This dictionary that contains all you need to
know about Urdu words properly.I spent a lot of
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reference.Use it.
Alphabet
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Vowel Pronunciation Key
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a : "u" in "but"
aa : "a" in "far"
e : "e" in "bed"
i : "i" in "fit"
ee : "ee" in "feet"
o : "o" in "code"
u : "u" in "put"
oo : "oo" in "booed"
au : "ow" in "how"
ai : "ei" in "neighbor"
Notes 1. ' indicates a glottal stop (pronounced like "uh")
in very careful-----speech. Normally, however, it
is not pronounced at the beginning
of a word and in other positions it represents'aa'.
2. The combination 'ah' at the end of a word is
pronounced like 'aa' or 'e'. For example: 'jagah'
could be 'jagaa' or 'jage', i.e., the
h is silent.
3. The combination 'ah' or 'aH' in the middle of a
word is pronounced like 'e'.
4. n. (n period) indicates nasalization.
5. a - is used to distinguish between sh and s+h,
kh and k+h, etc.
Letter Transcription Remarks
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'alif : a Could also stand for an unspecified
initial vowel
be : b
pe : p Does not occur in Arabic
te : t Used in native words
Te : T Does not occur in Arabic and Persian
se : s Used in loan words
jeem : j
che : ch Does not occur in Arabic
baRi he : H Used in loan words
khe : kh
daal : d
Daal : D Does not occur in Arabic and Persian
zaal : z Used in loan words
re : r
Re : R Does not occur in Arabic and Persian
ze : z Used in native words
zhe : zh Does not occur in Arabic
seen : s
sheen : sh
saad : s Used in loan words
zaad : z Used in loan words
to-e : t Used in loan words
zo-e : z Used in loan words
ain : ' Could also stand for an unspecified
initial vowel
ghain : gh
fe : f
qaaf : q
kaaf : k
gaaf : g Does not occur in Arabic
laam : l
meem : m
noon : n
vaa-o : w Stands for oo/o/au at the end of a word.
In the middle it could stand for
w/oo/o/au
chhoTi he: h Used in native words
chhoTi ye: y Stand for ee/e/ai at the end of a word.
In the middle it could stand for y/ee/e/ai
baRi ye : y Occurs only at the end of a word and
stands for e or ai
Abbreviations
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Grammatical Word Origin
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n.f. : noun feminine P : Persian
n.m. : noun masculine A : Arabic
pron. : pronoun T : Turkish
adj. : adjective H : Hindi
v. : verb S : Sanskrit
adv. : adverb G : Greek
conj. : conjunction
intj. : interjection
prep. : preposition
suff. : suffix
pref. : prefix
fig. : figurative
plu. : plural
lit. : literal
poet. : poetic
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