Time, days and hours in Urdu
138 words in Urdu on the topic “time, days and hours”: گھڑی — watch, وقت — time, آج — today, کل — tomorrow.
138 words on the topic
- گھڑیghariwatchThe watch on the wrist and the clock at the station are one word. Kitne baje? — what time is it? — is literally "how many strokes"
- وقتwaqttimeThe same waqt the Persians carry: a word of the trade roads. Waqt nahin — no time — is the frequent answer
- آجadzhtodayOpens with the madda — a long aa. Its partner kal is both "tomorrow" and "yesterday": the verb tells you which day is meant
- کلkaltomorrowOne word for "tomorrow" and "yesterday" — the verb says which way to look. Kal milenge — see you tomorrow — is the polite parting
- صبحsubahmorningThe word you know from subah bakhair. The morning starts early here — before the heat — and the first glass of tea is drunk outdoors, by the kettle
- شامshameveningThe word from shaam bakhair. Evening is the time of walks: shaam starts at midday and lives on until raat
- راتratnightOne letter and a dot. The summer night on the roof is a family ritual: mattresses, tea and talk under the fan
- دنdindayOne syllable. The days of the week are counted by number here: Itwaar is Sunday, then Peer, Mangal, Budh
- ہر روزhar rozevery dayLiterally "every day": roz is the same word as in Nowruz — the new day, the spring festival. Har roz chai is a ritual, not a drink
- پھرphirthen, againWith a breath: ph-ir. Both "then" and "again" at once: phir milenge — see you again — is literally "then we meet"
- ناشتہnashtabreakfastBoth the breakfast and what is eaten at it: eggs, flatbread, tea. The morning meal here is early, before the heat
- دوپہر کا کھاناdopeher ka khanalunchLiterally "the food of midday": dopeher is midday. The main meal comes about one o’clock, after which the streets empty until the heat breaks
- رات کا کھاناrat ka khanasupperLiterally "the food of night": supper here is late, past ten, when the heat has broken. The whole family gathers for it
- دن میں دو بارdin main do bartwice a dayLiterally "in the day two times": baar is the count, and it runs one time, two times. The order is reversed: first the field of counting, then the number
- کتنے بجے؟kitne badzhe?at what time?Literally "at how many strokes": clocks here "strike", as in the old saying. Bajna — to strike — and time is counted by the strokes
- بہت دیر ہو گئیbehot der ho gaiit is already lateLiterally "much lateness has become": der is late and the delay at once. Time here "becomes" rather than "arrives"
- شروع میںshuru mainat firstLiterally "in the beginning": the beginning you met at the workday
- بعد میںbad mainlaterThe after: the same word the Persians keep, now an adverb
- اس کے بعدis ke badafter thatLiterally "after this": the same after, pointing
- آخر میںakhar mainfinallyThe end: literally "in the end" — the last item of every list
- جب کہdzhab kewhileThe when: two halves of one phrase walking side by side
- ایک ساتھek sathsimultaneouslyLiterally "in one togetherness": both words known
- سے پہلےse pahlebeforeLiterally "before than": the from doing temporal work
- کرنے کے بعدkarne ke badafter doingLiterally "after the doing": the verbal noun takes the after
- جیسے ہیdzhaise hias soon asLiterally "as just": the only that clinches the instant
- اس وقت سےis waqt sesince thenLiterally "from that time": the time you met, now a starting line
- ہمیشہhamishaalwaysThe always: the same word the songs are built on
- اکثرaksaroftenFor the most part: often, frequently
- کبھی کبھارkabhi kabharrarelyLiterally "when-rarely": a word-balance: sometimes — rarely
- بعضی اوقاتbazi auqatsometimesLiterally "some of the hours": the hours dealt out sparingly
- کبھی نہیںkabhi nahinneverLiterally "when — no": the doubled negation again
- زیادہ ترziyada tarusuallyLiterally "for the greater part": the more you met, now counting habits
- دیر تکder takfor a long timeThe lateness: literally "until late" — the delay stretched into duration
- ہر بارhar barevery timeLiterally "every time": the every you know, now counting repeats
- کبھی کبھیkabhi kabhinow and thenLiterally "when-when": the word from which "sometimes" is built
- ابھی تکabhi takso farThe right-now up to this minute: so far, as yet
- اچانکachanaksuddenlyThe sudden: a word like a clap
- پہلے سےpahle sein advanceLiterally "from earlier": the earlier you met, now ahead of time
- وقت پرwaqt peron timeLiterally "on time": the on you met at the board
- فوریfawriurgentThe urgent, the unpostponable: the other urgent of the office has a cousin here
