Home and things in Urdu
193 words in Urdu on the topic “home and things”: گھر — house, رہائش — lodging, کمرہ — room, باورچی خانہ — kitchen.
193 words on the topic
- گھرgharhouseThe home as one’s own dwelling, with a breath: ghar. Ghar jaana — to go home — carries the direction inside the verb of motion, no preposition needed
- رہائشrehaiishlodgingFrom rehna — to live — which you know: lodging is where one lives. A word of notices and papers; in talk one simply says ghar
- کمرہkamraroomA short word; the plural is kamre. Rooms are counted here as at home: teen kamre — three rooms
- باورچی خانہbawarchi khanakitchenLiterally "the cook’s house": khaana is the same "food", only here it also means "house, shelter". The kitchen in Urdu is a world of its own
- غسل خانہghusal khanabathroomLiterally "the house of washing" — the same khaana as the kitchen’s. A tub in the English sense is rare: more often a shower and a bucket
- بالکونیbalkonibalconyAn international word written in the local script. Evening tea on the balcony is as much a ritual as the balcony tea anywhere
- منزلmanzilfloorOne word for the floor and for the halting place of a journey: the house as a road, each floor a night’s lodging. Counted from the first, as at home
- لفٹliftliftAn international word written in the local script. Old houses have none at all — "there is no lift" is heard often
- سیڑھیsidhistairsThe staircase, the stepladder and the step are one word. Seedhi se — by the stairs: the direction here is said by the tail se after the word
- میزmeztableThe same mez the Persians keep: the word came down the trade roads with the furniture itself. Dining, writing and dressing tables are all mez
- کرسیkursichairThe same kursi the Persians say. A throne is a kursi too, by the way: half the furniture names are the shared heritage of the markets
- بسترbistarbedBoth the bed and the bedding: the sleeping place is named with one word, the way "bed" and "bed down" once were
- الماریalmariwardrobeIt arrived with the Portuguese seafarers — the cupboard is overseas in origin too. The built-in one is an almari as well
- کھڑکیkhirkiwindowWith a breath: kh-irki. The little window and the window are one word; the big panoramic one gets the same name
- دروازہdarwazadoorThe darwaza you know from Persian: the word of city gates and doors at once. The entrance to a mosque, a fort and a room is all darwaza
- چابیchabikeyThe key of the door, of the car and of the suitcase lock alike. Losing the chaabi is the most frequent family drama
- لیمپlamplampAn international word written in the local script. The bulb and the desk lamp are both lamp; light in general is called roshni
- گرم پانیgaram panihot waterFolded from two words you know: garam — warm — and paani — water. There may be no hot water in the tap — it is heated in a pot
- بجلیbidzhlielectricityLiterally "lightning": electricity here is that same lightning, only in a wire. Bijli nahin hai — the power is out — the phrase of every day
- کوڑاkorarubbishKura is rubbish and litter alike: kura daan is the bin. And it stands in the yard of every house
- صفائیsafaicleaningFrom saaf — clean: safai is both cleanliness and the cleaning. Half the families keep a cleaner, and safai is her work
- کپڑے دھوناkapre dhonato wash clothesLiterally "to wash clothes": kapre — clothes — and dhona — to wash. Washed by hand and dried on a roof line — the talk runs the same way
- برتنbartandishesSingular and plural agree: bartan is the dishes and the pot alike. Bartan dhona — washing up — the second daily job
- تولیہtauliyatowelThe stress falls on the last syllable. Towels here are small and there are many — one per person, like tea glasses
- صابنsabunsoapThe same sabun the Persians say — and kin of the old soap-and-sabun of the caravan trade. Sabun is both the bar and the liquid
- پڑوسیparosineighborLiterally "one living beside": from par — beside. Neighboring here is kinship: one does not borrow a stranger’s salt, a neighbor’s is taken without asking
- مکان مالکmakan maleklandlordLiterally "owner of the house": malik — the owner, the same root as the name Malik. To him you are the kirayadar, the one paying the kiraya
- کرایہkiraiarentBoth the renting itself and the monthly payment: the context splits them. The rickshaw that took a fare is a kiraya-gaari — "fare carriage"
