Transport in Urdu
15 words in Urdu on the topic “transport”: رکشہ — rickshaw, بس — bus, ریل گاڑی — train, ٹیکسی — taxi, اسٹیشن — station.
15 words on the topic
- رکشہriksharickshawThe same rickshaw English borrowed: the carriage came from Japan and the name went round the world with it. The motor rickshaw is the taxi of short distances
- بسbasbusBoth the bus and "enough": bas at the end of a complaint means "that will do". The intercity buses run at night — the road is cooler
- ریل گاڑیril garitrainLiterally "rail carriage": gaari is any vehicle at all. Pakistan’s trains run between the big cities overnight
- ٹیکسیtaksitaxiWith the retroflex t at the start. The price is named before the ride, and haggling is part of the trade: kitne paise?
- اسٹیشنsteshanstationOne word for the railway station and the bus stop: bus station is the bus one. An international word written in the local script
- اسٹاپstopbus stopYou know "bus stop" — the bus halt; the place where transport brakes is called short — the stop
- مسافرmusafirpassengerFrom the journey you know: the travelling person is the passenger. A woman passenger — the same word
- نشستnashistseatThe international seat the course took for the set; the seat itself is this word. You saw the other one in the window seat
- سہاراsaharahandrailThe support one holds in the road. From it also comes "to support a person" — not only holding the rail
- ٹکٹ چیکرtikat chekerticket inspectorLiterally "the checking of tickets": the one who walks the bus and looks at the ticket you know
- فیرfairfareAn international word written in the local script: "the fare of the bus". It is paid to the conductor, not at the door
- بھیڑ بھراbher bharapackedLiterally "stuffed with crowd": the crowd and the full — both known. Of a woman and of the bus one says it with the feminine ending
- خالی سیٹkhali sitfree seatEmpty plus seat: a free seat here is precisely an empty one. "Is it taken?" is asked as "is this seat — what?"
- ٹکٹ مشینtikat mashinticket machineLiterally "the ticket machine": the same machine as in the gym. Such a machine does not like giving change
- بس کی تاخیرbas ki takhirbus delayYou saw the flight delay; a bus is delayed the same way: "the bus’s delay"
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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.
- رکشہ سستا ہےriksha sasta haiThe rickshaw is cheap
- بس اسٹیشن پر ہےbas steshan per haiThe bus is at the station
- ریل گاڑی لاہور جاتی ہےril gari Lahor dzhati haiThe train goes to Lahore
- ٹیکسی مہنگی ہےtaksi mehangi haiThe taxi is expensive
- اسٹیشن دور ہےsteshan dur haiThe station is far
- یہ اسٹاپ میرا ہےye stop mera haiThis is my stop
What is worth knowing about these words
رکشہ (riksha) — rickshaw. The same rickshaw English borrowed: the carriage came from Japan and the name went round the world with it. The motor rickshaw is the taxi of short distances.
بس (bas) — bus. Both the bus and "enough": bas at the end of a complaint means "that will do". The intercity buses run at night — the road is cooler.
ریل گاڑی (ril gari) — train. Literally "rail carriage": gaari is any vehicle at all. Pakistan’s trains run between the big cities overnight.
ٹیکسی (taksi) — taxi. With the retroflex t at the start. The price is named before the ride, and haggling is part of the trade: kitne paise?
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “rickshaw” in Urdu?
The same rickshaw English borrowed: the carriage came from Japan and the name went round the world with it. The motor rickshaw is the taxi of short distances
- How do you say “seat” in Urdu?
The international seat the course took for the set; the seat itself is this word. You saw the other one in the window seat
- How do you say “bus delay” in Urdu?
You saw the flight delay; a bus is delayed the same way: "the bus’s delay"
- How do you say “passenger” in Urdu?
From the journey you know: the travelling person is the passenger. A woman passenger — the same word
- How do you say “ticket machine” in Urdu?
Literally "the ticket machine": the same machine as in the gym. Such a machine does not like giving change
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Bus, metro, taxi, stop, station. These are words you need to recognize in writing — off a departure board and off a sign.
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 “rickshaw” in Urdu?
«رکشہ», read “riksha”. The same rickshaw English borrowed: the carriage came from Japan and the name went round the world with it. The motor rickshaw is the taxi of short distances. It is one of 15 words in the set “transport” — the rest are in the table above.
How many transport words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 15 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.