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These are the 2,568 words that come up most often in everyday Urdu (اردو), counted as they are actually said rather than as dictionary headwords — so where Urdu changes a word's ending, each ending is counted on its own. Work down from the top: the first few hundred carry most ordinary conversation.

The most common words in Urdu, most frequent first, with English meanings.
#WordIn English
1 ہے vocative particle: O!
2 میں first-person singular subjective personal pronoun: I
3 کے part of, from
4 نہیں no, not, nay
5 آپ second-person subjective or objective personal pronoun,…
6 کی part of, from
7 ایک one
8 سے comparative postposition: than
9 ہیں to be, to exist
10 کو in, at the time of
11 اس third-person singular objective personal pronoun: him, her,…
12 نے The marker of the ergative case with perfective-aspect…
13 یہ this; he; she; it; they
14 کیا initial interrogative particle
15 تم second-person subjective or objective personal pronoun,…
16 اور more
17 وہ he, she, it, they
18 ہو to be, to exist
19 کر to do
20 ہم first-person plural subjective or objective personal…
21 کہ that
22 لئے to take, get
23 پر on
24 تھا to be, to exist
25 ہوں to be, to exist
26 کا part of, from
27 مجھے first-person singular subjective personal pronoun: I
28 بھی too, also, as well
29 تو second-person singular subjective personal pronoun: you,…
30 ٹھیک exactly
31 کچھ something
32 کوئی any
33 سب all
34 یہاں here
35 ساتھ together
36 ہاں yes
37 ان third-person plural objective personal pronoun: them
38 گیا to go, to leave
39 اسے this; he; she; it; they
40 اب now, presently
41 طرح method, manner, mode
42 لیکن but
43 صرف only, just
44 بہت many, much
45 گے gay, homosexual
46 بات talk, conversation
47 زیادہ more, much, a lot, excessively
48 جی used to show agreement - yes, correct
49 کسی some
50 دیا gift
51 دو two
52 کرنا to do
53 تھے to be, to exist
54 میری first-person singular possessive pronoun: mine
55 باہر outside
56 تمہیں second-person subjective or objective personal pronoun,…
57 ضرورت necessity, need, requirement
58 ہی emphatic particle
59 حاصل obtained, acquired; achieved
60 جو who; whoever
61 طور hill, mount
62 وہاں there
63 وقت time
64 اچھا well
65 کام task, action, work
66 اگر if
67 کیوں why
68 یا or
69 کرو Polite form of کر
70 کس what? subjective interrogative pronoun used to refer to…
71 کبھی sometimes
72 لے to take, get
73 پہلے direct masculine plural
74 جب when
75 کہاں where
76 واپس back
77 ہمیں first-person plural subjective or objective personal…
78 نہ not, don't, do not
79 ہر each
80 مجھ first-person singular subjective personal pronoun: I
81 پاس near, nearby
82 طرف side
83 لوگوں people
84 تمام all
85 آدمی man
86 تھی to be, to exist
87 کون subjective interrogative pronoun used to refer to persons:…
88 میرا first-person singular possessive pronoun: mine
89 پتہ address
90 بعد posterior, subsequent
91 لوگ people
92 مدد help, assistance
93 شکریہ thanks, thank you
94 گھر house, home
95 بند dam
96 ارے hey, ho, oh, whew, yo
97 یقین sure
98 نام name
99 لیے to take, get
100 اوہ oh no!