- معاہدہmuahidaagreementFrom ahad — a promise: a contract here is a mutual promise on paper. The rental muahida is signed for a year
- ضمانتzamanatdepositThe same word as "bail": the deposit for lodging, money against a receipt. Usually one or two months of rent, returned on moving out
- بجلی کا بلbidzhli ka billutility billLiterally "the bill for electricity": the household’s chief bill, the same bill you know from the tea-house. A courier brings it once a month
- مرمتmarammatrepairThe same word as "mending": marammat is fixing a tap and relaying tiles alike. The one who does it is the mistri, the master
- شورshornoisyA short shor — the din: yahan shor hai — it is noisy here. One syllable, and the whole street is in it
- کام نہیں کرتاkam nahin kertadoes not workLiterally "does no work": the lift, the fridge and a person all "do not do" — the context splits them. The negation nahin stands before the verb
- ٹوٹ گیاtut gayait brokeThe past of tootna — to break: toot gaya — it broke of itself. Of a woman one says toot gayi — the gender decides the ending again
- ٹپک رہا ہےtapak reha haiit is leakingTapak — to drip, drop by drop. The tap here is called naal, and "naal tapak raha hai" is the first call to the mistri
- مستری بلائیںmistri bulaiencall a repairmanMistri — the master: from carpenter to plumber, any handy person. Bulayein is the polite "call", in the you-form
- آپ کب آئیں گے؟ap kab aien ge?when will you come?Literally "you when come-will?": the future here is folded from the verb and ge. Kab — when — and the question always stands before the verb
- میں نہیں کھول سکتاmain nahin khol saktaI cannot open itThis language puts "can" after the verb: khol sakta — "to-open able". A woman says khol sakti — the gender again in the ending
- گرم کرناgaram karnato heatLiterally "to make warm": half the verbs here are built so — a quality plus karna. Paani garam karo — warm the water up
- فریجfridzhfridgeAn international word that arrived through British household life. "The milk is in the fridge" — the phrase of every home
- ساکٹsakatsocketThe same socket; the plug here is the plug. Old houses have one socket to a room
- تارtarwireA short old word: both the wire and the string. The fan’s wire is a wire too
- ڈبہdabbaboxA box, a crate and a tin at once; the doubled bb as in the coin. Lunch from home travels in the box
- چھتchhatroofThe roof; you heard of the summer night on it. Mattresses go up at dusk
- دیوارdiwarwallThe wall; a short word, and the clock hangs on it
- بیڈ رومbed rumbedroomThe same bed room in two pieces; the bedroom here often holds the whole family’s beds
- آنگنaungancourtyardThe yard inside the house: open sky, a tap, a tree. Much of life passes in it
- سقفsaqafceilingThe ceiling; a builder’s word, bookish but alive. Fans hang from it
- دروازہdarwazagateThe door and the gate at once: the size the context will say. The street gate is locked at night
- چار دیواریchar diwariboundary wallLiterally "four-walled": a fence made of walls. Every house stands inside its own
- گیراجgarajgarageThe same garage, sounding almost as at home. The car and the motorbike share it
- ڈاک کا ڈبہdak ka dabbaletterboxLiterally "the mail’s box": the box you know. Mounted in the boundary wall
- تہہ خانہteh khanabasementLiterally "the lower house": the lower floor you met. Cool in summer, dark always
- برتن دھوناbartan dhonato wash dishesThe dishes and the washing: literally "to wash the dishes". The after-meal duty in turns
- جھاڑو مارناjharu marnato sweepLiterally "to strike with the broom": the broom you met. Swept every morning, dust or no dust
- کپڑے دھوناkapre dhonato wash clothesThe clothes and the washing: literally "to wash the clothes". Sunday’s work, on the roof
- استری کرناistri karnato ironLiterally "to do the iron": the iron you met. Everything is ironed here, towels included
- کھانا بناناkhana bananato cook dinnerLiterally "to make food": the making that also builds houses. One verb for the pot and the brick
- کوڑا نکالناkora nikalnato take out the rubbishThe rubbish and the taking-out. The bin stands in the yard; the street has its own
- ویکیوم کلینرwikuum klinarvacuum cleanerThe same vacuum cleaner in two pieces; carpets are cleaned with it on Fridays
