Verbs in Urdu
104 words in Urdu on the topic “verbs”: چاہیے — I need, I want, پینا — to drink, جانا — to go, ہونا — to be.
104 words on the topic
- چاہیےchahiyeI need, I wantThis language does not say "I want": it says "to me it is needed", and the word never changes — mujhe, tumhein, aap ko. The polite request is the same word with meharbani
- پیناpinato drinkThe dictionary form. The order is straight: paani peena chaahiye — "water to-drink is-needed": the verb shuts the phrase here too
- جاناdzhanato goWalking and riding are one verb; the circumstance says how. The polite command is jaayein: seedha jaayein — go straight
- ہوناhonato beThe verb "to be" itself. Its forms — hoon, hai, hain, ho — live in every second phrase. Mujhe jaana hai — literally "to me there is going" — means "I have to go"
- کام کرناkam karnato workLiterally "to do work": a noun plus the service verb karna. Half the verbs here are built this way: phone karna — to make a call
- سیکھناsikhnato learnUrdu seekhna — to learn Urdu — is a phrase heard here every day; people say it of themselves with pride
- رہناrehnato live (reside)To live as to reside: main Lahore mein rehta hoon — I live in Lahore. A woman says rehti hoon — the gender decides the ending
- چنناchunnato chooseVegetables and fruit are chosen by hand here, and the seller allows it: choosing is part of the trade itself. The noun is chunaav — the choice
- پڑھناparhnato studyBoth to study and to read: one word for both affairs. Reading a book is one thing; learning a skill is another verb — they split the work
- یاد کرناyad karnato memorizeLiterally "to make memory": yaad — the memory — and karna — to do. To forget is "not did memory" — exactly
- دیکھناdekhnato seeBoth see and look; the breathy kh in the middle. Ye dekho! — here, look! — is the first phrase at the shop window
- سنناsunnato hearBoth hear and listen; long oo in the middle. Suno, meharbani — listen, please — is the polite opening of a request
- سوناsonato sleepSona is to sleep; sota is sleeping. And sona is also gold: the color is named with the same word — a separate gift of the language
- لے جاناle dzhanato carry (away)Literally "take and go": to carry here is a junction of two verbs you already know. The direction is always from here to there
- رکھناrakhnato putTo lay, to set, to leave: one word for every way of placing a thing. Chai yahan rakho — put the tea here
- توڑناtornato breakKin of the familiar toota — broken: that one breaks, this one is broken. Ye kaun tora? — who broke this? — the question of every household
- بناناbananato buildTo make and to build at once: a house here is "made", like tea. Ghar banao is both "build a house" and "start a family"
- 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
- نہاناnahanato batheTo bathe and to wash — one verb. A woman says it with her own ending
- تیرناtairnato swimFrom the word for swimmer. One bathes for the cool and swims — moves: the language keeps the two apart with these very two words
- دھوپ کھاناdhup khanato sunbatheLiterally "to eat the sun": the tan here is imagined as food. The phrase is alive and playful — "we have eaten some sun"
- مچھلی پکڑناmachhli pakarnato fishLiterally "to catch fish": one catches anything — fish and a ball alike. The verb stands at the end, as always
- پانی دیناpani dinato waterLiterally "to give water": no separate verb of watering — water and the hand do everything. A woman says it with her ending
- پہنناpehnato put onOne verb for everything one puts on: a jacket, a cap, shoes. A woman says it with her ending
- آزماناazmanato try onFrom the trial. The polite request to the seller — "let me try it" — and the mirror will be brought
- ہنسناhansnato laughA nasal opening: it escapes through the nose. "Laughing right now" — the little tail sets the action into the present
- روناronato cryThe partner of laughing on the same tail: "crying right now". For elders to cry is no shame: so one asks for help
- ڈرناdarnato fearFrom the fear you know. One fears "from": "I fear from water" — literally
- حیران ہوناhairan honato be surprisedLiterally "to be amazed": the state plus the being you know. The surprise here is quiet, without rapture
- امید کرناumid karnato hopeLiterally "to make hope": the hope, familiar from names. Hope here is handwork — it is made
- بحث کرناbehas karnato argueThe same debate plus the familiar doing: this language makes arguing a deed. One argues "in a debate", with no preposition against anyone
- وعدہ کرناwaada karnato promiseLiterally "to make a promise": the promise, the same word the Persians keep. A promise here is binding: breaking it is not done
- لڑناlarnato quarrelThe retroflex r in the middle. Both to quarrel and to fight: the degree the context will say. The children quarrel — in the plural
- گلے لگاناgale laganato hugLiterally "to apply to the neck": gala is the neck. The hug is described as a deed done to the neck — warmer than any rendering
