Buildings and premises in Urdu
25 words in Urdu on the topic “buildings and premises”: پاکستان — Pakistan, لاہور — Lahore, ریسٹورانٹ — restaurant, چوک — square.
25 words on the topic
- پاکستانPakistanPakistanThe country of the course: the name reads "land of the pure". Its language is the one you are learning, official alongside the neighbor’s
- لاہورLahorLahoreThe heart of the course: the city whose dialect fills the films and the bazaars. A Lahori is its person, and the tea there is a science of its own
- ریسٹورانٹrestorantrestaurantAn international word written in the local script. The cheap eatery is khaane ki dukaan, "a shop of food" — the same dukaan as the shop
- چوکchoksquareA crossroads, a square where roads meet. Chowk Ghanta Ghar with its clock tower is the heart of old Lahore
- بازارbazarmarketThe very bazaar English has known for centuries: the covered rows of Lahore are a city within the city, with mosques, tea-houses and lanes of their own
- اسٹیشنsteshanstationOne word for the railway station and the bus stop: bus station is the bus one. An international word written in the local script
- دکانdukanshopA stall, a kiosk, a workshop — any place of trade. One eats in a dukaan too: khaane ki dukaan — the eatery
- کراچیKarachiKarachiThe port city and the biggest in the country: people come to it from everywhere for work. Karachi’s speech is softer than Lahore’s — the city cousin of the same voice
- کاؤنٹرkauntercounterAn international word written in the local script: the shop counter and the cashier’s window are one counter. There is no separate street stall — the trader sits behind his own
- کریانہ اسٹورkirana storgrocery storeKirana is the dry goods: rice, flour, spices. Such a shop stands at every corner, and the owner knows the customers by name
- ہسپتالhisptalhospitalThe same word as hospital: it came into the language through the same Latin. Big hospitals are many in the cities, private ones more
- دفترdafterofficeBoth the office and the ledger-notebook: the office here is kin to papers. Office, agency and reception — all daftar
- یونیورسٹیyuniwarsitiuniversityAn international word written in the local script. The oldest ones are in Lahore, and the university quarter is a city within the city
- سکولskulschoolAn international word written in the local script. Children go to school early — by eight — and the uniform is the same for all
- ڈاکdakpost (mail)The retroflex d at the start. Both the institution and the mail service; the postman is the "mail person", the one with the bag
- بس اڈاbas adabus terminalAdda — a stand, a gathering place: the airport is hawai adda, "the air stand". The bus terminal is bus adda
- گھاٹghatjettySteps down to the water where boats leave from: in Karachi and along the rivers a ghaat at every turn. The word you know from city names
- کرنسی ایکسچینجkirnsi ikschaindzhexchange officeInternational words written in the local script: currency you know. Money is changed at the bazaar too, but the rate is better at the exchange
- چڑیا گھرchharya gharzooLiterally "the house of birds": that is what a zoo is called here, though more than birds live in it. The children’s favorite Sunday place
- سرکسsirkascircusAn international word written in the local script. The circus comes to town with its own tents and leaves after a month
- فائر اسٹیشنfaier steshanfire stationFire brigade you already know; their station here is simply the fire station
- کار واشkar washcar washInternational words written in the local script: car and wash. The washing there is done by hand, quickly and cheaply
- ٹور کمپنیtur kampanitour agencyTour and company: both international words written in the local script
- مرکزی سڑکmarkazi sadakmain streetLiterally "central road": the same markaz — centre — as in "the centre of the city". The shops and the queue are on it
- ٹکٹ کاؤنٹرtikat kaunterticket counterThe same counter you know from the shop; the ticket one is the ticket counter. The queue here is alive, not a number on a screen
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How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
- یہ پاکستان ہےye Pakistan haiThis is Pakistan
- لاہور بڑا شہر ہےLahor bara sheher haiLahore is a big city
- ریسٹورانٹ قریب ہےrestorant qarib haiThe restaurant is close
- چوک پر بازار ہےchok per bazar haiThere is a bazaar on the square
- بازار قریب ہےbazar qarib haiThe bazaar is close
- اسٹیشن دور ہےsteshan dur haiThe station is far
What is worth knowing about these words
پاکستان (Pakistan) — Pakistan. The country of the course: the name reads "land of the pure". Its language is the one you are learning, official alongside the neighbor’s.
لاہور (Lahor) — Lahore. The heart of the course: the city whose dialect fills the films and the bazaars. A Lahori is its person, and the tea there is a science of its own.
ریسٹورانٹ (restorant) — restaurant. An international word written in the local script. The cheap eatery is khaane ki dukaan, "a shop of food" — the same dukaan as the shop.
چوک (chok) — square. A crossroads, a square where roads meet. Chowk Ghanta Ghar with its clock tower is the heart of old Lahore.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “Pakistan” in Urdu?
The country of the course: the name reads "land of the pure". Its language is the one you are learning, official alongside the neighbor’s
- How do you say “Karachi” in Urdu?
The port city and the biggest in the country: people come to it from everywhere for work. Karachi’s speech is softer than Lahore’s — the city cousin of the same voice
- How do you say “post (mail)” in Urdu?
The retroflex d at the start. Both the institution and the mail service; the postman is the "mail person", the one with the bag
- How do you say “car wash” in Urdu?
International words written in the local script: car and wash. The washing there is done by hand, quickly and cheaply
- How do you say “square” in Urdu?
A crossroads, a square where roads meet. Chowk Ghanta Ghar with its clock tower is the heart of old Lahore
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Where to go and what is done there. These words are read off a sign more often than they are spoken.
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 “Pakistan” in Urdu?
«پاکستان», read “Pakistan”. The country of the course: the name reads "land of the pure". Its language is the one you are learning, official alongside the neighbor’s. It is one of 25 words in the set “buildings and premises” — the rest are in the table above.
How many words for buildings and places do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 25 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.