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Arabic words used in Urdu/Hindi and Punjabi

Arabic words used in Urdu/Hindi & Punjabi

Word "rizq" and "maloom" are found in verse 37: 41 of the Qur´an.

shan said:
..... suroor: n.m. pleasure/joy/exhilaration....
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Is found in verse 37: 44.
 
Dimagh is .... what you think it is in both languages!
 
Arabic words used in Urdu/Hindi & Punjabi

MenInG said:
Dimagh is .... what you think it is in both languages!
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Haha, a clever one there! "dimaagh" too is an Arabic word. What I found interesting is that the ("maghaz") مغز comes from Persian.
 
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A question about the common pronunciation of some words among most Pakistanis:

Urdu has both the soft and hard d and t (something only the South Asian languages have among all major languages)

So why do so many Pakistanis pronounce Katrina Kaif's name with a soft "t"

And to illustrate the opposite, why do so many pronounce Sudan (the country) with a hard 'd' ?
 
Following on my previous post, i think native speakers of Urdu/hindi/bangla/ and other South Asian languages have a huge advantage in that they can pronounce soft and hard versions of all major sounds as well as ch/sh/s.
Most other languaes have either soft or hard d and t
and they have either ch or sh
 
DHONI183 said:
Haha, a clever one there! "dimaagh" too is an Arabic word. What I found interesting is that the ("maghaz") مغز comes from Persian.
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Kharab or Kharban is also similar :)
 
LongHorn said:
Following on my previous post, i think native speakers of Urdu/hindi/bangla/ and other South Asian languages have a huge advantage in that they can pronounce soft and hard versions of all major sounds as well as ch/sh/s.
Most other languaes have either soft or hard d and t
and they have either ch or sh
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As far as I know, no language outside South Asia has the sound chh as in chha (6) or chhata (umbrella).
 
Arabic words used in Urdu/Hindi & Punjabi

The Urdu word "tyarah" ('plane') comes from Arabic. Now, here is the most interesting part. The word itself is derived from the Arabic word "taa´ir", which means 'bird'.
 
DHONI183 said:
The Urdu word "tyarah" ('plane') comes from Arabic. Now, here is the most interesting part. The word itself is derived from the Arabic word "taa´ir", which means 'bird'.
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I would call it expected rather than interesting, Arabs call planes as a derivative word of birds/flying which makes sense from their pov

What are planes called in Hindi?

In Bengali they are called "Uro Jahaj" or "Flying ship", lol
 
Arabic words used in Urdu/Hindi & Punjabi

LongHorn said:
I would call it expected rather than interesting, Arabs call planes as a derivative word of birds/flying which makes sense from their pov

What are planes called in Hindi?

In Bengali they are called "Uro Jahaj" or "Flying ship", lol
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Hmmmm.....

The Hindi word is "vimaan".

Similarly, a ship is called "Behree jahaaz" in Urdu and a plane, "Hawai jahaaz". For the latter, "tyarah" is the most accurate term.
 
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Arabic words used in Urdu/Hindi & Punjabi

Found the word "khouf" ('fear') in verse 43: 68 of the Qur´an today.
 
Arabic words used in Urdu/Hindi & Punjabi

I´m wondering at the use of the word "kameez" in Urdu (and hence Punjabi) for shirt, because I found it today through chapter 'Joseph' (the 12th chapter) of the Qur´an that the word originally in Arabic is "kamees" and hence ends with a ص. It is found thrice in that chapter, and once it became apparent through the translation that this word could only be referring to the shirt, I looked up the Arabic translation of the word and found the same answer.
 
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