کارڈ سے ادائیگی
“کارڈ سے ادائیگی” (kard se adaigi) — payment by card in Urdu. Noun, level A2. Literally "by card the paying": the se tail means "by means of", the same as "from" in "I am from Russia". In a live sentence: “یہاں کارڈ سے ادائیگی ہوتی ہے” — Card payment is possible here. Written with the characters ک, ا, ر, ڈ, س, ے, ا, د, ا, ی, گ, ی. A word from the everyday Urdu course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Urdu | کارڈ سے ادائیگی |
| Read in Latin letters | kard se adaigi |
| Translation | payment by card |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "by card the paying": the se tail means "by means of", the same as "from" in "I am from Russia"
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.
- یہاں کارڈ سے ادائیگی ہوتی ہےyahan kard se adaigi hoti haiCard payment is possible here
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 “payment by card” in Urdu?
«کارڈ سے ادائیگی», read “kard se adaigi”. In a live sentence: “یہاں کارڈ سے ادائیگی ہوتی ہے” — Card payment is possible here. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ک, ا, ر, ڈ, س, ے, ا, د, ا, ی, گ, ی.
How is “کارڈ سے ادائیگی” written in Latin letters?
kard se adaigi. 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 "by card the paying": the se tail means "by means of", the same as "from" in "I am from Russia". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.