اپنے خرچ پر
“اپنے خرچ پر” (apne kharch per) — at one’s own expense in Urdu. Phrase, level B1. Literally "at one’s own expense": the trip paid by oneself. In a live sentence: “میں نے سفر اپنے خرچ پر کیا” — I made the trip at my own expense. Written with the characters ا, پ, ن, ے, خ, ر, چ, پ, ر. A word from the everyday Urdu course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | اپنے خرچ پر |
| Read in Latin letters | apne kharch per |
| Translation | at one’s own expense |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "at one’s own expense": the trip paid by oneself
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.
- میں نے سفر اپنے خرچ پر کیاmain ne safar apne kharch per kiyaI made the trip at my own expense
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 “at one’s own expense” in Urdu?
«اپنے خرچ پر», read “apne kharch per”. In a live sentence: “میں نے سفر اپنے خرچ پر کیا” — I made the trip at my own expense. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ا, پ, ن, ے, خ, ر, چ, پ, ر.
How is “اپنے خرچ پر” written in Latin letters?
apne kharch per. 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 "at one’s own expense": the trip paid by oneself. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.