کام کے بدلے چھٹی
“کام کے بدلے چھٹی” (kam ke badle chhutti) — day off in lieu in Urdu. Noun, level A1. Literally "in exchange for work — a day off": in exchange and your day off. For a day worked over, one takes rest. In a live sentence: “کام کے بدلے چھٹی ملتی ہے” — A day off in lieu is given for the work. Written with the characters ک, ا, م, ک, ے, ب, د, ل, ے, چ, ھ, ٹ…
In short
| Written in Urdu | کام کے بدلے چھٹی |
| Read in Latin letters | kam ke badle chhutti |
| Translation | day off in lieu |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "in exchange for work — a day off": in exchange and your day off. For a day worked over, one takes rest
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.
- کام کے بدلے چھٹی ملتی ہےkam ke badle chhutti milti haiA day off in lieu is given for the work
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 “day off in lieu” in Urdu?
«کام کے بدلے چھٹی», read “kam ke badle chhutti”. In a live sentence: “کام کے بدلے چھٹی ملتی ہے” — A day off in lieu is given for the work. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ک, ا, م, ک, ے, ب, د, ل, ے, چ, ھ, ٹ…
How is “کام کے بدلے چھٹی” written in Latin letters?
kam ke badle chhutti. 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 "in exchange for work — a day off": in exchange and your day off. For a day worked over, one takes rest. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.