- برشbrashbrushThe same brush: of shoes and of paint alike; the teeth one is named apart
- بالٹیbaltibucketThe same bucket written in the local script. Water is drawn into it for the bath
- استریistriironThe iron; you know it from the ironing. Heated on the stove in the old houses
- مدد کرناmadad karnato helpLiterally "to do help": the help you cried in the street. Asked for without shame here
- دروازہ بند کر دوdarwaza band kar doclose the doorThe closed you saw at the shop. The do at the end softens the command — "do shut it"
- کھڑکی کھول دوkhirki khol doopen the windowThe window; the opening with the same soft do. Opened for the breeze, shut for the dust
- یہ مجھے دیںye mujhe daingive me thatLiterally "this to me give": the polite give-form. At the table one says it of the salt
- ذرا دھیمےzara dhimequieter, pleaseThe just-a-bit plus the slow-quiet: "a touch softer, please". Said of music and of voices
- مکان کرائے پر لیناmakan kraie per lenato rent a flatLiterally "to take a house on rent": the rent you met at the landlord’s
- مکان کرائے پر دیناmakan kraie per denato let a flatThe same phrase from the other end: the giving is the letting
- کرایے کا کنٹریکٹkraie ka kontraktrental agreementLiterally "the contract of rent": your contract from the job, now about walls
- کرایہkiraiarent (payment)The rent and the payment for it at once; asked to be lowered, never refused outright
- کرایے کی مدتkraie ki muddatlease termThe term, a measured span: the lease runs by it
- پراپرٹی ایجنٹpraparti adzhentestate agentLiterally "an agent of property", from English
- مکان دیکھناmakan dekhnaviewing (flat)Literally "to look at the house": a viewing here is the looking
- فرنیچر والا مکانfarnichar wala makanfurnished flatThe -wala, "having": a house with furniture, dishes included
- داخل ہوناdakhil honato move inThe entered: to move in as to enter — with cases and a kettle
- خالی کرناkhali karnato move outLiterally "to empty": to move out is to empty the rooms
- منتقلیmuntaqilimoving (relocation)The shifting: a move as a displacement of a whole life
- منتقل ہوناmuntaql honato relocatePaired with the moving: to relocate as to shift oneself
- مزدورmazdurloaderThe day-labourer, the man of the daily wage: hired by the morning
- پیک کرناpaik karnato packFrom the English pack: to pack and to wrap at once
- پیک کھولناpaik khulnato unpackYour opening from the bank: a box here is "opened"
- نیا پتہnaia patanew addressThe address and the trace at once: a new address as a new trace
- سامان کی منتقلیsaman ki muntaqilimoving of thingsThe belongings: all that is one’s own, carried in one day
- بسناbasnato settle inTo settle as dust settles: slowly, and for good
- جگہ کی عادتdzhaga ki adatto get used to the placeThe habit, a custom grown into the flesh: to get used to a city takes a season
- فرنیچرfarnicharfurnitureFrom the English furniture: furniture whole
- صوفہsufasofaFrom the English sofa: the sofa on which the guests sit and the father sleeps
- آرم چیئرarm chairarmchairLiterally "arm chair", from English: the one chair that belongs to the elder
- شیلفshilfshelfFrom the English shelf: a shelf on the wall and in the cupboard alike
- قالینqalincarpetThe old word: a carpet as the house’s pride, spread for the guest
- آئینہainamirrorAn old word of the poetry: the mirror in which the bride is seen first
- پردہpardacurtain (drape)Kin of the shawl you know from the base: the heavy drape of the window
- تکیہtakiyacushionBoth a cushion and a prop: what the elbow and the head share
- کمبلkambalblanketFrom the English blanket: the blanket under which the whole family watches television
- فانوسfanuschandelierThe old word for a lantern: the chandelier as the house’s lamp of honour
- پینٹpaintpaintFrom the English paint: paint for walls and for doors alike
- دیوار پینٹ کرناdewar paint karnato paint the wallsThe wall: painting walls here is said through the doing
- وال پیپرwal paiparwallpaperLiterally "wall paper", from English: rolls of pattern that change a room in an afternoon
- ٹائلtailtileFrom the English tile: tiles in the bathroom and in the courtyard alike
- پیچ کسpich kisscrewdriverLiterally "screw-turner": the screw you met plus the turning
- ڈرلdreldrillFrom the English drill: the drill you have drilled with already
- پائپpaippipeFrom the English pipe: the water pipe and the gas pipe alike