- فوراًfawranimmediatelyThe instantly: from the same urgent root
- آہستہ آہستہahista ahistagraduallyThe familiar slow, doubled: little by little
- آخری وقت پرakhri waqt perat the last momentLiterally "at the last time": the last you met at the train
- دیر سہیرder sihairsooner or laterLiterally "late-early": the order reversed against English, the sense the same
- ایک دنek dinone dayLiterally "one day": the day that begins every tale
- بچپن میںbachpan mainin childhoodLiterally "in childhood": the childhood with the little tail of place
- ان دنوںun dinonin those daysLiterally "in those days": the days pointed at from afar
- یہ بہت پرانی بات ہےye behot purani bat haithat was long agoLiterally "this is a very old matter": the old you met at the town
- پہلی بارpehli barthe first timeLiterally "the first time": the first you met at the grade
- مستقبلmustaqbilthe futureThe future: the same word as at the passport and the tense
- ماضیmazithe pastThe past: the tense you met at the was, now a country of its own
- قریب مستقبل کے منصوبےqarib mustaqbil ke mansubenear-term plansLiterally "the plans of the near future": the plans laid close
- ایک سال بعدek sal badin a yearLiterally "after a year": the after counting the calendar
- ہمیشہhamishapermanentlyThe always again, now meaning permanently: said of posts and of addresses
- عارضی طور پرarzi taur pertemporarilyLiterally "on the temporary manner": the manner you met at the adverbs
- موزوں وقتmauzun waqta convenient timeLiterally "an appointed time": the time that suits both
- وقت طے کرناwaqt tae karnato set a timeLiterally "to fix the time": the fixing as firm as the appointment
- دوپہر کے بعدdopeher ke badin the afternoonLiterally "after midday": the midday you met at lunch
- شام ہوتے ہوتےsham hote hotetoward eveningLiterally "evening becoming": the time caught mid-change
- کسی بھی وقتkisi bhi waqtany timeLiterally "at any time": the any you met at the shopping
- پانچ بجے سے پہلے نہیںpanch badzhe se pehle nahinnot before fiveLiterally "not before five o’clock": the before counting the clock
- وقت پر پہنچوں گاwaqt per pahunchun gaI will be on timeLiterally "I will arrive at the time": the arrival promised punctually
- جب تکdzhab takuntilThe until: the phrase of every waiting mother
- سو سالsu sala centuryLiterally "a hundred years": the century the bazaar has stood
- عہدahderaThe era: the age of the grandfather’s tales, gone beyond any calling back
- دہاکاdahakadecadeThe ten-year: the decade the shop kept changing hands
- عرصہarsaperiod (span)The span you met at the long ago: a period of years
- لمحہlamhainstantThe moment again: an instant’s delay, a year’s regret
- طویلtawillengthyThe long: the lengthy speech after the short tea
- کچھ دن پہلےkuchh din pehlethe other dayLiterally "a few days ago": the other day, as the tale begins
- آج کلadzh kalnowadaysLiterally "today-lately": the nowadays of every complaint
- پرانے زمانے سےprane zamane sefrom time immemorialLiterally "from the old times": immemorial, as the custom claims
- چند منٹ میںchand mint mainwithin minutesLiterally "within a few minutes": done within minutes
- جدیدdzhadidmodernThe new-of-new: the modern block beside the ancient gate
- عتیقatiqancientThe old-of-old again: the ancient well still giving water
- گزشتہguzishtathe bygoneThe passed: the bygone days of the old city, kept in the speech of the elders
- شاذ و نادر ہیshaz o nadir hirarely (very)Literally "rare and scarce": said once in a blue moon
- روزانہrozanadaily (adv)The daily again: done daily, rain or Eid
- باقاعدگی سےba-qaidagi seregularlyLiterally "with rule-binding": regularly, as the medicine demands
- پہلی دفعہpehli dafafor the first timeThe first again: for the first time in the big city
- نئے سرے سےnae sare sefrom scratch (afresh)Literally "from a new head": begun afresh, notes and all
- دن بہ دنdin be dinday by dayLiterally "day by day": growing day by day, as the queue and the child both do
- ہفتے کے دنوں میںhafte ke dinon mainon weekdaysLiterally "in the days of the week": the working ones
- ہر دوسری بارhar dusri barevery other timeLiterally "every second time": every other time, no rule to it
- سال میں ایک بارsal main ek baronce a yearLiterally "once in the year": the festival’s whole promise
- بار بارbar baragain and againThe time doubled: asked again and again, until even the parrot knew the answer
- اسی دورانusi dauranmeanwhileLiterally "in that very period": meanwhile, at home
- ساتھ ساتھsath sathat the same time (parallel)The together doubled: studied and worked in parallel
