دستاویز دکھانا
“دستاویز دکھانا” (dastawiz dukhana) — to show documents in Urdu. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to show the hand-held things": the document is "the held-in-hand". In a live sentence: “دستاویز دکھائیں” — Show your documents, please. Written with the characters د, س, ت, ا, و, ی, ز, د, ک, ھ, ا, ن… A word from the everyday Urdu course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | دستاویز دکھانا |
| Read in Latin letters | dastawiz dukhana |
| Translation | to show documents |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to show the hand-held things": the document is "the held-in-hand"
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.
- دستاویز دکھائیںdastawiz dukhaenShow your documents, please
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 show documents” in Urdu?
«دستاویز دکھانا», read “dastawiz dukhana”. In a live sentence: “دستاویز دکھائیں” — Show your documents, please. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters د, س, ت, ا, و, ی, ز, د, ک, ھ, ا, ن…
How is “دستاویز دکھانا” written in Latin letters?
dastawiz dukhana. 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 show the hand-held things": the document is "the held-in-hand". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.