

fifteen

16

سولہ

solah

sixteen

17

سترہ

satrah

seventeen

18

اٹھارہ

aṭhārah

eighteen

19

انیس

unīs

nineteen

20

بیس

bīs

twenty

30

تیس

tīs

thirty

40

چالیس

chālīs

forty

50

پچاس

pachās

fifty

60

ساٹھ

sāṭh

sixty

70

ستر

sattar

seventy

80

اسی

assī

eighty

90

نوي

navve

ninety

100

سو

sau

hundred

1K

ہزار

hazār

thousand

1M

ملین

miliyan

million

2. Colors

Explore basic and advanced colors, shades, and descriptive terms for talking about the visual world around you

سفید

safed

white

سیاہ

siyāh

black

🔴

سرخ

surkh

red

🔵

نیلا

nīlā

blue

🟡

پیلا

pīlā

yellow

🟢

سبز

sabz

green

🟣

جامنی

jāmanī

purple

🟤

بھورا

bhūrā

brown

🟠

نارنجی

nāranjī

orange

🌸

گلابی

gulābī

pink

سونا

sonā

gold

🌑

چاندی

cāndī

silver

☁️

سرمئی

surma'ī

grey

3. Animals

Discover vocabulary for domestic pets, farm animals, wild creatures, and exotic species from around the world

🐶

کتا

kuttā

dog

🐱

بلی

billī

cat

🐴

گھوڑا

ghoṛā

horse

🐮

گائے

gā'e

cow

🐷

خنزیر

khinzīr

pig

🐦

پرندہ

parinda

bird

🐟

مچھلی

machhlī

fish

🐭

چوہا

cūhā

mouse

🦊

لومڑی

lomṛī

fox

🐇

خرگوش

khargosh

rabbit

🐻

ریچھ

richh

bear

🐼

پانڈا

pāṇḍā

panda

🐨

کوالا

koālā

koala

🐘

ہاتھی

hāthī

elephant

🐢

کچھوا

kachhwā

turtle

🦒

زرافہ

zarāfah

giraffe

🦆

بطخ

baṭakh

duck

🕷️

مکڑی

makaṛī

spider

4. People

Learn words for immediate and extended family members, relationships, and terms for describing different types of people

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

خاندان

khāndān

family

🧔

مرد

mard

man

👩

عورت

aurat

woman

👦

لڑکا

laṛkā

boy

👧

لڑکی

laṛkī

girl

👶

بچہ

baccha

child

👨‍🦳

باپ

bāp

father

👩‍🦳

ماں

māṁ

mother

👴

دادا

dādā

grandfather

👵

دادی

dādī

grandmother

🧑‍🦰

بھائی

bhāī

brother

👩‍🦱

بہن

bahen

sister

🧑

دوست

dost

friend

👥

لوگ

log

people

🙋

شخص

shakhs

person

5. Objects

Build vocabulary for everyday items, household objects, tools, and common things you encounter in daily life

🏠

گھر

ghar

house

🏢

عمارت

imārat

building

🏫

اسکول

iskul

school

🏪

دکان

dukān

store

🛣️

سڑک

saṛak

road

🌆

شہر

shahar

city

🌳

درخت

darakht

tree

💧

پانی

pānī

water

☀️

سورج

suraj

sun

☁️

بادل

bādal

cloud

📚

کتاب

kitāb

book

🖊️

قلم

qalam

pen

📱

فون

fon

phone

🔑

چابی

chābī

key

🚗

کار

kār

car

6. Food

Master vocabulary for meals, snacks, beverages, cooking ingredients, and different types of cuisine from various cultures

🍎

سیب

seb

apple

🍌

کیلا

kela

banana

🍞

روٹی

roṭī

bread

🧀

پنیر

panīr

cheese

🥩

گوشت

gosht

meat

🥛

دودھ

dudh

milk

کافی

kāfī

coffee

🍵

چائے

chāy

tea

💧

پانی

pānī

water

🍺

بیئر

biyār

beer

🍷

شراب

sharāb

wine

🍽️

کھانا

khānā

food

🍳

انڈا

aṇḍā

egg

🍚

چاول

cāval

rice

🥕

سبزیاں

sabziyāṅ

vegetables

7. Time

Learn to express time concepts including days of the week, months, seasons, clock times, and temporal expressions

