اظہارِ رائے کی آزادی
“اظہارِ رائے کی آزادی” (azhare rai ki azadi) — freedom of speech in Urdu. Noun, level B1. Literally "the freedom of speaking one’s opinion": the freedom and the opinion — both met. In a live sentence: “اظہارِ رائے کی آزادی اہم ہے” — Freedom of speech matters. Written with the characters ا, ظ, ہ, ا, ر, ر, ا, ے, ک, ی, آ, ز… A word from the everyday Urdu course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | اظہارِ رائے کی آزادی |
| Read in Latin letters | azhare rai ki azadi |
| Translation | freedom of speech |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the freedom of speaking one’s opinion": the freedom and the opinion — both met
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.
- اظہارِ رائے کی آزادی اہم ہےazhare rai ki azadi aham haiFreedom of speech matters
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 “freedom of speech” in Urdu?
«اظہارِ رائے کی آزادی», read “azhare rai ki azadi”. In a live sentence: “اظہارِ رائے کی آزادی اہم ہے” — Freedom of speech matters. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ا, ظ, ہ, ا, ر, ر, ا, ے, ک, ی, آ, ز…
How is “اظہارِ رائے کی آزادی” written in Latin letters?
azhare rai ki azadi. 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 freedom of speaking one’s opinion": the freedom and the opinion — both met. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.