- بلب فیل ہو گیاbalb fel ho gayathe bulb has blownThe bulb plus your fail from the exam: the bulb failed
- ہیٹنگhitingheatingFrom the English heating: the heater and the warm undershirt share the word
- مرمت کرناmarammat karnato do repairsThe mending: repairs as the fixing of what serves you
- میٹرmitarmeterFrom the English meter: the meter of light and of gas alike
- میٹر ریڈنگmitar ridingmeter readingLiterally "the meter’s reading", from English: numbers taken monthly
- پانی کا بلpani ka billwater billLiterally "the water’s bill": your bill from the café, now for water
- بجلی کا بلbidzhli ka billelectricity billThe electricity — lightning and power alike; its bill is the household’s chief paper
- پانی بند ہےpani band haiwater cut offLiterally "the water is closed": water here is shut by schedule
- کوڑے دانkure danrubbish binThe rubbish and the vessel: the bin as the holder of what is thrown
- دروازہdarwazastairwellThe door, gate and stairwell at once: the building’s throat
- انٹرکومinterkomintercomFrom the English intercom: through it the guest is let in without descending
- پڑوسیوں کی آوازparosion ki awaznoise from the neighborsThe neighbor, from beside: the noise that comes from beside, at night especially
- گھر کے رولزghar ke rulzhouse rulesLiterally "the rules of the house", from English: written and hung
- اوونowenovenAn international word: the oven the cake and the naan share
- مائیکروویوmaikrowaiwmicrowaveLong foreign words this language shortens kindly: the microwave warms the lunch
- کدکشkadkashgraterA double dk in the middle — the sound of the grating itself
- کڑچھاkarachhaladleWith the retroflex r and chh: the ladle of every pot
- ڈھکنdhakkanlidFrom covering: the lid of the pot and of the jar alike
- کاٹنے کی تختیkatne ki takhticutting boardLiterally "the board of cutting": named by its work
- ایپرونapronapronAn international word, read almost as at home: the cook’s armor
- دسترخوانdastarkhwantableclothLiterally "a resting place for the hand": the spread on which the whole meal sits
- بلینڈرblenderblenderThe word and the thing arrived together: the blender of the morning shake
- ڈبہdabbafood containerThe tin box with lunch, carried to office and school alike
- کنگھیkanghicombThe nasal ng in the middle — the sound of the comb’s work
- ریزرrezarrazorA borrowing, stressed at the end: the razor from the bazaar
- شیمپوshimposhampooA borrowing said swiftly: the shampoo’s bottle empty again
- قینچیqainchiscissorsThe first letter is the deep sound from the throat: the scissors of the tailor and the kitchen alike
- سوئیsuineedleWith a hamza in the middle: two vowels in one breath
- دھاگہdhagathreadWith the breathy dh. Thread here is sold by the yard and by the color
- پھینکناphenknato throw awayWith the breathy ph: thrown and discarded in one motion
- محفوظ رکھناmehfuz rakhnato keep safeThe safe: kept in safety, like the money in the bank
- واشنگ مشینwashing mashinwashing machineThe drum that replaced the roof line; the laundry goes in whole
- ڈش واشرdish washardishwasherA city luxury; most kitchens here wash by hand
- فریزرfrizerfreezerThe coldest box of the kitchen: meat waits there for Sunday
- پنکھاpankhafanThe fan that rules the Pakistani summer; it turns even when the power limps
- ہیٹرhiterheaterThe winter box that glows orange in the corner
- ہیئر ڈرائرhaier draierhair dryerThe salon’s wind machine; said in two pieces
- ایکسٹینشنekstenshanextension cordThe snake of wires that every desk and workshop owns, coiled and patient
- سوئچsuichswitchThe little click on the wall; light obeys it
- پیچpichscrewThe screw: it loosens at the worst moment and asks for a key
- رینچrenchwrenchThe international wrench: the key of the pipe and the bolt alike
- پلیرplaierpliersThe international pliers: they bite wires the way the cat bites the sofa
- ٹیپtaipinsulating tapeThe tape: black, sticky, the electrician’s second skin
- گلوgluglueThe glue you met at the mending: paper and fingers alike
- سکاچ ٹیپskach taipsticky tapeThe scotch tape: the parcel’s and the book’s mender
- رسیrassiropeThe rope: clotheslines, swings and wells all hang on it
- چپکاناchipkanato stick onThe sticking you met at the envelope: done by hand and by glue alike
- کسناkasnato tightenThe tightening: screws, lids and belts alike