- اس وقت تکis waqt takuntil that timeLiterally "until that time": waited until the light changed and the tea went cold
- آگے چل کرage chal karlater onLiterally "walking ahead": later on, as the story says
- ایک دن پہلےek din pehlethe day beforeLiterally "one day before": the day before the journey
- آئندہaindahenceforthThe coming: henceforth, said by every new boss
- اس بارis barthis timeLiterally "this time": this time for certain, said on every platform in the land
- مقررہ وقت پرmuqarra waqt perpunctuallyLiterally "at the appointed time": punctually, as the timetables dream
- پچھلی تاریخ سےpichhli tarikh seretroactivelyLiterally "from the back date": applied retroactively, as the bills do
- بغیر تاخیر کےbaghair takhir kewithout delayLiterally "without the delay": the delay you met, refused
- فروریfarwariFebruaryIt follows January — Janvari — which you already know. The real cold is December and January; February is already on its way out
- مارچmarchMarchWith March the spring, bahar, begins. The spring festival rolls out into the streets in these very weeks
- اپریلaprelAprilIt sounds almost like at home — the month names here are borrowed. The heat starts in April and holds until autumn
- مئیmaiMayWritten short — two letters and a hamza. May here is the time to sit by the fan: bohat garam, very hot
- جونdzhunJuneFrom June the schools close: chhuttiyaan. The summer holidays here are from the heat, not from the cold
- اگستagastAugustIt follows July — July. The mango is still in season: August is mango time
- ستمبرsitambarSeptemberThe holidays end and school starts again. Bags are packed while it is still hot, but by October the classrooms are cooler
- اکتوبرaktubarOctoberOctober brings the breather: the mausam turns pleasant. The wedding season opens exactly in autumn
- نومبرnombarNovemberThe cold begins. By local standards it is merely a pleasant coolness, but the blankets are already fetched out
- دسمبرdisambarDecemberThe peak of the cold: it bites hardest now. Snow falls in the mountains, and whole families travel there to get warm with tea
- سالsalyearHar saal, is saal and pichhla saal you already know — now you assemble them yourself. And salgirah — the birthday — is literally "the year’s knot"
- چوبیس گھنٹےchaubis ghantetwenty-four hoursghante: with a breath on the g
- صدیsadicenturyA century is a round date, an anniversary: when a city or a school turns a hundred, the celebration stretches over the whole year
- منٹmintminutethe final t is retroflex, thicker than the one you know
- سیکنڈsikandsecondEk second — one second: how one asks to be held up for a moment. From the same international set as taxi and bill
- آدھا گھنٹہadha ghantahalf an hourLiterally "half of an hour": aadha — the half — you already have. Aadhe ghante mein — in half an hour: the tail keeps putting words after the noun
- دوپہرdopehermiddayYou know it from dopeher ka khaana — lunch. The blaze stands from midday to four, and the streets are empty then
- آدھی راتadhi ratmidnightLiterally "the half of the night". A train arriving at midnight is an ordinary thing: travelling at night is cooler
- ابھیabhiright nowThis very moment: abhi waqt nahin hai — there is no time right now. The soft "later" comes from here too: abhi nahin — not now
- مدتmuddattermA word of the papers: the term of a lease and of a visa you have seen in phrases. Muddat khatam ho gayi hai — the term has run out: the polite way to remind about a payment
- اگلاaglanextFrom aage — ahead: the one in front of you in the queue. Agla number — next number — is how they call you
- پچھلاpichhlalast (previous)From peeche — behind: what stayed at your back. Pichhla mahina — last month, as one says at work
- دیر ہوناder honato be lateLiterally "to become late": the time has grown late — and the person is late. Mujhe der ho gayi — I got held up; the blame sits on the time
- پہنچ جاناpahunch dzhanato make itTo arrive in time is to make it: pahunch-na is to arrive, and jaana adds "right on the dot". Made it — pahunch gaya
- پھر سےphir seagain (anew)The familiar phir — then — with the tail se becomes "from the start". To start again, come again, read again
- جلدیdzhaldisoonBoth "quickly" and "soon": jaldi aao — come soon. The familiar jaldi karna — to hurry — holds the same root
- بہت عرصہ پہلےbehot arsa pehlelong agoLiterally "very much time ago": arsa is a long span. Said of years, not of days
- حال ہی میںhal hi mainrecentlyLiterally "in the very state": the time has not yet cooled. Arrived recently, bought recently, fixed recently
