Shopping and money in Urdu
83 words in Urdu on the topic “shopping and money”: کتنے — how many?, روپیہ — rupee, بازار — market, دکان — shop.
83 words on the topic
- کتنےkitnehow many?Both "how many" and "which": kitne baje? — at what hour? The question about price lives on this word
- روپیہrupiyarupeePakistan counts its money in rupees and its small change in paise. Bazaar prices are called out loud: often there is no tag at all
- 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
- دکانdukanshopA stall, a kiosk, a workshop — any place of trade. One eats in a dukaan too: khaane ki dukaan — the eatery
- کتنے پیسے ہوئے؟kitne pise hue?how much is it?Literally "how much money has become?". This is how one asks a price at the bazaar; the seller answers with the bare number, no "rupees"
- 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
- دکاندارdukandarshopkeeperLiterally "holder of the shop": the familiar dukaan plus -dar, the one at the work. A bazaar trader is always dukandar, even if he trades from a crate
- خریدارkharidarbuyerFrom khareeda — bought: the buyer is the one who has bought or means to. It follows dukandar in the same family of trade words
- ترازوtarazuscalesThe beam balance the grain trader still hangs over the counter. Singular here, unlike the English pair
- کلوگرامkilogramkilogramAt the bazaar it is said short — kilo: ek kilo seib. The half gets the word aadha
- تازہtazafreshThe same taaza the Persians say: the word walks the bazaars from Istanbul to Lahore. The first praise of goods is taaza hai
- پکاpakkaripeOne word for ripe, cooked and final-and-for-all. The packet is no kin: pakka is what has reached readiness
- قیمتqimatpricePrice tags are a rarity: the price is called aloud and written on a slip by the goods. The same word means "value"
- رعایتriayatdiscountLiterally "indulgence, forbearance": the discount is granted, not shaved off the price. The request zara riayat kijiye — "grant a little allowance"
- کتنے ہوئے؟kitne hue?how much do I owe?Literally "how much has it become?": with the traders here the price "grows" rather than gets named. The short question about the whole purchase
- یہ مہنگا ہےye mehanga haithis is expensiveThe first phrase of the haggle. Softer — thora mehanga hai, "a bit pricey": the bazaar trade is lively here, but without pushing
- سستا ہو جائے گا؟sasta ho dzhaie ga?can it be cheaper?Literally "will it become cheap?": the price here is "made", not named. Works at the bazaar, not at the store
- میں یہ لیتا ہوںmain ye lita hunI’ll take itLiterally "I this take-am": the verb shuts the phrase again. A woman says leti hoon — the gender lives in the ending
- مجھے نہیں چاہیےmujhe nahin chahiyeI don’t need itThe polite refusal runs through "me": mujhe — to me — and nahin — not. A refusal without rudeness: this language speaks of wanting through "me" altogether
- 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
- ٹوکریtokribasketThe woven basket — goods are carried in one here, not in a trolley. With a breath on the t
- قطارqatarqueueThe same word means "train" in the old sense of "a string": a queue is a string of people too. Qataar mein — in the queue
- کیش کاؤنٹرkesh kauntercheckoutLiterally "cash counter": the same counter as at the shop, only a person with a money box stands at it
- تھیلاthelabagThe thin shop bag — thela, with a breath. It is asked for straight out: thela chaahiye? — and most often it is free
- کھلاkhulaopenFrom khulna — to open. On the shop door exactly this word is written: khula hai — open
- بندbandclosedThe partner of open. Band is both closed and off: light, shop, road — everything shuts with one word
- 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
- سائزsaizsizeAn international word written in the local script. About clothes and shoes one asks exactly this — size, not the bookish words
- وارنٹیwarentiwarrantyFrom the English warranty: the warranty period on the device
- واپسیwapsireturn (of goods)From the familiar back: the return of a thing to the shop
- اشتہارishtiharadvertisementThe advertisement again: an ad and an announcement in one word