101 جانا to go, to leave
102 کوشش effort
103 ماں mother
104 ہوا to be, to exist
105 خیال thought, idea, opinion; reasoning, contemplation
106 رات night, nighttime
107 وجہ face, visage, countenance, aspect
108 دن day
109 بار time, turn, occasion, instance, occurrence
110 بس merely, only
111 خدا God
112 کیلئے alternative form of کے لئے
113 دور far, far off
114 جگہ place, site
115 انتظار wait, waiting
116 مطلب purpose, motive
117 دنیا world
118 تیار ready
119 صاحب sir
120 ابھی immediately, right away, shortly, at once, this instant,…
121 استعمال use, usage, utilisation, employment
122 ہمیشہ always
123 بالکل absolutely
124 ہونا to be, to exist
125 پاگل crazy, mad, insane
126 جنگ war
127 والد father
128 معلوم known
129 سال year
130 واقعی really, truly, verily, certainly, actually, indeed
131 آج today
132 بغیر without
133 شاید maybe, perhaps
134 زندگی life
135 یاد memory
136 کیونکہ because
137 کم less
138 سر initially
139 ضروری necessary, required
140 پسند liked, favoured, preferred
141 کیسے how
142 سمجھ understanding
143 فون phone, telephone
144 ختم finished
145 خود reflexive pronoun: oneself, one's own
146 چیز thing
147 شروع beginning
148 منٹ minute
149 اندر inside
150 قسم kind, type, category, brand
151 مت don't
152 معاف forgiven
153 اچھی feminine of اَچّھا
154 خوش happy
155 بہتر seventy-two
156 نظر look, gaze, glance
157 ہوئے to be, to exist
158 و and
159 انہیں this; he; she; it; they
160 تین three
161 دوست friend
162 صحیح right, correct, accurate
163 شہر city
164 پوشیدہ hidden, concealed, secret, not visible
165 مسئلہ problem, issue
166 آخر after all
167 موجود existing
168 بڑا big, large, huge
169 آیا to come, to arrive
170 ہوتا to be, to exist
171 محبت love
172 کافی coffee
173 جہاں where
174 آئی to come, to arrive
175 بچے direct plural
176 سچ truth
177 بھائی brother
178 وعدہ promise
179 قتل killing
180 کہنا to say
181 تمہارا second-person possessive pronoun, grammatically plural:…
182 ڈاکٹر doctor
183 نظام system, order
184 جان life
185 شخص person, individual
186 ہاتھ hand
187 نا final emphatic particle
188 اہم ego
189 اپنا reflexive pronoun: oneself, yourself
190 سا like, as
191 تبدیل change, replace
192 تھوڑا some, a little; small
193 حملہ attack; invasion; assault
194 زمین land, plot, estate
195 ملک country, land
196 قابل capable
197 کہانی story, tale
198 دوبارہ again, anew, twice, second time, newly
199 کل tomorrow
200 جلدی quickness
201 پانچ five
202 انسان human
203 محسوس felt, sensed, perceived
204 پال a male given name from English, equivalent to English Paul
205 گولی bullet; pellet
206 ہیک hiccup
207 درمیان in the middle or midst
208 جنگل jungle, forest, wilderness
209 کھانا to eat
210 جناب sir, mister
211 دروازے oblique/vocative singular
212 لڑکی girl
213 اعتماد in confidence, privately
214 خوبصورت beautiful
215 راستہ path, way
216 پہ synonym of پَر
217 مختلف different
218 اے vocative particle: O!
