بینک اکاؤنٹ
“بینک اکاؤنٹ” (bank akaunt) — bank account in Urdu. Noun, level A2. Both words international, written in the local script. "To open an account" — the same opening that opens doors. In a live sentence: “مجھے بینک اکاؤنٹ چاہیے” — I need a bank account. Written with the characters ب, ی, ن, ک, ا, ک, ا, ؤ, ن, ٹ. A word from the everyday Urdu course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Urdu | بینک اکاؤنٹ |
| Read in Latin letters | bank akaunt |
| Translation | bank account |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Both words international, written in the local script. "To open an account" — the same opening that opens doors
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.
- مجھے بینک اکاؤنٹ چاہیےmujhe bank akaunt chahiyeI need a bank account
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 “bank account” in Urdu?
«بینک اکاؤنٹ», read “bank akaunt”. In a live sentence: “مجھے بینک اکاؤنٹ چاہیے” — I need a bank account. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ب, ی, ن, ک, ا, ک, ا, ؤ, ن, ٹ.
How is “بینک اکاؤنٹ” written in Latin letters?
bank akaunt. 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?
Both words international, written in the local script. "To open an account" — the same opening that opens doors. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.