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41 unusual facts about Urdu


1948 in Pakistan

The Pakistani-captured third was known as Azad Jammu and Kashmir, while India occupied the eastern two-thirds now called Jammu and Kashmir by the Indians while Pakistanis and Kashmiris alike call it Bharati Maqbuza Kashmir in Urdu (مقبوضہ کشمیر).

Agha Ibrahim Akram

It has two English editions, and has been translated into Urdu, Arabic, German and Bahasa.

Ali Abdolrezaei

Ali Abdolrezaei's poems have been translated into a variety of languages including English, German, French, Turkish, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Croatian and Urdu.

Alstonia scholaris

Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae, commonly called Blackboard tree, Indian devil tree, Ditabark, Milkwood pine, White cheesewood and Pulai (Bengali:ছাতিম) (Urdu: پھلاہی); syn.

Bahá'í Faith in Pakistan

In 1937, John Esslemont's Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era was translated into Urdu and Gujarati in Karachi.

Behari

The language of Behari people are 97% Urdu, with a minor change territorywise, they were the only people practicing and talking in Urdu regularly after its early birth, mostly well civilized due to the tendency of education, mainly doing trade within the region, also 25% of them were farmers.

Bob Black

Black is best known for a 1985 essay, "The Abolition of Work," which has been widely reprinted and translated into at least thirteen languages (most recently, Urdu).

Bukhtishu

The Urdu phrase: "Bakhš-kardo!" which borrows from Persian "Bukht," means "Save me!"

Canadian Newcomer Magazine

Although the magazine’s philosophy has always been to offer information in the languages of the marketplace in Canada, their website also offers multilingual editions (available in .pdf format) in Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Tagalog, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Punjabi, Russian and Korean.

Dil Jan Khan

Dil Jan Khan (Urdu: دل جان خان) (born April, 1934) is a former President of International Narcotics Control Board of UNODC.

Dostana

Dostana is a word in Hindi / Urdu meaning "Friendship".

Farz

Farz (Persian: فرض ) is a word of Persian origin, also used in Urdu and Hindi, meaning one's duty.

Fikr Taunsvi

Fikr Taunsvi (October 7, 1918 – September 12, 1987) was an Urdu poet, born in a village of Taunsa Sharif, then part of India.

He wrote many books and daily columns Piyaz ke chilke in Urdu Milap for about 27 years.

Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb

Kathak a fine dramatization of poetry in Urdu and Khari boli or Braj bhasha has evolved as an ensemble of Indo-Islamic music and dance and this repertoire is the most beautiful show-piece of Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb.

Gaziul Haque

Later that day police fired into the students who demanded equal status of Bengali along with Urdu and eventually they prevailed.

Hoang Van Chi

This book was well received and was translated into various languages, including Urdu, Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic.

How I Became a Hindu

During the Great Calcutta Killing on 16 August 1946 Goel "would have been killed by a Muslim mob" but his fluent Urdu and his Western dress saved him.

Inkaar

Inkaar is a word in Hindi / Urdu meaning "Refusal".

Islamistan

The term is Persian, (also used in Pashto and Urdu) and refers to the concept of Dar-ul-Islam.

Kamran Talattof

He has translated contemporary debates in Islam from Persian, Arabic, French, and Urdu into English.

Khalid Ahmad

Khalid Ahmad (5 June 1943 - 19 March 2013) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and journalist.

McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies

Urdu Language and Culture: established in April 1987 and funded by the Government of Pakistan, Department of Multiculturalism, Government of Canada, and McGill University.

Mohammad Abbas Baig

Brigadier General Mohammad Abbas Baig (Urdu: برگیڈیر جنرل محمد عباس بیگ) (September 1917 – 19 April 2008) was a Pakistan Army one-star general officer.

Naya Daur

Naya Daur, a literary monthly magazine in Urdu published published by UP Information Department, Lucknow

North Indian cuisine

North Indian cuisine (Hindi: उत्तर भारतीय व्यंजन, Uttar Bharatiya Vyanjan, Urdu: شمالی بھارتی کھانا Shumali Bharti Khana), part of Indian cuisine, is a term used to refer to the cuisines found in Northern India which includes the Indian states: Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand (Kumaon) and West-Central Uttar Pradesh (Awadh and Braj).

PAC MFI-17 Mushshak

MFI-17 Mushshak (Urdu: مشاق) (English: Proficient) is a licence-built fixed-gear basic trainer aircraft version of the Saab Safari, used by the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force.

Pakistaner Rashtra Bhasha: Bangla Na Urdu?

He cautioned that if Urdu was made the only state language of Pakistan, the educated people of East Pakistan would turn 'uneducated" overnight.

Punjabi Qisse

It has influenced almost all the languages of South Asia and occurs as a regular common noun in north-western South Asian languages like Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi.

Rais Ansari

Rais Ansari (or Rayees Ansari) is a famous Urdu poet from Lucknow, India.

Safdar Ali Abbasi

Dr Safdar Ali Abbasi(Urdu: صفدر علی عباسی) or Safdar Abbasi (26 December 1957) is a Pakistani senator and the central leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Shahi Bagh

Shahi Bagh (Pashto, Urdu: شاهي باغ) is one of the oldest and largest gardens in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (Urdu: شاہد خاقان عباسی) (born 27 December 1958 ) is a Pakistani entrepreneur, electrical engineer, and a politician.

