21 untranslatable words

March 31, 2013

Goya, the simple unassuming Urdu lafz which means “as if” and has been mentioned on our blog before (https://urduwallahs.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/goya) makes …

Anjuman

March 30, 2013

Anjuman (Urdu: انجمن)means an assembly, association, gathering or meeting. Anjuman is originally a Persian word, its roots are from the …

March 27, 2013

Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote in English as fluidly as he wrote in Urdu. One of his English masterpieces titled …

March 26, 2013

Fareb – means trickery, deception tu hazaar kartaa lagaavaten main kabhi na aataa fareb mein mujhe pehle is ki khabar …

March 25, 2013

Did You Know – the great poet, philosopher and politician Sir Muhammad Iqbal, also known as Allama Iqbal (born on …

March 21, 2013

‘Faiz Ahmed Faiz’ was the topic selected for our mehfil in March. To most Urdu lovers Faiz- the poet needs …

March 20, 2013

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997), a world-renowned Pakistani musician, was primarily a singer of Qawaali, the …

March 19, 2013

Fitrat – means the inherent nature of something or someone, the inner wisdom A couplet in the beautiful ghazal “Tanha …

March 18, 2013

Did you know that there is an Institute in Delhi, India called the Ghalib Institute dedicated only to Mirza Ghalib’s …