219 بنا without, prepared without
220 زندہ alive, living
221 آخری final, last
222 اتنا as much as
223 گاڑی car
224 آگے forward
225 غیر other
226 پتا address
227 غلطی mistake
228 غلط wrong
229 بڑے direct masculine plural
230 مکمل complete
231 خاندان family
232 واضح evident, manifest, elaborate, clear, apparent
233 بے not, non, un-, in-, dis-, ir, -less, im-
234 لڑکے boy
235 سرور exhilaration, delight, joy, cheerfulness
236 مقصد purpose
237 مزید greater, increased
238 آسان easy
239 امید hope
240 راستے oblique/vocative singular
241 جواب answer, reply, response
242 سپر a shield, a handheld defensive armour
243 بڑی feminine of بَڑا
244 دیکھنے to look, see, watch
245 اوپر on top
246 عورت woman
247 خفیہ concealed; secret
248 پیدا born
249 چیزیں direct plural of چِیز
250 حق a right
251 آرام rest
252 افسوس sorrow
253 قریب nearly
254 جھوٹ lie, fib, falsehood, fabrication
255 اتارنا to lessen
256 پیسے direct plural
257 خلاف against, opposed
258 چار four
259 حفاظت protection
260 سانس breath, breathing
261 دادی paternal grandmother
262 معذرت apology, sorry; excuse
263 داستان story, tale, narrative
264 جادو magic
265 رہنا to live
266 یار companion
267 ابو diminutive of اَبّا
268 دینے to give, to grant
269 کار work, occupation, action
270 اصل fundamental, basic
271 ثابت constant
272 گندگی filth, dirt
273 خون blood
274 امتحان exam, test
275 طریقہ method
276 اجازت permission, authorisation, clearance
277 فکر concern
278 چیزوں oblique plural of چِیز
279 سن age
280 مگر but
281 تباہ destroyed, ruined
282 سوال question
283 بیٹا son, boy
284 اسی eighty
285 عظیم great, grand, vast, magnificent
286 تحفظ security, protection, safeguarding, preservation,…
287 خاص special
288 گزشتہ past, elapsed
289 موت death, demise
290 منصوبہ plan, design, scheme, project
291 معافی forgiveness
292 اچھے direct masculine plural
293 ادا beauty, charm
294 صاف clean
295 برا bad
296 از from, by
297 ہوائی aerial
298 سنا always
299 درست in good condition; unbroken, in working order
300 توجہ attention, care
301 گائے cow
302 حکومت government
303 دل heart
304 باقی remaining, left over
305 لہذا therefore, thus, hence
306 گھنٹے direct plural
307 بادشاہ king, monarch
308 کمپیوٹر computer
309 تعلق relation, connection
310 بچوں oblique plural of بَچَّہ
311 ہمارا first-person plural possessive pronoun: ours; plural of میرا
312 زبان tongue
313 فوری immediate, urgent, prompt, rapid, instantaneous, instant
314 سوالات formal plural of سَوَال
315 چوری theft
316 مذاق fun, joke
317 شادی wedding, marriage
318 ہوشیار clever, smart
319 جلد soon
320 حل solution, resolution
321 ناممکن impossible
322 بینک bank
323 سو so, hence
324 کمرے oblique/vocative singular
325 خوشی happiness; pleasure; delight; joy
326 پہلی feminine of پَہْلا
327 چال play, trick
328 فوج army
329 ہلاک killed
330 والدین parents
331 حملے direct plural
332 معمولی ordinary
333 روسی Russian
334 دینا to give, to grant
335 تاریخ date; appointment
336 کھیل game, sport; fun
337 جہاز plane, ship
338 پیغام message
339 مشکل difficult
340 بندی prisoner
341 گروپ group
342 ماہ moon
343 وہی he, she, it, they, that, those
344 صبح in the morning
345 عجیب strange
346 حصہ part, share, piece
347 ظاہر clear, apparent, obviously
348 بیوی wife
349 پرواز flight
350 الوداع a farewell
351 داخل admitted, enrolled
352 عام common
353 فیصلہ decision; judgment
354 پیش presented
355 ذرا a little
356 ہفتے direct plural
357 عمل action, deed
358 مٹی soil, earth
359 چند a few, some, several
360 دیکھنا to look, see, watch
361 اکیلے alone, by oneself
362 چھوٹا little, small
363 باپ father
364 طاقت power, strength
