Tuesday 25 August 2015

5 everyday Hindi words which are Urdu

Urdu language traces its origin from Hindi, but we are not aware of the fact that some of the Hindi words which we use in our everyday lives are not Hindi actually. They are Urdu words. Let’s take a look at some of them. Well, the outcome will surely tickle your funny bones.

1.       Urdu word – Dost
Hindi word – Mitra

Urdu word – Tarikh
Hindi word – Dinakh

Now imagine if you were to ask somebody in Hindi about today’s date, you would have asked, “Arey mitra, kya dinakh hai aaj?

And the famous dialogue of Sunny Deol would be, “Dinakh pe Dinakh, Dinakh pe Dinakh………

2.       Urdu word - Sirf
Hindi word – Keval

When you have a certain preference over a particular food item, then you will say, “Main roti keval aalu ki sabzi ke saath hi khata hoon

3.       Urdu word – Darwaza
Hindi word – Dwar

Close the door would be, “Dwar bandh kardo

4.       Urdu word – Khoon
Hindi word – Rakht

The title of the movie, ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’ would have been ‘Saat Rakht Maaf

5.       Urdu word – Dil
Hindi word – Hridaya


Arijit Singh would have sung, “Hridaya……… sambhal ja zara, phir mohabbat karne chala hai tu