- دیرderlateBoth "late" and "the delay": der ho gayi — it has grown late. The familiar "sorry for the delay" holds the same root
- سویرےswaireearlyKin of subah — morning: sawere is at first light. Whoever rises with the first birds rises sawere
- جلدی سےdzhaldi sequicklyThe same jaldi but with se — about HOW it is done: writes quickly, runs quickly. Jaldi is "soon", jaldi se is "fast"
- تھوڑی دیر پہلےthori der pehlejust now (a moment ago)Literally "a little while before": a minute or two have passed. The event is still warm — one speaks of it with this phrase
- صبح کوsubah koin the morningSubah you know; "in the morning" comes out of the tail ko added after the word. The little service words here always stand at the end
- دوپہر کوdopeher koat noonDopeher is midday — you met it in dopeher ka khaana, lunch. "At noon" and "in the afternoon" are one and the same time here
- شام کوsham koin the eveningThe same scheme: shaam — evening, shaam ko — in the evening. Evening tea on a balcony is the most local hour of the day
- رات کوrat koat nightRaat — night, raat ko — at night. One tail, ko, collects the whole day here: morning, noon, evening and night
- روزانہrozanadailyOne word for what you already do with two — har roz. Timetables and notices are written with it: daily
- سارا دنsara dinall daySaara — the whole: saara din runs from morning to night. Do not confuse it with the familiar har roz — that one is each day separately
- لمحہlamhamomentA short lamha — an instant. Ek lamha — one moment: how one asks for a wait without naming a time
- دیواری گھڑیdiwari ghariclockGhari is both the watch and the time; the device is told apart by an add-on. Diwari — wall-mounted, from the familiar deewar, wall
- کیا وقت ہوا ہے؟kya waqt hua hai?what time is it?Literally "what time has happened?": time here arrives rather than flows. The answer opens with baj — the stroke of the hour
- کبھیkabhisometimeKabhi — sometime; with nahin it becomes never: one word for both answers. In an invitation it sounds like "drop in some time"
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How it sounds in a sentence
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- اسٹیشن پر گھڑی ہےsteshan per ghari haiThere is a clock at the station
- وقت نہیں ہےwaqt nahin haiThere is no time
- آج بازار بند ہےadzh bazar band haiToday the bazaar is closed
- کل بازار کھلا ہےkal bazar khila haiTomorrow the bazaar is open
- صبح چائے چاہیےsubah chai chahiyeTea is needed in the morning
- شام گرم ہےsham garam haiThe evening is hot
What is worth knowing about these words
گھڑی (ghari) — watch. The watch on the wrist and the clock at the station are one word. Kitne baje? — what time is it? — is literally "how many strokes".
وقت (waqt) — time. The same waqt the Persians carry: a word of the trade roads. Waqt nahin — no time — is the frequent answer.
آج (adzh) — today. Opens with the madda — a long aa. Its partner kal is both "tomorrow" and "yesterday": the verb tells you which day is meant.
کل (kal) — tomorrow. One word for "tomorrow" and "yesterday" — the verb says which way to look. Kal milenge — see you tomorrow — is the polite parting.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “watch” in Urdu?
The watch on the wrist and the clock at the station are one word. Kitne baje? — what time is it? — is literally "how many strokes"
- How do you say “day” in Urdu?
One syllable. The days of the week are counted by number here: Itwaar is Sunday, then Peer, Mangal, Budh
- How do you say “at what time?” in Urdu?
Literally "at how many strokes": clocks here "strike", as in the old saying. Bajna — to strike — and time is counted by the strokes
- How do you say “simultaneously” in Urdu?
Literally "in one togetherness": both words known
- How do you say “rarely” in Urdu?
Literally "when-rarely": a word-balance: sometimes — rarely
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Today, tomorrow, in the morning, at six. You cannot arrange to meet without these — let alone understand the answer.
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 “watch” in Urdu?
«گھڑی», read “ghari”. The watch on the wrist and the clock at the station are one word. Kitne baje? — what time is it? — is literally "how many strokes". It is one of 138 words in the set “time, days and hours” — the rest are in the table above.
How many time words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 138 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.