Superstition in Pakistan

People, especially children and young girls, wear Ta'wiz (Urdu: تعویز) (Amulet) to ward off evil eye.

Syed Asif Quadri

Syed Asif Quadri (Urdu: سيد آصف قادرى ) (born 19 November 1936) was a top seeded tennis player of India and outstanding sportsman.

Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah

Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah (Urdu: سید ممتاز علی شاہ born on March 11, 1933 in the vicinity of Peshawar.

Tafseer-e-Siddiqui

The Tafsir is a part of the curriculum of many Indian and Pakistani colleges and is widely appreciated since as a professor of Arabic and Theology, he attempted to interpret the Qur'anic Arabic in Urdu as well to as address some critical current issues.

Tamaddun Majlish

On September 15, 1947, Tamuddun Majlish issued a pamphlet titled Pakistaner Rashtra Bhasha: Bangla Na Urdu? ("Pakistan’s State Language: Bengali or Urdu?").

Uttara Kalamrita

The reference to Andhra Bhasha, Urdu or Persian, Turushka, Sukkani, Rahu Kala, and other things show that he came after the sixteenth century.

Veronica Mehta

Veronica (born Veronica Mehta) is an Indian R&B singer based in London, UK, who sings in Hindi, Urdu, English and Punjabi.

Waheed Nadeem

Waheed Nadeem (Urdu: وحید ندیم; born June 2, 1989) is an Afghan footballer who currently plays for {Toofan Harirod F.C.}.


Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Shams Alam a Research Scholars from 'Department of Arabic, Persian and Urdu' of University of Madras published a research paper on Daryabadi which was titled Moulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi ki ilmi wa adabi khidmath.

Afrasiyab

Afrasiab - a sorcerer and emperor who appears in the Persian epic Shahnameh and later in the Urdu Dastaan and Tilism-e-Hoshruba.

Ajmeri

Zafar Qabil Ajmeri, Pakistani Urdu poet, writer, journalist and activist

Alpha Bravo Charlie

Alpha Bravo Charlie (Urdu script: الفا براوو چارلی) is an action and thriller drama series, produced by ISPR and directed by acclaimed Pakistani drama and film director Shoaib Mansoor.

Andhra Mahasabha

Few among the well-known individuals at the forefront of the movement were great leaders like Anabheri Prabhakar Rao, Puchalapalli Sundaraiah, Chandra Rajeswara Rao, Raavi Narayana Reddy, the Urdu poet Makhdoom Mohiuddin, Hassan Nasir, Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy, Mallu Venkata Narasimha Reddy, Mallu Swarajyam, Arutla Ramchandra Reddy and his wife Arutla Kamala bai.

Ayesha Jalal

Ayesha Jalal was born in Lahore in Pakistan to Hamid Jalal, a senior Pakistani civil servant, and is the grandniece of the renowned Urdu fiction writer Saadat Hasan Manto .

Bilal Maqsood

Bilal Maqsood (Urdu: بلال مقصود) is the son of popular writer, actor, artist, and comedian Anwar Maqsood, and is a member of the very popular Pakistani pop band Strings.

Demographics of Suriname

Dutch (official), Sranan Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population), Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu), Javanese, English (widely spoken), French due to cultural influence from French Guiana, Portuguese and Spanish.

Demographics of the United Arab Emirates

Other languages spoken in the UAE, due to immigration, include Urdu, Hindi, Persian, Pashto, Malayalam, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, Balochi, Russian, Somali language, Tagalog, Nepali and Mandarin Chinese.

Fareedi

Famous Urdu crime fiction novelist Ibn-e-Safi created a character called Ahmad Kamal Faridi which became very popular in the second half of twentieth century among Urdu readership.

Hasrat

Notable Urdu poets that use this pen name include: Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri 'Hasrat' (1871–1962), Hasrat Jaipuri (1922-1977) and Hasrat Mohani(1875-1951).

Hispar Valley

The Hispar Valley (Urdu.وادی ہسپر)is the last Valley of Nagar Valley it is about 28km away from Nagar Khas it is the last valley of Biafo Glacier Skardu trek from Hispar and first From Skardu.

In the name of God

Khuda Kay Liye, an Urdu-language film, title translated as "In the name of God"

Jhulelal

Jhulelal (Sindhi/Urdu: جهوللال), (Sanskrit: झूलेलाल) or Dariyalal or Zinda Pir is the Ishta Dev (community God) of Sindhi people.

Jiliya

The Title of the rulers "Tazim Naresh Maharaja Shri" (The Great Hon'ble King) is derived from the Urdu word Tazeem (Tazim) meaning Respect or Honour, which describes their special position as a Dual Tazimi Thikana in the Princely State of Jodhpur whom the Jodhpur Maharaja receives in Darbar by rising from throne, taking steps, and hugging, and are exempted from appearance in Courts of Law in Civil Cases; and Naresh meaning "King" or "Maharaja" or "Raja".

