Category: CulturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common
ثقافت
/saqaafat/Roman
English meaning: Culture
Definition
The customs, arts, and social institutions of a community. Urdu culture is characterised by mushaira (poetry gatherings), ghazal music, refined cuisine, and a synthesis of Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and Indian influences.
Example
“اردو ثقافت کئی تہذیبوں کا حسین سنگم ہے۔”
In English: “Urdu culture is a beautiful confluence of many civilisations.”
Literary Heritage
“ہزاروں سال نرگس اپنی بے نوری پہ روتی ہے، بڑی مشکل سے ہوتا ہے چمن میں دیدہ ور پیدا۔”
/Hazāroṃ sāl nargis apnī be-nūrī pe rotī hai, baṛī muśkil se hotā hai chaman meṃ dīda-var paidā./
“For thousands of years narcissus weeps its blindness; rare is the one born truly seeing.”
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Language information
- Language
- اردو
- Urdu
- Script
- Perso-Arabic
- Family
- Indo-Aryan
- Speakers
- 230M