- اشتہار کا کلپishtihar ka kalpad clipLiterally "a piece of the advertisement": the clip between the serial’s parts
- برانڈbrandbrandThe international brand: the name that asks the price
- لوگوlugologoThe international logo, short as its work: the sign that stands for the whole firm
- سیلselsaleThe international sale: red letters in the shop windows
- اچھا سوداachchha sudagood dealLiterally "a good bargain": the deal — the bazaar’s own word for a win
- ریٹ چیک کرناrait chek karnato compare pricesLiterally "to check the rate": the rate you met at the exchange
- پیکٹpakpacketThe English pack become a local packet: the tea’s and the biscuits’ home
- شیشہshishaglass (material)The same shisha the Persians keep: window glass and the water-pipe’s alike
- دھاتdhatmetalWith the breathy dh. Metals here are counted: gold, silver, iron
- پلاسٹکplastikplasticAn international word, but with the retroflex t: the plastic of the bottle and the chair
- کاغذkaghazpaperThe same word the Persians keep, and the same paper of the office
- مضبوطmazbutsturdyOf a thing, a hand and an argument alike: the sturdy holds
- معیاریmaiyarihigh-qualityFrom the standard, the measure: quality as the meeting of the measure
- شاپنگ مالshopping molshopping mallBoth words taken whole, but said swiftly: the mall of the city’s new side
- ڈسپلےdisplaishop windowBoth the shop’s window and the phone’s screen: one word for both glasses
- کیشئرkeshircashierA borrowing worn smooth: the cashier who counts and returns
- خریداریkharidaripurchaseFrom the buying: the purchase as the deed of the bazaar
- ڈسکاؤنٹ کارڈdiskaunt kardloyalty cardThe discount here is also the adjective: the card of the returned customer
- تحفے کی پیکننگtohfe ki pekinggift wrappingLiterally "the gift’s packing": the wrapping done at the counter
- ٹرالیtrollishopping trolleyWith the retroflex t at the start: the trolley of the big shop
- بدلناbadalnato exchange (goods)The changing changes everything: goods, plans, currency
- واپس کرناwapas karnato return (goods)The back: the same back as the money’s
- فالٹیfoltidefectiveThe English faulty has taken root here: defective goods go back
- سائز ٹھیک نہیںsaiz thik nahinthe size is wrongThe size plus "not right": both words known, the fit absent
- رسید رکھناrasid rakhnato keep the receiptThe receipt, the slip; kept in the box with the papers
- یہ نقلی ہےye naqli haithis is a fakeThe copied, from the copy: the fake exposed at the counter
- دستیاب ہےdastiyab haiin stockThe hand: "come to hand" — what is in stock has arrived
- دوسرا رنگdusra ringanother colorThe other, the second; the color you met at the flags
- ہاتھ کی گھڑیhat ki ghariwristwatchLiterally "the hand’s clock": the clock you met, worn on the wrist
- عطرitrperfumeThe first sound is not written, only heard: the attar of the weddings
- میک اپmek apcosmeticsA borrowing of two words: the makeup done at the mirror
- پراناpuranasecond-handBoth old and pre-owned: the market where old things find new hands
- مول بھاؤ کرناmol bhao karnato haggleLiterally "to do the price-naming": the haggle as the naming of prices
- کتابوں کی دکانkitabon ki dukanbookshopLiterally "the books’ shop": on the corner of the street
- تھوک میںthok mainwholesaleThe bulk: bought wholesale at the mandi, sold retail at the stall
- وارنٹی کی مدتwarnti ki muddatwarranty periodLiterally "the warranty’s term": two years, and never enough
- آرڈر پرarder permade to orderLiterally "upon the order": made to order, no returns
- لیناlenato takeThe verb of a thing moving toward me: take, get, pick up — all lena. The polite le kar aaya — brought it along
- دیناdenato giveThe verb of a thing moving away from me: give, pay, hand over. The polite request is de dijiye — please give
- خریدناkhiridnato buyThe bazaar lives on this word: you buy — khareedta hai, it is bought — khareedi. The buyer is khareedaar
- لپیٹناlipetnato wrapFrom lipatna — to cling, to wind about: to wrap is to wind around. The gift is wrapped at the till with a question: lipet doon? — shall I wrap it?
