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561    foot-light (Noun)
تماشا گاہ میں بیھٹکی کی روشنی
562    mickle (adjective)
بڑا۔ بہت۔ (زیادہ۔ کثیر)
    Many a little makes a mickle.
ھوئی پھوئی کرکے تالاب بھرتا ہے
563    horoscope (Noun)
جنم پتر۔ لگن کنڈلی۔ زائچہ
564    ignoramus (Noun)
    1. (Law)
تجویز اہل جیوری کی بہ بحالیٴ حکم۔ بریت مجرم
    2. an ignorant person
لاعلم۔ جاہل۔ ناواقف۔ نادان۔ اناڑی
565    studiousness (Noun)
کتاب بینی۔ مطالعہ دوستی۔
566    sleeve (Noun)
بانہہ۔ آستین۔ خریطہ
    to laugh in the sleeve
منہ چھپا کے یا دل ہی دل میں ہنسنا۔
    pin or hang on the sleeve of
معتقد یا پابند کرنا۔
567    dialtory (adjective)
    1. given to procrastination
ڈھیلا۔ آہستہ۔ دھیما۔ لیچڑ۔ ڈڑپہریا
    2. tardy
سست۔ سستیا۔ دیر کرنے والا۔ تاخیر میں ڈالنے والا۔ آلکسی۔ آلسی۔ آسکتی
568    affirmation (Noun)
بچن ۔ کہنا ۔ کہن ۔ بیان ۔ بات ۔ کلام ۔ قول ۔ مقولہ ۔ بکھان
    solemn affirmation
اقرار از روئے ایمان ۔ اظہار حلفی
569    quackery (Noun)
نیم حکیمی۔ کٹھ بیدائی۔ خود فروشی۔ چٹی بٹی۔ عطائی طریقہ علاج۔ اناڑی یا عطائی پن۔
570    lightning-conductor
بجلی لے جانے والا گل۔ (برق ربا)
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Some words in traditional building
Greetings to you all!
I am struggling with a couple of words that may or may not be urdu or of urdu origin, and was hoping for some help. The context is traditional building, and the words are 'banan' (not in the meaning 'sweater') and 'makeaq', 'makiq' or something like that.
Grateful for all assistance.
Banan hmm..
Banan seems to be on the arabic weight 'fulan' (like Rizwan, Ramzan, Quran, Furqan etc) -- if that is the case, then the root "b-n-a" which it would fall under, means construction. Bana'a/Yebni "To Construct or Build". Urdu words such as "mabni" (base) and baani (originator) come from this word. Not sure what Makiq means, I've never seen either word in urdu literature before however, and they don't look like Hindi words either.
Are you sure someone's not trying to pull your leg?
salaam,
the nearest word i can think of affiliated with 'building' to BANAN is BANERA. i can safely say that i have never heard of 'banan' or 'makiq' as far as the Urdu language is concerned & niether have i heard a Hindi speaker use these rather bizarre sounding words in all my 27 years and i do know a few Hindi speakers.
Best of luck though!!!
Sorry for not being able to be much of a help!
No, my leg is not being pulled
Salaam
No, I am certain I am not being fooled. The words in question are not in Urdu/Hindu, but in another language, which borrows extensively from Urdu. There are several other possible source languages, though, and the words could also be indigenous to the language, though there are reasons to suspect otherwise.
Thanks for trying, though, it helps me narrow down the possibilities.
P.S. With your help, I've been able to look elsewhere. It seems 'banan' is derived from a persian word for building or mason,بنا, and makiq has cognates in the neighbouring languages, meaning 'wooden post'. Again, much obliged.
meaning and origin of name IRZAN
Aslamoalekum,
While browsing through archived comments on this website i came across the name "IRZAN". I like this name. Can anyone giude me what is the meaning of this name and whether it is an Islamic name or not?
Thanks.
I shall be obliged.
khaaksar or khaaksara?
Assalamo Alaikum.
Sb told me that there was no such female of "khaaksar" as "khaaksara". Is that correct? So far, I always used to say "khaaksara" with regard to myself.
wassalam
"Khaksar"
salam dear, mere nazar se bhi ajtak khaksar ka muannas nahi guzra
hud khush rahen takay dosre ham se mailkar khushi ka ahsas karsaken
This site is the mean to
This site is the best mean to promote urdu language .I am happy to be the member of this site
asking for meaning
Any body will tell me feminine of word شابالا
History
چند ماہ قبل میں نے یک خوب وبسیت دریافت کی تهی در موضوعِ تاریخِ لسانِ اردو. میں نے فکر کیا کے شاید میرے مسلمان و پاکستانی برادران اسے قدردانی کرتے:
www.theurdulanguage.com
Wonderful website on Urdu history, present, and future that I thought viewers may find useful.
www.theurdulanguage.com
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