پیسے ختم ہو جانا
“پیسے ختم ہو جانا” (pise khatam ho dzhana) — to run out of money in Urdu. Phrase, level B1. Literally "the money has ended": the ending you know from the battery. In a live sentence: “پیسے ختم ہو گئے” — The money has run out. Written with the characters پ, ی, س, ے, خ, ت, م, ہ, و, ج, ا, ن… A word from the everyday Urdu course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | پیسے ختم ہو جانا |
| Read in Latin letters | pise khatam ho dzhana |
| Translation | to run out of money |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the money has ended": the ending you know from the battery
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.
- پیسے ختم ہو گئےpise khatam ho geThe money has run out
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 run out of money” in Urdu?
«پیسے ختم ہو جانا», read “pise khatam ho dzhana”. In a live sentence: “پیسے ختم ہو گئے” — The money has run out. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters پ, ی, س, ے, خ, ت, م, ہ, و, ج, ا, ن…
How is “پیسے ختم ہو جانا” written in Latin letters?
pise khatam ho dzhana. 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 money has ended": the ending you know from the battery. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.