- واپس دیناwapas dinato give backLiterally "back to give": returning a thing to the shop is "giving it back". Money, a book, change — everything is given wapas with one verb
- ایک کلوگرام کتنے کا ہے؟ek kilogram kitne ka hai?how much per kilo?Literally "a kilogram is of how many?": the price here is asked through kitne ka — "of how much". Kilogram you have met
- کچھ رعایت ہو گی؟kuchh riayat ho gi?is there a discount?Riayat — the discount — you have met; kuchh — "a little" — softens the question. "Give me a discount" is not said outright here
- آپ کے پاس ... ہے؟ap ke pas ... hai?do you have…?Literally "near you is?": paas — at, by — is a tail and stands after the word. Put any goods in place of the dots
- یہ دے دیںye de dainI’ll take thisLiterally "this give": de dein is the polite "please give". At the counter it is said with a pointing finger — no verb "take" needed
- مجھے تھیلا چاہیےmujhe thela chahiyeI need a bagThela — the bag — you have met; mujhe chaahiye — "to me needed" — the verbless turn. Shopping here often travels in one’s own pouch
- کیش کاؤنٹر کس طرف ہے؟kesh kaunter kis tarab hai?where is the checkout?Kesh kaunter — the checkout — you have met; kis taraf — "in which direction". The direction is asked here more often than the exact place
- بس اتنا ہیbas itna hithat is allLiterally "enough this much only": itna — this much — and hi nails it — nothing more. The full stop at the end of any shopping list
- کیش یا کارڈ؟kesh ya kard?cash or card?The international cash and card with ya — or — between them. The first till question about money you will hear here
- چھوٹ رکھ لیجیےchhot rakh laienkeep the changeLiterally "leave the change to yourself": chhot — the change — you have met. So one thanks and declines the small coin in one motion
- خریداری کی فہرستkharidari ki fehrestshopping listLiterally "of shopping the list": khareedari — the purchase — you have met. Lists here are written by hand and forgotten at home
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What is worth knowing about these words
کتنے (kitne) — how many? Both "how many" and "which": kitne baje? — at what hour? The question about price lives on this word.
روپیہ (rupiya) — rupee. Pakistan counts its money in rupees and its small change in paise. Bazaar prices are called out loud: often there is no tag at all.
بازار (bazar) — market. The 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.
دکان (dukan) — shop. A stall, a kiosk, a workshop — any place of trade. One eats in a dukaan too: khaane ki dukaan — the eatery.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “how many?” in Urdu?
Both "how many" and "which": kitne baje? — at what hour? The question about price lives on this word
- How do you say “buyer” in Urdu?
From khareeda — bought: the buyer is the one who has bought or means to. It follows dukandar in the same family of trade words
- How do you say “how much do I owe?” in Urdu?
Literally "how much has it become?": with the traders here the price "grows" rather than gets named. The short question about the whole purchase
- How do you say “queue” in Urdu?
The same word means "train" in the old sense of "a string": a queue is a string of people too. Qataar mein — in the queue
- How do you say “warranty” in Urdu?
From the English warranty: the warranty period on the device
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
How much it costs, whether there is a smaller one, whether cards are accepted. A shop forgives mistakes: miss a word and they will show you the thing with their hands anyway.
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 “how many?” in Urdu?
«کتنے», read “kitne”. Both "how many" and "which": kitne baje? — at what hour? The question about price lives on this word. It is one of 83 words in the set “shopping and money” — the rest are in the table above.
How many shopping words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 83 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.