استری چلانا
“استری چلانا” (istri chalana) — to iron in Urdu. Verb, level A1. Istri — the iron from the course: to iron is "to run the iron", the same chalaana that drives a car. One "drives" the iron — and it irons. In a live sentence: “میں اتوار کو استری چلاتا ہوں” — On Sunday I iron. Written with the characters ا, س, ت, ر, ی, چ, ل, ا, ن, ا. A word from the everyday Urdu course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | استری چلانا |
| Read in Latin letters | istri chalana |
| Translation | to iron |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Istri — the iron from the course: to iron is "to run the iron", the same chalaana that drives a car. One "drives" the iron — and it irons
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.
- میں اتوار کو استری چلاتا ہوںmain itwar ko istri chalta hunOn Sunday I iron
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 iron” in Urdu?
«استری چلانا», read “istri chalana”. In a live sentence: “میں اتوار کو استری چلاتا ہوں” — On Sunday I iron. Verb, level A1; written with the characters ا, س, ت, ر, ی, چ, ل, ا, ن, ا.
How is “استری چلانا” written in Latin letters?
istri chalana. 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?
Istri — the iron from the course: to iron is "to run the iron", the same chalaana that drives a car. One "drives" the iron — and it irons. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.