- کھانا پکاناkhana pakanato cookLiterally "to boil food": two verbs, both of which you know. Cooking here is not one action but a pair
- دھوناdhonato washWith a breath: dh-ona. Dishes, hands and clothes — one verb; the word beside it adds the detail
- ابالناubalnato boilLiterally "to boil up": cooking in water. "I boil water" — the first phrase of any tea
- تلناtalnato fryTo fry in oil, deep: to immerse. Everything that crunches on the local table is "fried"
- بھونناbhunnato roastWith a double breath. To roast here is to cook on dry heat: the flatbread is baked not in a form but on the hot plate
- کاٹناkatnato cutThe retroflex t and a long aa. The polite kitchen request — "cut, please" — and the knife is handed handle first
- چکھناchakhnato tasteWith a breath in the middle. "Taste it!" — the hostess’s first phrase, and refusing her is impolite
- آرڈر کرناordar karnato orderThe same order plus the familiar doing: ordering here is made a deed, like doing work
- فون کرناfon karnato callLiterally "to do phone": a verb built from a noun, like doing work. A woman says it with her ending
- ڈاؤن لوڈ کرناdaun lod karnato downloadThe same download with the familiar doing. Said shorter too: "pull it down"
- بھیجناbhedzhnato sendWith a breath: bh-ejna. The command sends messages, parcels and children to the shop alike
- ملناmilnato receiveBoth to receive and to meet: the "see you" verb. "The message came my way" — received
- جواب دیناdzhawab denato replyThe answer; literally "to give the answer". The giving returns in congratulating and permitting
- آن کرناon karnato switch onLiterally "to make on": the same on as on the button. Switching off is the off-doing — the pair is the button’s own
- آف کرناof karnato switch offLiterally "to make off". "Turn the TV off" — the phrase of every evening
- ٹھیک کرناthik karnato fixLiterally "to make right": the okay you say every day. It broke — "make it right" — and the master is on his way
- بدلناbadalnato replaceBoth to change and to replace; "change it". The same currency is changed by the bazaar
- جیتناdzhitnato winTo win; the win is its short, loud cousin
- ہارناharnato loseTo lose; the partner of winning. Do not confuse it with "every" — one vowel apart
- دوڑناdodnato runTo run; a long o in the middle. Children chase a ball with it
- چھلانگ لگاناchhalang laganato jumpThe leap; literally "to apply a leap". Children leap from walls so
- بیٹھناbaithnato sitTo sit, with a breathy th. To the guest one says "sit" at once
- کھڑا ہوناkhara honato standStanding; literally "to be standing". The queue here is a standing affair
- لیٹناletnato lie downTo lie; after lunch one lies for half an hour here, and that is order, not laziness
- اٹھاناuthanato liftTo lift: a suitcase with it, and the receiver too
- پھینکناphenknato throwTo throw, with a breath at the start. The ball is thrown with it
- پکڑناpakranato catchTo catch; "catch it!". The thief is caught with the same verb
- گرناgirnato fallTo fall; "he has fallen" is heard in every yard
- گانا گاناgana ganato singLiterally "to sing a song" — the same word twice, and that is no misprint
- ناچناnachnato danceTo dance; at weddings everyone dances, and that is courtesy to the hosts
- کھیلناkhelnato playFrom the game: to play. One plays something with no preposition at all
- تصویر بناناtaswir bananato drawLiterally "to make a picture": drawing here is said through the picture
- تصویر کھینچناtaswir khinchnato take a photoLiterally "to pull a picture": the shot here is "pulled". The phone does it most often
- گھومناghumnato strollTo stroll without a purpose: "let us go for a wander". One strolls to the bazaar too
- آرام کرناaram karnato restRest and peace at once; after lunch this language demands it
- شادی کرناshadi karnato marryLiterally "to do a wedding"; said of man and woman alike
- بلاناbulanato inviteBoth to call and to invite; guests are invited a week ahead here
- دعا کرناdua karnato prayLiterally "to do a prayer": praying here is a deed, like work
- روزہ رکھناroza rakhnato fastLiterally "to keep the fast": the fast — said "keeping" like a promise
- مبارک باد دیناmubarak bad denato congratulateLiterally "to give the congratulation": the blessed word you know
- 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
- مدد کرناmadad karnato helpLiterally "to do help": the help you cried in the street. Asked for without shame here
- مانگناmangnato ask forBoth to ask for and to order; it sounds humble but rules the bazaar
- اجازت دیناidzhazat denato permitLiterally "to give permission": the permission you met at the papers. Everything begins with it here
- منع کرناmana karnato forbidThe forbidding; it stands on the signs as "prohibited". Said of smoking and of late nights alike
- نقل کرناnaqal karnato cheatLiterally "to make a copy": copying. The word is said strictly