☀️

دن

din

day

🌙

رات

rāt

night

گھنٹہ

ghaṇṭa

hour

🗓️

ہفتہ

haftah

week

📅

مہینہ

mahīna

month

🗓️

سال

sāl

year

🗓️

پیر

pīr

Monday

🗓️

منگل

maṅgal

Tuesday

🗓️

بدھ

budh

Wednesday

🗓️

جمعرات

jumʿarāt

Thursday

🗓️

جمعہ

jumʿah

Friday

🗓️

ہفتہ

haftah

Saturday

🗓️

اتوار

itvār

Sunday

🌅

صبح

subah

morning

🌆

شام

shām

evening

🕛

اب

ab

now

🔜

جلد

jald

soon

🕒

وقت

waqt

time

8. Verbs

Essential action words and verbs for describing activities, states of being, and both physical and mental actions

🗣️

بولنا

bolnā

to speak

🚶

چلنا

chalnā

to walk

🏃

دوڑنا

dauṛnā

to run

🍽️

کھانا

khānā

to eat

🍷

پینا

pīnā

to drink

😴

سونا

sonā

to sleep

📖

پڑھنا

paṛhnā

to read

✍️

لکھنا

likhnā

to write

👀

دیکھنا

dekhnā

to see

👂

سننا

sunnā

to hear

💭

سوچنا

socnā

to think

🤔

جاننا

jānnā

to know

❤️

محبت کرنا

muhabbat

to love

👍

پسند کرنا

pasand

to like

👋

آنا

ānā

to come

🚪

کھولنا

kholnā

to open

🔒

بند کرنا

band

to close

💡

سیکھنا

sīkhnā

to learn

دینا

denā

to give

💸

خریدنا

kharīdnā

to buy

9. Adjectives

Expand your descriptive vocabulary with words for qualities, characteristics, emotions, and properties of things

😊

خوش

khush

happy

😢

افسردہ

afsurdah

sad

😠

غصے میں

ghussay

angry

👍

اچھا

acchā

good

👎

برا

burā

bad

⬆️

بڑا

baṛā

big

⬇️

چھوٹا

chhoṭā

small

🆕

نیا

nayā

new

🕰️

پرانا

purānā

old

💯

بہت سے

bahut

many

🤏

چند

chand

few

🥵

گرم

garm

hot

🥶

ٹھنڈا

ṭhanḍā

cold

💪

مضبوط

mazbūṭ

strong

👶

کمزور

kamzor

weak

خوبصورت

khūbsūrat

beautiful

👹

بدصورت

badsūrat

ugly

درست

durust

correct

غلط

ghalat

wrong

تیز

tez

fast

10. Connectors

Master conjunctions, transitions, and linking expressions to connect ideas and create more complex, flowing sentences

اور

aur

and

➡️

لیکن

lekin

but

👉

یا

or

🤔

کیونکہ

kyuṅke

because

👉

تو

to

so

🤨

تاہم

tāham

however

🤔

لہذا

lihāzā

therefore

بھی

bhī

also

🕒

جب

jab

when

🤔

اگر

agar

if

🕒

پہلے

pahle

before

🕒

بعد

baʿd

after

🕒

جب سے

jab

since

🕒

جبکہ

jabke

while

11. Professions

Learn vocabulary for various careers, occupations, and professional roles across different industries and sectors

👨‍🏫

استاد

ustād

teacher

🧑‍⚕️

ڈاکٹر

ḍākṭar

doctor

👩‍💻

انجینئر

injīniyar

engineer

👨‍🍳

شیف

shef

chef

🧑‍🌾

کسان

kisān

farmer

👮

پولیس افسر

pulis

police officer

🧑‍🎨

فنکار

fankār

artist

🧑‍💼

دفتر کا کارکن

daftar

office worker

🔬

سائنس دان

sāins

scientist

🛒

سیلز پرسن

selz

salesperson

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