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 |