صحت کا خیال رکھنا
“صحت کا خیال رکھنا” (sehat ka khayal rakhna) — to look after one’s health in Urdu. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to keep the thought of health": said of the old parents too. In a live sentence: “بوڑھے والدین کی صحت کا خیال رکھو” — Look after the health of your elderly parents. Written with the characters ص, ح, ت, ک, ا, خ, ی, ا, ل, ر, ک, ھ… A word from the everyday Urdu course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | صحت کا خیال رکھنا |
| Read in Latin letters | sehat ka khayal rakhna |
| Translation | to look after one’s health |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to keep the thought of health": said of the old parents too
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.
- بوڑھے والدین کی صحت کا خیال رکھوburhe walidain ki sehat ka khayal rakhoLook after the health of your elderly parents
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 look after one’s health” in Urdu?
«صحت کا خیال رکھنا», read “sehat ka khayal rakhna”. In a live sentence: “بوڑھے والدین کی صحت کا خیال رکھو” — Look after the health of your elderly parents. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ص, ح, ت, ک, ا, خ, ی, ا, ل, ر, ک, ھ…
How is “صحت کا خیال رکھنا” written in Latin letters?
sehat ka khayal rakhna. 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 "to keep the thought of health": said of the old parents too. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.