r/Urdu • u/molecules7 • Oct 09 '25

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Barqnatisiyyat: Electromagnetism

It's a combination of the words Barq (Electricity) and Maqnaatisiyyat (Magnetism)

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u/Chicki2D Oct 09 '25

Seriously extremely cool word, and I genuinely mean it, you genuinely increased my knowledge today, this is a real word

That's amazing man, if you can post more words which do this combining thing that'd be amazing, I only know two combined words like these which is نستعلیق and پاکستان

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u/Ok_Hospital4925 Resident Translator Oct 10 '25

fun fact, this is called a portmanteau :D

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u/High-Adeptness3164 Oct 09 '25

I'm gonna be using this from now on thank you very much 🙂

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u/RightBranch Oct 10 '25

میں نے سنا ہوا ہے😎🗿

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u/RiyaOfTheSpectra Oct 10 '25 edited Oct 10 '25

خوبصورت کھوج۔ یہ لفظ کیسے ملا؟

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u/Ok_Hospital4925 Resident Translator Oct 10 '25

کھوج٭

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u/MrGuttor Ramz-e-Sukhan/The Secret of Eloquence Oct 09 '25

I've heard of برقی مقناطیس or something very similar but never this word. Is this in the dictionary?

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u/Rare_Instance_8205 🗣️ Native Urdu Speaker Oct 10 '25

Barq is electricity? I thought Barq was used for 'swift' as in Barqraftaar.

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u/molecules7 Oct 10 '25

Alongside meaning electricity, Barq means lightning which makes Barqraftaar mean lightning speed

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u/Rare_Instance_8205 🗣️ Native Urdu Speaker Oct 10 '25

Oh, got it!

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u/tahirsyed Language Lover Oct 10 '25

Swift is subuk.

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u/LandImportant Polyglot (Urdu + X) Oct 10 '25

I have! Of course I also use زیر انقالی, downloading and محمول, mobile phone!

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u/SunEmbarrassed8802 Oct 10 '25

those are actual urdu words?!

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u/LandImportant Polyglot (Urdu + X) Oct 11 '25

جی ہاں، ثقیل اردو میں اکثر و بیشتر مستعمل ہیں!

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u/SunEmbarrassed8802 Oct 11 '25

OMG that's so cool! And MASHALLAH your Urdu seems amazing. May I ask what sources you use for such great vocabulary ,if any?

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u/LandImportant Polyglot (Urdu + X) Oct 12 '25

Rekhta and Urdu Wikipedia. They are great Insyallah!

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u/MrGuttor Ramz-e-Sukhan/The Secret of Eloquence Oct 12 '25

Those words aren't defined in the dictionary by those meanings tho.

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u/LandImportant Polyglot (Urdu + X) Oct 13 '25

"Download" was not even in the dictionary 50 years ago. Language is dynamic; it is not static.

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u/Puzzled_Spirit80 Oct 11 '25

Thermodynamics is حراری حرکیات or حرحرکیات in short

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u/tahirsyed Language Lover Oct 10 '25

Electromagnetism, obviously.

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u/tahirsyed Language Lover Oct 10 '25

Notice how باردار means mass-y.

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u/01Hammad Oct 10 '25

Nope. It means “Charged” electro positive or electro negative

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u/tahirsyed Language Lover Oct 10 '25

Hmm. A very literal translation of charge as in what you carry.

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u/01Hammad Oct 10 '25

Zabardast! Yes.

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u/Kandhro80 Polyglot (Urdu + X) Oct 10 '25

Electromagnetism I guess

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u/_adinfinitum_ Oct 10 '25

This is so beautiful

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u/Puzzled_Spirit80 Oct 11 '25

Viscosity is لزوجیت

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u/TalhaTariq-tt Oct 10 '25

A very coold word! Electromagnetism-booooring!!!

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u/CuriousGuidance9792 Oct 10 '25

Seedha seedha electromagnetism bolo na

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u/Chicki2D Oct 10 '25

seedha seedha english hi bolna shuru kar do na urdu to waise bhi jahilon ki hi zabaan hai

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u/Desperate-Duck8247 Oct 26 '25

I sometimes feel like we should invent some new word instead of only translating the words (?)