اپنی رائے پر قائم رہنا
“اپنی رائے پر قائم رہنا” (apni rai per qaim rehna) — to stand by one’s opinion in Urdu. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to remain firm on one’s opinion": the opinion held like ground. In a live sentence: “بہت سننے کے بعد بھی وہ اپنی رائے پر قائم رہا” — He stood by his opinion. Written with the characters ا, پ, ن, ی, ر, ا, ے, پ, ر, ق, ا, م… A word from the everyday Urdu course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | اپنی رائے پر قائم رہنا |
| Read in Latin letters | apni rai per qaim rehna |
| Translation | to stand by one’s opinion |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to remain firm on one’s opinion": the opinion held like ground
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.
- بہت سننے کے بعد بھی وہ اپنی رائے پر قائم رہاbehot sunne ke baad bhi wo apni rai per qaim rehaHe stood by his opinion
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 stand by one’s opinion” in Urdu?
«اپنی رائے پر قائم رہنا», read “apni rai per qaim rehna”. In a live sentence: “بہت سننے کے بعد بھی وہ اپنی رائے پر قائم رہا” — He stood by his opinion. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ا, پ, ن, ی, ر, ا, ے, پ, ر, ق, ا, م…
How is “اپنی رائے پر قائم رہنا” written in Latin letters?
apni rai per qaim rehna. 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 remain firm on one’s opinion": the opinion held like ground. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.