- درست کرناdarust karnato correctThe right, the correct: to correct is "to make right"
- بچت کرناbachat karnato saveThe saving: both the stash under the mattress and the thrift of the daily bazaar
- خرچ کرناkharch karnato spendThe spending: the same root as in the outgoings
- جمع کرناdzhama karnato save upThe gathered, the collected: to save up is "to gather", rupee by rupee
- انشورنس کرواناinshurans kruanato insureThe having-done tail: one does not insure oneself — one has it insured
- چھینکناchhinknato sneezeOnomatopoeia, as everywhere: the sneeze speaks for itself
- بیمار ہوناbimar honato fall illLiterally "to become sick": the sick one you met
- ٹھیک ہوناthik honato recoverYour okay here becomes a verb: to become right — to recover
- بات بناناbat bananato come to termsLiterally "to make the matter": to agree is to build the matter
- استعفی دیناistifa denato resignThe resignation: to leave of one’s own will, with a paper
- نکال دیناnikal denato dismissThe same taking-out that took money out of the bank: here it takes a person out
- منتقل ہوناmuntaql honato relocatePaired with the moving: to relocate as to shift oneself
- 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"
- بسناbasnato settle inTo settle as dust settles: slowly, and for good
- تھاthawasThe same "to be" as hona, only of the past: tha of a man, thi of a woman, the of many. The link again stands at the end: kal barish thi — yesterday there was rain
- مشاہدہ کرناmushahida karnato watchDekhna — to see — happens by itself; mushahida karna is to watch on purpose: a match, the news, someone at work. The same mushahida as "observation": the word of the cricket commentary
- اڑناurnato flyBirds, leaves and planes fly it; about someone flying back and forth one says another verb. Urna also means "to fly away" — of one who vanished suddenly
- چلاناchalanato use (operate)Literally "to set in motion": a car, a computer, a phone. Using a thing here means "driving" it — the driver’s very word. "To apply" you have seen with another verb
- آناanato know (a skill)The same aana as "to come": skill is spoken of as "it comes to me" — mujhe tairna aata hai means "I can swim". Sakna you have met — knowing how is said differently here
- ملاقات کرناmulaqat karnato meetThe same mulaqaat as "an appointment": a meeting by arrangement takes this verb. With whom — ke saath: dost ke saath mulaqaat karna — to meet a friend
- چھوناchhunato touchWith a breath on the first sound: chhoona. Other people’s things are not touched with the hands here — the shop window included, and the request is said with this very verb
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
چاہیے (chahiye) — I need, I want. This language does not say "I want": it says "to me it is needed", and the word never changes — mujhe, tumhein, aap ko. The polite request is the same word with meharbani.
پینا (pina) — to drink. The dictionary form. The order is straight: paani peena chaahiye — "water to-drink is-needed": the verb shuts the phrase here too.
جانا (dzhana) — to go. Walking and riding are one verb; the circumstance says how. The polite command is jaayein: seedha jaayein — go straight.
ہونا (hona) — to be. The verb "to be" itself. Its forms — hoon, hai, hain, ho — live in every second phrase. Mujhe jaana hai — literally "to me there is going" — means "I have to go".
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “I need, I want” in Urdu?
This language does not say "I want": it says "to me it is needed", and the word never changes — mujhe, tumhein, aap ko. The polite request is the same word with meharbani
- How do you say “to choose” in Urdu?
Vegetables and fruit are chosen by hand here, and the seller allows it: choosing is part of the trade itself. The noun is chunaav — the choice
- How do you say “to put” in Urdu?
To lay, to set, to leave: one word for every way of placing a thing. Chai yahan rakho — put the tea here
- How do you say “to fish” in Urdu?
Literally "to catch fish": one catches anything — fish and a ball alike. The verb stands at the end, as always
- How do you say “to be surprised” in Urdu?
Literally "to be amazed": the state plus the being you know. The surprise here is quiet, without rapture
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
I want, I can, I am going, I know. The verb holds a sentence together: a few of the most frequent ones cover more everyday talk than a long list of nouns.
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 “I need, I want” in Urdu?
«چاہیے», read “chahiye”. This language does not say "I want": it says "to me it is needed", and the word never changes — mujhe, tumhein, aap ko. The polite request is the same word with meharbani. It is one of 104 words in the set “verbs” — the rest are in the table above.
How many verbs do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 104 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.