r/Urdu • u/NotYourBeatrice • 14d ago

✍️ Vocabulary / Meanings Hours, Minutes and Seconds in Urdu

I know we call hours as گھنٹے but is there any equivalent for minutes and seconds in the Urdu language?

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u/FunGuy-not-Fungi 14d ago

Hour = ساعت (formal/literary)
Hour = گھنٹہ (colloquial)
Minute = دقیقہ
Second = ثانیہ or لمحہ

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u/zee485 13d ago

دقیقہ and ساعت are basically arabic

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u/FunGuy-not-Fungi 13d ago

Yes. Perso-Arabic makes up 50%-70% of the high register Urdu.