365 آہ oh, ah
366 خنجر dagger, khanjar
367 بچہ baby; kid, child
368 کھڑے standing
369 گواہ witness
370 خبر news
371 سودا goods, wares; trade, traffic; marketing; purchase, bargain
372 اگلے direct masculine plural
373 حکم order, command, decree
374 سفر travel, trip, journey, voyage
375 رابطہ contact, in touch
376 مردہ dead, deceased
377 ذمہ obligation
378 شامل included, comprised, incorporated
379 قبول acceptance, assent
380 دیوار wall
381 فوجی martial
382 مرکزی central
383 موقع chance, opportunity
384 جاننا to know, comprehend, understand
385 بیٹے son, boy
386 جہنم hell
387 احساس consciousness, emotion, feeling, perception, realisation
388 مردوں oblique plural of مَرْد
389 ہتھیار weapon
390 جاری running, flowing
391 ڈر fear, dread
392 کب when
393 دار wife
394 انٹرنیٹ the Internet
395 اگرچہ although
396 کارڈ card
397 حقیقت truth
398 چکی millstone, mill, handmill, quern
399 ہدایات formal plural of ہِدایَت
400 قیادت leadership
401 نوجوان young; young man; teenager
402 تقریبا around, about, approximately, close to, almost, nearly
403 حال state, condition
404 ملاقات meeting, interview
405 دستخط handwriting
406 مضبوط firm
407 نقصان loss, harm, harmful
408 تصویر image, picture, photograph
409 بیگ hastily, speedily, quickly, soon
410 سامنا front; facade
411 میل mile
412 لعنت curse, anathema, imprecation
413 دس ten
414 ممکن possible
415 آگ fire
416 پانی water
417 سفید white
418 محترم honored; honorable, respectable, esteemed
419 قسمت fate, destiny
420 مشین machine
421 بکری nanny goat
422 نیا new
423 خواہ even if
424 امن peace, tranquility
425 ضرور surely, definitely
426 چھ alternative form of چھہ
427 دہشت terror, fear
428 پیار love, romance
429 دفعہ occasion, time
430 ریت sand
431 پناہ refuge
432 لڑکیوں girl
433 جیت victory, win
434 شکار hunt
435 رنگ colour
436 لطف enjoyment, pleasure
437 خدمت service
438 مشہور famous, reputed
439 صورت appearance
440 قدم footstep, step
441 فٹ foot
442 ذاتی inherent
443 ثبوت evidence
444 ریاست rule, control
445 ناکام failed
446 فراہم gathered, collected, obtained
447 آزاد free, independent
448 شناخت identification
449 بم bomb
450 شام evening, night
451 جسم body
452 قائم unwavering, fixed, firm
453 آنا to come, to arrive
454 ہمت courage, valour
455 قوانین formal plural of قانُون
456 کئی several
457 لفظ word, term
458 پہلا first
459 چوٹ hit; blow; attack
460 پوچھنا to ask, enquire
461 درخواست appeal, petition
462 فہرست list
463 لڑکوں boy
464 دروازہ door
465 نجی private, personal, unofficial, confidential
466 مستقبل future
467 کتنا how much
468 مزہ fun, pleasure, enjoyment, delight
469 رب Lord; An epithet for God
470 سڑک road
471 دھکا shove, push
472 آدھی half
473 بتانا to tell, to inform
474 کاروبار business, trade
475 خطرہ risk, danger
476 لڑائی fight
477 ہاتھوں hand
478 موسیقی music
479 جرمن the German language, of Germany
480 بلکہ rather, but
481 غور deep thought, deliberation
482 حیرت astonishment; amazement; surprise; wonder
483 عیسائی Christian
484 نو nine
485 حضرات formal plural of حَضْرَت
486 علاقے oblique/vocative singular
487 کارروائی procedure, conduct, action, process, proceeding,…
488 جیل jail, the slammer
489 نفرت hate, hatred
490 پریشان bothered, distressed, troubled, worried
491 سات seven
492 چپ silent, quiet
493 بین word, speech, utterance, saying
494 آسمان sky
495 توقع hope, expectation
496 پورا whole, entire
497 عدالت court; courtroom
498 خوف fear
499 مرد man
500 اسکول school
501 مبارک blessed
502 نئی new
503 ساتھی companion
504 انکار denial; rejection; gainsay
505 کمزور weak, feeble
506 افراد kinds, types, species
