ہاتھ اٹھانا
“ہاتھ اٹھانا” (hath uthana) — to raise a hand in Urdu. Phrase, level A1. Literally "to raise the hand": the hand and the raising — both words you have met. Before asking, the hand goes up here — grown-ups too. In a live sentence: “وہ ہاتھ اٹھاتا ہے” — He raises his hand. Written with the characters ہ, ا, ت, ھ, ا, ٹ, ھ, ا, ن, ا. A word from the everyday Urdu course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | ہاتھ اٹھانا |
| Read in Latin letters | hath uthana |
| Translation | to raise a hand |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to raise the hand": the hand and the raising — both words you have met. Before asking, the hand goes up here — grown-ups too
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.
- وہ ہاتھ اٹھاتا ہےwo hath uthata haiHe raises his hand
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 raise a hand” in Urdu?
«ہاتھ اٹھانا», read “hath uthana”. In a live sentence: “وہ ہاتھ اٹھاتا ہے” — He raises his hand. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ہ, ا, ت, ھ, ا, ٹ, ھ, ا, ن, ا.
How is “ہاتھ اٹھانا” written in Latin letters?
hath uthana. 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 raise the hand": the hand and the raising — both words you have met. Before asking, the hand goes up here — grown-ups too. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.