سہارا
“سہارا” (sahara) — handrail in Urdu. Noun, level A1, topic — transport. The support one holds in the road. From it also comes "to support a person" — not only holding the rail. In a live sentence: “دروازے کے پاس سہارا ہے” — There is a handrail by the door. Written with the characters س, ہ, ا, ر, ا. One of 15 words in the set “transport” in the Urdu course.
In short
| Written in Urdu | سہارا |
| Read in Latin letters | sahara |
| Translation | handrail |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The support one holds in the road. From it also comes "to support a person" — not only holding the rail
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.
- دروازے کے پاس سہارا ہےdarwaze ke pas sahara haiThere is a handrail by the door
Nearby words: transport
Bus, metro, taxi, stop, station. These are words you need to recognize in writing — off a departure board and off a sign.
- رکشہriksharickshawThe same rickshaw English borrowed: the carriage came from Japan and the name went round the world with it. The motor rickshaw is the taxi of short distances
- بسbasbusBoth the bus and "enough": bas at the end of a complaint means "that will do". The intercity buses run at night — the road is cooler
- ریل گاڑیril garitrainLiterally "rail carriage": gaari is any vehicle at all. Pakistan’s trains run between the big cities overnight
- ٹیکسیtaksitaxiWith the retroflex t at the start. The price is named before the ride, and haggling is part of the trade: kitne paise?
- اسٹیشنsteshanstationOne word for the railway station and the bus stop: bus station is the bus one. An international word written in the local script
- اسٹاپstopbus stopYou know "bus stop" — the bus halt; the place where transport brakes is called short — the stop
- مسافرmusafirpassengerFrom the journey you know: the travelling person is the passenger. A woman passenger — the same word
- نشستnashistseatThe international seat the course took for the set; the seat itself is this word. You saw the other one in the window seat
- ٹکٹ چیکرtikat chekerticket inspectorLiterally "the checking of tickets": the one who walks the bus and looks at the ticket you know
- فیرfairfareAn international word written in the local script: "the fare of the bus". It is paid to the conductor, not at the door
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “transport”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “handrail” in Urdu?
The support one holds in the road. From it also comes "to support a person" — not only holding the rail
- How do you say “passenger” in Urdu?
From the journey you know: the travelling person is the passenger. A woman passenger — the same word
- How do you say “train” in Urdu?
Literally "rail carriage": gaari is any vehicle at all. Pakistan’s trains run between the big cities overnight
- How do you say “fare” in Urdu?
An international word written in the local script: "the fare of the bus". It is paid to the conductor, not at the door
- How do you say “bus stop” in Urdu?
You know "bus stop" — the bus halt; the place where transport brakes is called short — the stop
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 “handrail” in Urdu?
«سہارا», read “sahara”. In a live sentence: “دروازے کے پاس سہارا ہے” — There is a handrail by the door. Noun, level A1, from the set “transport”; written with the characters س, ہ, ا, ر, ا.
How is “سہارا” written in Latin letters?
sahara. 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?
The support one holds in the road. From it also comes "to support a person" — not only holding the rail. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.