Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
Vocabulary
Meanings of Difficult Words
One concern that we hear about often is that some words in Javed Ahmed Ghamidi’s vocabulary are way too eloquent for a common person to understand! In order to solve that problem, here we provide a dictionary of difficult Urdu words often used by Mr. Ghamidi.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| aaeen / آئین | constitution |
| aa'ilee qanoon / عائلی قانون | family law |
| aamriyat / آمریت | dictatorship |
| aarzi / عارضی | temporary, transitional |
| abadi / ابدی | eternal, permanent |
| adab / ادب | literature |
| adal / عدل | justice |
| afhaam / افہام | understanding |
| aizza aqarib / اعزواقارب | close relations |
| akhz / اخذ | adaptation / derive |
| aksariyat / اکثریت | majority |
| alambardaar / علم بردار | leader |
| amuman / عموماً | usually |
| aqwaam e muttehada / اقوام متحدہ | united nations |
| araa / آراء | opinions (plural of rae) |
| asaas / اساس | infrastructure/foundation |
| asloob / اسلوب | tariqa, style |
| asraat / اثرات | effects (plural of asar) |
| ataee / عطائ | quack |
| aziyaat / اذیت | torture |
| azkaar / اذکار | plural of zikr/ Phrases (particularly said in prayers) |
| baatil / باطل | falsehood |
| badyaanti / بد دیانتی | dishonesty |
| bahaesiyati majmui / بحیثیت مجموعی | in total; considering all things |
| bahami / باہمی | mutual |
| bainul aqwaami / بین الاقوامی | international |
| bairooni / بیرونی | foreign |
| bar aks / برعکس | opposite |
| baseerat / بصیرت | insight, perception |
| daaee / داعی | person who engages in dawah; missionary |
| daaera / دائرہ | circle, limits |
| ehtejaaj / احتجاج | protest |
| fahem / فہم | comprehend |
| fanni / فنّی | technicality |
| fanoone lateefa / فنون لطیفہ | fine arts |
| fareeza / فریضہ | duty |
| farokht / فروخت | to sell |
| fikri / فکری | intellectual |
| fitri / فطری | as per fitrat / natural |
| ghalba / غلبہ | dominance, prevalence |
| girdopesh / گردوپیش | all around |
| hadaf / ہدف | goal, target, object |
| hamahang / ہم آہنگ | assonance, matching |
| hassaas / حساس | susceptible /sensitive |
| hawaas / حواس | senses |
| idraak / ادراک | mental capacity to understand complex details |
| ijaad / ایجاد | invent |
| ijma / اجماع | consensus |
| ijtehaad / اجتہاد | independent reasoning |
| ijtemaa / اجتماع | grouping, public |
| ikhtesaar / اختصار | abbreviation |
| ilhaam / الہام | Devine message |
| infaraadi / انفرادی | individual |
| inhiraaf / انحراف | going against |
| intikhabaat / انتخابات | elections |
| inzaar / انذار | warn |
| iqamat / اقامت | establish |
| iqdamaat / اقدامات | taking action/steps |
| iqtidaar / اقتدار | authority |
| iqtidaar / اقتدار | power |
| irteka / ارتقاء | evolution |
| islah / اصلاح | reform |
| istadlaal / استدلال | argument |
| istakra / استقراء | inductive reasoning |
| istambaat / اسطمبات | derive |
| istasna / استثناء | exception |
| istataat / استطاعت | capability/capacity |
| istefada / استفادہ | benefit |
| istelah / اصطلاح | terminology |
| istisaal / استحصال | exploit |
| itaa'at / اطاعت | obey |
| اتمام حجت/itmaam e hujjat | completion of proof |
| izaafi / اضافی | additional |
| izteraab / اضطراب | anxiety |
| jalwat\khilwat / جلوت خلوت | public/solitude |
| jamhoori / جمہوری | democratic |
| jamme ghafeer / جم غفیر | a large group |
| jamood / جمود | pause, passivity |
| jaraim / جرائم | plural of jurm/crimes |
| juzziyaat / جزیات | details |
| kareena / قرینہ | point |
| kashf / کشف | vision |
| khayroshar/خیر وشر | good and bad |
| lazawaal / لاذوال | never ending |
| libaada / لبادہ | cover/cloth |
| maaddee / مادہ | matter |
| maaroof / معروف | common, commonly known |
| maashrat / معاشرت | social |
| maazi/mustakbil / ماضی/ مستقبل | past and future |
| madaar / مدار | orbit |
| maftu / مفتوح | conquer |
| maghrib / مغرب | west |
| maishat / معیشت | economics |
| malhooz / ملحوظ | regard |
| malookiyat / ملوکیت | monarchy |
| mamba / منباء | source |
| manfi / منفی | negative |
| mansab / منصب | designation |
| mansha / منشاء | intention |
| mansooba / منصوبہ | plans |
| mantiq / منطق | logic |
| maqasid / مقاصد | plural of maqsad |
| marahil / مراحل | stages, steps |
| marasim / مراسم | relations |
| marhala / مرحلہ | stage station |
| markaz / مرکز | centered/focus |
| maroobiyat / مرعوبیت | influence |
| maruziyat / معروضیت | objectivity |
| masaael / مسائل | problems |
| mashriq / مشرق | east |
| mayassar / میسر | available |