Kaif Bhopali

He was a well-known poet in the Urdu mushaira circles, he is most known as the writer of songs like Chalo Dildar Chalo sung by Mohd. Rafi, in Kamal Amrohi's 1972 classic, Pakeezah.

Karachi cuisine

Paan (Urdu: پان), a traditional Muhajir betel leaf stimulant

Katiyar

Katiyar (Katiyar Hindi:कटियार Urdu: کاتیار ) is a Brij or Awadhi language word.Katiyar surname has origin from the word Katara or Sword.

Khan Muhammad Khan

Colonel Khan Muhammad Khan (Urdu: کرنل خان محمد خان)was a prominent soldier and politician in Poonch, serving in the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly and later as Chairman of the War Council during the 1947 War of Independence.

M J Warsi

Following his work in Pune, Warsi immigrated to Washington, D.C., where he developed Internet-based curriculum for Urdu instruction, for the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC).

Maktaba-tul-madinah

Maktaba-tul-Madinah (Urdu: مکتبةالمدينه) is a bookstore established by the Muhammad Ilyas Qadri in Karachi, Pakistan.

Muhammad Jaunpuri

Syed Muhammad Mahdi Mau'ood (Urdu: سید محمد جونپورى) (September 9, 1443 - April 23, 1505 AD), (14, Jamadi ul Awal 847 - 23, Ziquada 910) Hijri), commonly known as Nur Pak was a perfect Saint who claimed to be Imam Mahdi at the holy city of Mecca, right in front of Kaaba (between rukn and maqam) in the Hijri year 901(10th Hijri), and is revered as such by Mahdavia and Zikris.

Muhammad Usman Diplai

In 1923, it so happened that he came across an issue of the Urdu weekly Munadi published from Delhi by Khwaja Hassan Nizamani, which carried an article about the conquest of Sindh by the young warrior Muhammad Bin Qasim.

Najane Kyun

In June 2004, before they could record their next song, "Najane Kyun", Strings were approached by the heads at Columbia TriStar Films of India, a sister company to their record label company to include the song in the soundtrack of the Urdu version of the epic Hollywood blockbuster Spider-Man.

Neem Ka Ped

The title song for this serial is written by notable Urdu poet Nida Fazli & sung by famous singer Late Jagjit Singh called Muh ki baat sunah har koi......

New Age Islam

In addition, it also publishes conservative views of Deobandi Wahhabi scholars such as Maulana Nadeemul Wajidi, and translates opinion pieces from the Urdu press.

Pathans of Madhya Pradesh

They speak Urdu or the Bhopali dialect of Hindustani made famous by actor Jagdeep in the film Sholay; certain individuals still have a limited knowledge of Pashto.

Philip Barker

M. A. R. Barker (Phillip Barker, 1929–2012), American professor of Urdu and South Asian Studies.

Saddar, Rawalpindi

It has a population of around 200,000 which includes a majority of Punjabis/Pothoharis and a minority of Urdu speaking Mohajirs, Kashmiris and Pathans.

SAHAR TV

Sahar TV is the name of two Iranian TV channels that are part of Sahar Universal Network (SUN) which is the foreign broadcasting branch of Islamic Republic Of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) that is responsible for broadcasting the programs in different languages including English, French, Arabic, Urdu, Azeri, Kurdish and many other ones.

Seersucker

The word came into English from Hindustani (Urdu and Hindi), and originates from the words "kheer aur shakkar", literally meaning "rice pudding and sugar", probably from the resemblance of its smooth and rough stripes to the smooth texture of milk and the bumpy texture of sugar.

Sharma Bandhu

The four brothers were born in Muzaffarnagar town in state of western Uttar Pradesh, India, to Pandit Ramanand, son of Pandit Munshiram, in the family of Hindi-Urdu poet and Sanskrit translator Pandit Jyoti Prasad.

Sitara Aur Mehrunissa

Sitara Aur Mehrunissa (Urdu: ستارہ اور مہر النساء) is a 1992 Pakistani Urdu television series written by Anwar Maqsood.

South Asian Anthem

Hindi, English, Nepali, Bangla, Pashto, Urdu, Sinhala, Dzongkha and Dhivehi .

Sudanipur

Ubaid Azam Azmi s/o Shaikh Shamim Ahmed (Urdu Poet, Bollywood Lyricist, Prosody Scholar & ex. Special Executive officer Govt. of Maharashtra)

Sufi rock

It is mostly based on the poetry of famous sufi poets like Rumi, Hafez, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Bulleh Shah, Waris Shah and even Kabir and is mostly sung in languages like Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Persian and Turkish.

Syed Ali Akbar

He was the Chief editor of the well-known English language quarterly Islamic Culture and President of Idara Adabiat Urdu which published monthly magazine Sub Rus for 20 years.

Urdu literature

The next generation of Urdu short story writers included Qurratulain Hyder, Qazi Abdul Sattar and Joginder Paul.

Zaheer Abbas

Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian Test captain, once said while commentating that the Indian players would often say to Zaheer, "Zaheer Ab-bas karo", which means "Zaheer, stop it now" in Urdu and Hindi, referring to Abbas' free scoring.