Hindi and Urdu words learning thread.

[russellpeters]

aas is not strictly a urdu word. it has no persian root. it is a corrupted version of the word "aasha".

 

[DRaisinHerald]

aas is not strictly a urdu word. it has no persian root. it is a corrupted version of the word "aasha".

Lol, you forgot Urdu is not Persian. It's a language who's vocabulary takes root in mainly 3 languages: Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit. Urdu aas is probabily from aasha as you say, but it wasn't borrowed exactly, it was inherited and the pronunciation probably changed over period of time. That's just how languages work.
The corruption you're talking about is a natural process almost all languages around the world go through. Nearly 30% of English vocabulary is "corrupted" French, even if the 2 languages are not immediate siblings.

 

[Pakistanisage]

aas is not strictly a urdu word. it has no persian root. it is a corrupted version of the word "aasha".

Please don't make up stuff.

AAS is a proper Urdu word and it has nothing to do with the Hindi word Aasha.

Aas is the root word for a derivative Aasara.

 

[russellpeters]

Lol, you forgot Urdu is not Persian. It's a language who's vocabulary takes root in mainly 3 languages: Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit. Urdu aas is probabily from aasha as you say, but it wasn't borrowed exactly, it was inherited and the pronunciation probably changed over period of time. That's just how languages work.
The corruption you're talking about is a natural process almost all languages around the world go through. Nearly 30% of English vocabulary is "corrupted" French, even if the 2 languages are not immediate siblings.

i know that and thats why I said "strictly". in sanskrit grammar, corruptions or derivations, is refered to as "tadbhav" words.

my use of the word "corruption" was never judgemental, merely an observation that it originated from the word "asha".

 

[russellpeters]

Please don't make up stuff.

AAS is a proper Urdu word and it has nothing to do with the Hindi word Aasha.

Aas is the root word for a derivative Aasara.

can you back it up with evidence ?

aas and aasra ?

do you even know the root of aasra ? its aashraya, which means shelter in sanskrit. language is serious business my friend. dont monkey around.

 

[DRaisinHerald]

English: Word

Urdu: Lafz

Hindi: Shabd

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English: Sentence

Urdu: Jumla

Hindi: Vakya

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English: Song

Urdu: Gana

Hindi: Git, Raag; Gana also sometimes used

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English: Poetry; Poem

Urdu: Shairi; Nazm sometimes also just called Shair

Hindi: Kavita (means both poetry and poem)

 

[Burger Boy]

What is the formal Urdu word for "father"?

Don't say abu, because that's an arabic word.

 

[DRaisinHerald]

What is the formal Urdu word for "father"?
Don't say abu, because that's an arabic word.

Abbu-jan. We don't use Pita-ji, which is Hindi; we use the one we borrowed form Arabic, it sounds much better. Also, FYI, Urdu borrows a great deal from Arabic, so you can't just shun Arabic words.

 

[RazPaK]

What is the formal Urdu word for "father"?

Don't say abu, because that's an arabic word.

Good question.

Baba?

I know in punjabi it's ubba.

 

[DRaisinHerald]

I know in punjabi it's ubba

What?

It's Abba in Punjabi =P

 

[Burger Boy]

River

Urdu: Darya

Hindi: Nadi


do bharatis refer to the Indus River as Nadi Sindhu?

 

[russellpeters]

^ firstly as this is a words thread..so...its not bharati..its bharatiya...(the "a" at the last is unpronounced, "ya" as in "yalgaar")

bharati, infact is another name for India.

Indus would be Sindhu Nadi.

In persian father is called "Pedar", and mother "madar". this is consistent with "Pitra" and "Matra" in Sanskrit. Ofcouse Urdu doesn't inherit these words in usual usage.

 

[takeiteasy]

daughter - Putri/Beti

in Urdu? - Dukthar?

 

[Tacit Wave]

What?

It's Abba in Punjabi =P

american touch key saath ubba

 

[DRaisinHerald]

daughter - Putri/Beti
in Urdu? - Dukthar?

Dokhtar is Persian; we don't use it. Urdu 'daughter' is simply beti.