| mazeed / مزید | more |
| minhaaj / منہاج | way, path, program |
| miraas / میراث | inheritance, heritage, legacy |
| moajze / معجزہ | miracles |
| mohaqqiq / محقق | researcher |
| muaashirat / معاشرت | society |
| muaashra / معاشرہ | society |
| muamma / معمہ | puzzle |
| mubaadi / مبادی | core |
| mubayyana / مبینہ | allegedly |
| mufakkar / مفکر | thinker (fikr karne waala) |
| muhaafiz / محافظ | guardian |
| muhaqqiq / محقق | researcher |
| mujtahdeen / مجتہدین | people who do ijtehaad |
| mukaalma / مکالمہ | dialog |
| mukallaf / مکلف | accountable (religiously) |
| mukhaatibeen / مخاطبین | audience |
| munazzam / منظم | organize |
| munsif / منصف | judge |
| muntakhib / منتخب | elected |
| murattab / مرتب | put in order |
| musallam / مسلؔم | whole/complete |
| musbat / مثبت | positive |
| mushaaeda / مشاہدہ | observation |
| mustanad / مستند | authentic |
| mustasna / مستثناء | exempt/exception |
| mutaala / مطالعہ | study |
| mutaalaba / مطالبہ | demand |
| mutaiyyan / متعین | pin point/identify |
| muzammat / مذمت | censure |
| muzmar / مضمر | hidden, concealed |
| naafiz / نافذ | implement |
| nafi / نفی | negate |
| nafs / نفس | mind, soul |
| naguzeer / ناگزیر | inevitable |
| namudaar / نمودار | appear |
| natamaam / ناتمام | incomplete |
| nauiyat / نوعیت | characteristic/category |
| nifaaz / نفاذ | implementation |
| nisar / نثار | sacrifice |
| nizameshamsi / نظامِ شمسی | solar system |
| numaindagi / نمائندگی | representation |
| nuqta nazar / نقطۂ نظر | point of view |
| paamaal / پامال | beaten, crushed |
| mazmoon / مضمون | common topic |
| peshangoi / پیشین گوئ | prediction/forecast |
| qabaeli / قبائلی | tribal |
| qawaneen / قوانین (قانون کی جمع) | laws |
| qeh-qaha uraana / قہقہہ اڑانا | laugh or mock others/ |
| qillat / قلت | deficiency |
| qiyadat / قیادت | leadership |
| rabubiyat / ربوبیت | god's provision |
| raddeamal / ردِّعمل | reaction |
| rahnuma / رہنما | guide/leader |
| roz marra / روز مرّہ | matter of everyday |
| sahaafi / صحافی | journalist |
| saiyaara / سیارہ | planet |
| sakhtiyati lisaniyat / ساختی لسانیت | structural linguistics |
| salaah / اصلاح | order (opposite of fasaad)/correction |
| saleebi jung / صلیبی جنگ | crusade |
| saqafti / ثقافتی | traditional |
| shaad / شاد | happy |
| shaaz / شاذ | rare |
| shaistagi / شائستگی | politely |
| sifaat / صفات | qualities |
| sifaati / صفاتی | qualitative |
| sinf / صنف | genre |
| taabeer / تعبیر | interpretation |
| taaveel / تاویل | reasoning |
| taazeeb / تعذیب | punish |
| tadabbur / تدبر | observe deeply, investigate, ponder |
| tadreeji / تدریجی | gradually |
| taeed / تائید | concur |
| tafheem / تفہیم | explanation |
| taghaiuur / تغير | change |
| tahaffuz / تحفظ | protection/safety |
| taham / تاہم | therefore |
| tahammul / تحمل | tolerance |
| tahreek / تحریک | movement |
| tahreer / تحریر | composition, writing |
| tajaweez / تجویز تجاویز | proposal |
| tajziya / تجزیہ | examination, analysis |
| takallum / تکلم | speaking/communication |
| takhleeq / تخلیق | creation |
| talkeen / تلقین | advice |
| tamaddun / تمدّن | civilization |
| tamheed / تمہید | preface |
| tamseel / تمثیل | allegory, drama |
| tanaasub / تناسب | harmony/proportion |
| tanaazur / تناظر | perspective |
| tanzeem / تنظیم | organization |
| taqaddus / تقدّس | sanctity, holiness |
| taqarrur / تقرّر | appoint |
| taraddud / تردّد | irresolution |
| tarmeem / ترمیم | amend, renovate |
| tarteeb / ترتیب | order, structure |
| tasaadum / تصادم | conflict, collision, clash |
| tasavvur / تصوّر | imagination/perception |
| tashaddud / تشدّد | violence/violence |
| tashrihi / تشریحی | analytical |
| tashvish / تشویش | suspense, suspicion |
| tatheer / تطہیر | purification |
| tauzeeh / توضیح | elaborate, clarify, investigate |
| tawanaai / توانائ | energy |
| tawatur / تواتر | perpetuation; continual adherance |
| tawazun / توازن | balance, equality |
| tazkeer / تذکیر | repetition of words/ doing zikr |
| tazkiya / تزکیہ | purification |
| tehreek / تحریک | movement |
| uloom / علوم | knowledge (ilm) |
| umoomi / عمومی | common |
| unsar / عنصر | atom/portion |
| usloob / اسلوب | style/diction/way |
| waazey / واضح | clear |
| wajdaan / وجدان | intuition |
| zaabta / ضابطہ | discipline/constitution/law |
| zahoor / ظہور | zaahir hona, appear |
| zakheeray / ذخیرہ | storage |
| zanni/dhanni / ظنّی | unverifiable |
| zawabit-e qudrat / ضوابط قدرت | natural laws |
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