- ناپناnapnato measureThe measuring: cloth measured twice and cut once, as the tailor’s proverb orders
- اپنے ہاتھوں سے ٹھیک کرناapne hathon se thik karnato fix with one’s own handsLiterally "to make right with one’s own hands": the pride of the household engineer
- شاورshawarshowerThe international shower: cold after exercise, and welcome
- الرام کلاکalaram klakalarm clockThe alarm clock: it rang at four in the morning
- تھرمامیٹرtharmometrthermometerThe thermometer: it showed forty degrees
- ٹوسٹرtostertoasterThe toaster: the flatbread goes in for breakfast
- سلائی مشینsilai mashinsewing machineLiterally "the sewing machine": mother’s, older than the eldest
- فاؤنڈیشنfaundeshanfoundationThe international foundation: dug deep, argued over longer
- فنشنگfinshingfinishing (work)The international finishing: the polish that hides the hurried brick
- نیچے کرناniche karnato lowerLiterally "to make down": blinds, a chair lever and a voice are all lowered with one verb. The partner of "come down": there you go down, here the thing does
- ہلاناhilanato moveBoth "move it" and "don’t touch it" — one verb: hilao both shifts and disturbs. Shifting the sofa off its spot together — also hilao
- گرا دیناgira dinato dropLiterally "to give a fall": to drop here is to let it fall. One letter from girna — to fall oneself: things fall from you, you fall by yourself
- اٹھا لیناutha lenato pick upLiterally "raise for oneself": to pick up is to raise for oneself. Lena at the end always speaks of oneself: took for oneself, raised for oneself, bought for oneself
- لٹکاناlatkanato hangFrom latakna — to hang: to hang is to make hang. A jacket on a hook, a picture on a nail — the verb is one
- اتارناatarnato take downEverything taken top-down is "dismounted" here: a towel off the hook, a suitcase off the shelf, a passenger out of the car. One motion — one verb
- تہہ کرناtah karnato foldTah — the layer: to fold is to "make layers". Linen is folded in double layers — and said with the same word
- بچھاناbichhanato spreadTo lay out and to spread are one word: a sheet on the bed and a map on the table are both spread. The mat at the threshold is spread too
- کاغذ کھولناkaghaz kholnato unwrapThe same kholna that opens the door: a bundle here is not unwrapped but "opened". Paper is a shell, and it is treated like a door
- داخل کرناdakhil karnato let inLiterally "to place inside": to let the cat in is "to make it inside". The pair of entering: there you come in, here you let another
- باہر چھوڑناbaher chhornato let outLiterally "to drop outside": to let the dog into the garden is "to leave it outside". The letting-go both drops a thing and frees a beast
- کھولناkholnato openOne verb for everything that opens: a door, a window, a book, a jar. With it one unties knots and undoes buttons — "open" here is about everything
- بند کرناband karnato closeThe same band as on the sign "closed": to close is "to make closed". A door, a window, a shop — all are made band with one verb
- تالا لگاناtala laganato lockTala — the lock: to lock is literally "to apply the lock". The same lagana that lights the lamp — here it hangs a lock
- تالا کھولناtala kholnato unlockLiterally "to open the lock": unlocking is not a separate verb but the same kholna with a lock. The key turns — and the tala khul gaya
- بتی جلاناbati dzhalanato turn on the lightLiterally "to light the bulb": light here is not switched on but lit, like a candle — the wick is kin. To switch off is the same word with bujhana, to put out
- بتی بجھاناbati bujhanato turn off the lightBujhana — to put out: a lamp is put out like a campfire. Before sleep one says exactly "put out the bulb"
- کھنٹنی موڑناkhuntni mornato turn the handleKhuntani — the door handle, a local word, not international: from the little hook the door is pulled by. Mor is the same turn as the car’s
- کھٹکھٹاناkhatkhatanato knockThe word knocks by itself: khat-khat is the sound at the door. Ringing and knocking are kept apart: one knocks at a door, rings a bell
- گھنٹی بجاناghanti badzhanato ring the bellGhanti — the little bell: at the door one rings a ghanti, as one rings a bell. The doorbell is a small bell, nothing more
- چوکھٹchaukhatdoorframeThe door frame and the threshold at once: to step over it is to enter. Of a newborn they say he is "the threshold of the house"
