Urdu - Similar Spellings

 

Same pronunciation, different meaning

The following words are pronounced the same way in both Urdu and English, yet have different meanings (Warning! May be amusing only to bilinguals):

English انگریزی میں مطلب Meaning (in Urdu) اردو
a lug ١ گولی separate الگ
ache درد 1 (digit one) ایک
bail زمانت vine بیل
ban پابندی cry بین
bare برهنا berry بیر
bay خلیج without بے
beach ساحل سمندر center of بیچ
beat مار (animal) dropping بیٹھ
been تھا flute بین
bill چالان burrow بل
bit کاٹا (animal) dropping بٹه
boo ڈرانا odour, smell بو
buck ھرن spout/shout بک
bun روٹی make بن
bus بڑی گاڑی enough بس
car گاڑی کار
case مقدمه blanket کهےس
chalk پتهر junction چوک
char جلا ھوا 4 (digit four) چار
cheese پنیر thing چیز
chicken مرغی type of fabric چکن
chore کام thief چور
circa قریب vinegar سرکا
coal کوءله near (punjabi) کول
comer آنے والا back کمر
con ٹھگ who کون
coo پرندے کی آواز well (Punjabi derived) کو
cub ریچھ کا بچه when کب
cull روکنا tomorrow کل
curr کتا do کر
dark (silent r) اندھےرا postal mail ڈاک
dole نکالنا bucket ڈول
door دروازا string ڈور
foot پاءوں ruler فٹ
foreign غےر ملکی immediately فورا
fun مزا skill فن
geo زمین کا live جیو
goal round گول
gully street گلی
guy cow گاءے
hall fear/anxiety هال
her every هر
hill move هل
jaw barley جو
jungle forest جنگل
jut name of caste
kafir infidel
keel nail
key
kin which
kiss what
kit insult
knocker servent
lace slime
late lie down
lawn type of cloth
loo warm air
look دےکھنا tar لک
low/lo take
maime زخمی کرنا foreign woman میم
maize table
mar beating, beat (order)
maya liquid
mill meet
mint minute
mit erase
mole price
mull to spread
mutter peas
null tap
packer to personify
par across
pass near
peace grind
pearly next
peat beating
pee/pea drink
pent pants
pie hooves dish
pill attack
pit to be beaten
pool flower
pull bridge
purr wings, at
reach bear
root angry
rose day, everyday
rye opinion
say from
sea sew
seal damp
sewer pig
share lion, tiger, verse of poetry
shock interest
sill stone
sir head
so sleep
suffer travel
summer fruit
teen tin
thou attempt
though 2 (digit two), give (order)
ugly next

 

Similar pronunciation

The following words are pronounced the in a similar way in both Urdu and English, yet have different meanings:

English انگریزی میں مطلب Meaning (in Urdu) اردو
arab billion
ball hair
dill heart
mall goods
my old woman
no 9 (digit nine)
pair feet
silo sew
so hundred
tail oil
tar wire
teen 3 (digit three)
tera yours, 13 (digit thirteen)
the mad son-in-law
the war wall