بیٹری ختم ہے
“بیٹری ختم ہے” (baiteri khatam hai) — battery dead in Urdu. Phrase, level A2. Literally "the battery has ended": the end-word is said of everything that ran out — from tea to patience. In a live sentence: “بیٹری ختم ہے، چارجر ہے؟” — The battery is dead — is there a charger? Written with the characters ب, ی, ٹ, ر, ی, خ, ت, م, ہ, ے. A word from the everyday Urdu course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Urdu | بیٹری ختم ہے |
| Read in Latin letters | baiteri khatam hai |
| Translation | battery dead |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the battery has ended": the end-word is said of everything that ran out — from tea to patience
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.
- بیٹری ختم ہے، چارجر ہے؟baiteri khatam hai, chardzher hai?The battery is dead — is there a charger?
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 “battery dead” in Urdu?
«بیٹری ختم ہے», read “baiteri khatam hai”. In a live sentence: “بیٹری ختم ہے، چارجر ہے؟” — The battery is dead — is there a charger? Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ب, ی, ٹ, ر, ی, خ, ت, م, ہ, ے.
How is “بیٹری ختم ہے” written in Latin letters?
baiteri khatam hai. 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 "the battery has ended": the end-word is said of everything that ran out — from tea to patience. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.