- دروازے کا ہینڈلdarwaze ka hendldoor handleAn international word — handle — with "of the door" before it. One knocks at the door, not at the handle: knock — darwaza khatkhataao
- تالاtalapadlockThe lock, usually the hanging kind: it shuts both the door and the yard gate. Its key is the familiar chaabi
- ڈور بیلdor beldoorbellLiterally "the door bell", both words international. The school bell you know as ghanti — the door one is told apart by the add-on
- کھڑکی کی چوکھٹkhirki ki chaukhatwindowsillLiterally "the doorframe of the window": the same chaukhat as at the door, only at the window. Flower pots and sleeping cats live on it
- کرٹنkertancurtainAn international word: the panel one draws. Parda stays with the heavy drape; the light curtain is the curtain
- رات کا چراغrat ka chiraghnight lightLiterally "the night lamp": a weak light under which a child sleeps. It stands by the bed and is put out last
- واش بسنwash basanbasinLiterally "the washing basin", both words international. There is one basin to the bathroom here: teeth, face and hands — all over it
- باتھ ٹبbath tubbathtubLiterally "the bathing vat", both words international. A tub is a rarity here: more often a bucket and a mug — but the hotels have one
- پاخانہpakhanatoiletThe old local word for the privy: pakhana is both the room and the fixture. In talk the international word is commoner; this one sounds like the old notices
- نلیnalihoseA flexible water pipe, the diminutive of the familiar naala. Flowers are watered with it and courtyards washed
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How it sounds in a sentence
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- گھر قریب ہےghar qarib haiThe house is close
- میری رہائش لاہور میں ہےmeri rehaiish Lahor main haiMy lodging is in Lahore
- یہ کمرہ بڑا ہےye kamra bara haiThis room is big
- ماں باورچی خانہ میں ہیںman bawarchi khana main hainMother is in the kitchen
- غسل خانہ یہاں ہےghusal khana yahan haiThe bathroom is here
- بالکونی پر چائےbalkoni per chaiTea on the balcony
What is worth knowing about these words
گھر (ghar) — house. The home as one’s own dwelling, with a breath: ghar. Ghar jaana — to go home — carries the direction inside the verb of motion, no preposition needed.
رہائش (rehaiish) — lodging. From rehna — to live — which you know: lodging is where one lives. A word of notices and papers; in talk one simply says ghar.
کمرہ (kamra) — room. A short word; the plural is kamre. Rooms are counted here as at home: teen kamre — three rooms.
باورچی خانہ (bawarchi khana) — kitchen. Literally "the cook’s house": khaana is the same "food", only here it also means "house, shelter". The kitchen in Urdu is a world of its own.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “house” in Urdu?
The home as one’s own dwelling, with a breath: ghar. Ghar jaana — to go home — carries the direction inside the verb of motion, no preposition needed
- How do you say “lift” in Urdu?
An international word written in the local script. Old houses have none at all — "there is no lift" is heard often
- How do you say “door” in Urdu?
The darwaza you know from Persian: the word of city gates and doors at once. The entrance to a mosque, a fort and a room is all darwaza
- How do you say “to wash clothes” in Urdu?
Literally "to wash clothes": kapre — clothes — and dhona — to wash. Washed by hand and dried on a roof line — the talk runs the same way
- How do you say “agreement” in Urdu?
From ahad — a promise: a contract here is a mutual promise on paper. The rental muahida is signed for a year
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Room, key, water, electricity. You will need them on your first day in a rented flat.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- 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.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “house” in Urdu?
«گھر», read “ghar”. The home as one’s own dwelling, with a breath: ghar. Ghar jaana — to go home — carries the direction inside the verb of motion, no preposition needed. It is one of 193 words in the set “home and things” — the rest are in the table above.
How many household words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 193 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.