اپنے آپ کو اجازت دینا
“اپنے آپ کو اجازت دینا” (apne ap ko idzhazat dina) — to allow oneself in Urdu. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to give oneself permission": the permission turned inward. In a live sentence: “اپنے آپ کو اجازت دو، مزے کرو” — Allow yourself, for pleasure’s sake. Written with the characters ا, پ, ن, ے, آ, پ, ک, و, ا, ج, ا, ز… A word from the everyday Urdu course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | اپنے آپ کو اجازت دینا |
| Read in Latin letters | apne ap ko idzhazat dina |
| Translation | to allow oneself |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to give oneself permission": the permission turned inward
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- اپنے آپ کو اجازت دو، مزے کروapne ap ko idzhazat do, maze karoAllow yourself, for pleasure’s sake
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to allow oneself” in Urdu?
«اپنے آپ کو اجازت دینا», read “apne ap ko idzhazat dina”. In a live sentence: “اپنے آپ کو اجازت دو، مزے کرو” — Allow yourself, for pleasure’s sake. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ا, پ, ن, ے, آ, پ, ک, و, ا, ج, ا, ز…
How is “اپنے آپ کو اجازت دینا” written in Latin letters?
apne ap ko idzhazat dina. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "to give oneself permission": the permission turned inward. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.