507 ہدف target
508 سیاسی political
509 کنٹرول check, inspection
510 روز daily, everyday; always
511 آنکھیں direct plural of آن٘کھ
512 لینا to take, get
513 اصلی original
514 غائب hidden
515 منگل auspicious, lucky
516 خارج outside
517 شہزادہ prince
518 آنکھوں oblique plural of آن٘کھ
519 گھوڑے horse
520 انداز style, manner
521 آواز voice
522 پینا to drink
523 بول speech, speaking, word, talk, conversation, delivery,…
524 جوتا shoe
525 پھاٹک big door, gate, entrance
526 تجھے dative of تُو
527 معطل suspended
528 واحد single
529 شہزادی princess
530 ماضی past
531 مقدس holy, sacred
532 بیس twenty
533 قانونی legal
534 ملنا to be found
535 معاملہ matter, affair, issue
536 اچانک suddenly, all of a sudden
537 دھماکہ explosion, boom
538 صدر president
539 واہ wow, whoa
540 عمارت building
541 سیاہ black
542 لگے to seem, to appear
543 سخت strict, severe, hard, tough, harsh
544 سرخ red
545 تیز fast, quick
546 ایجنٹ agent
547 تعریف definition, description
548 لڑکا boy
549 جوتے oblique/vocative singular
550 پتھر stone, rock
551 دفن burial, interment
552 جنت heaven, paradise
553 ادھر here
554 موسم weather
555 اختیار power, authority, jurisdiction
556 انگریزی English; of or relating to the English language or English…
557 چلنا to go
558 برداشت endurance
559 چیخ scream; screech
560 قانون law
561 اگلی feminine of اَگْلا
562 محترمہ lady
563 کامیاب prosperous, successful
564 ہوٹل hotel
565 دیگر other
566 ساری whole, entire
567 سورج Sun, sun
568 دشمن enemy, foe
569 خواہش wish
570 پارٹی political group
571 دنوں oblique plural of دِن
572 تسلیم acceptance
573 استاد professor; teacher, tutor
574 گھڑی clock, watch
575 آغاز start
576 آنکھ eye
577 خطرے direct plural
578 دوستوں oblique plural of دوسْت
579 حد boundary, limit
580 یہودی Jewish
581 ٹرک truck
582 راز secret; mystery
583 گرم warm; hot
584 بری feminine of بُرا
585 تربیت upbringing
586 بیمار ill; sick
587 سکا Scythian; a warlike nomadic people from Scythia
588 منہ mouth
589 بال hair
590 دماغ brain, cerebrum
591 منسلک joined, appended, annexed, attached
592 کرم grace; generosity
593 انتہائی extreme, utmost, excessive
594 تنہا alone
595 سوار rider, horseman
596 کتے direct plural
597 عزیز dear, loved
598 خاموش quiet
599 بہادر brave
600 ٹیپ tape
601 فخر glory
602 جاگ wake; wakefulness
603 تحفہ gift, present
604 نہاد disposition, nature
605 ملی Arabian jasmine
606 سست slow, sluggish
607 بیٹی daughter
608 توہین blasphemy, insult
609 سارے whole, entire
610 ترک a Turkic person; a speaker of a Turkic language, or bearer…
611 الزام blame, accusation
612 ٹکڑا piece, fragment, section
613 بھروسہ trust
614 کپڑے oblique/vocative singular
615 راہ path, way
616 دودھ milk
617 اختتام completion
618 منحصر limited, confined, encompassed
619 لباس clothes, clothing, attire
620 آزادی freedom, independence
621 بوجھ burden, load
622 ادائیگی fulfilment
623 منزل storey, floor
624 خطرناک dangerous
625 مالک God
626 آدمیوں man
627 پیسہ paisa
628 ناظم secretary, manager, organizer
629 مچھلی fish
630 سادہ plain, simple
631 حیران surprised, amazed, awed, speechless, shocked
632 خیر well, anyway
633 اعتراض objection
634 ہیرا diamond
635 سبز green
636 سپاہی soldier, fighter
637 بندوق gun, rifle
638 سزا punishment
639 دستاویز document, paper
640 خوفناک horrible, terrifying, frightful, dreadful
641 فتح victory
642 یقینا indeed, definitely, for sure, surely, undoubtedly
643 گدا anal
644 عمر age
645 پیروی pleading
646 روشنی brightness
647 خوفزدہ afraid, frightened, terrified
648 مصیبت trouble, distress
649 بجے o'clock
650 تابوت coffin
651 دوسرا other, another
652 وجود existence
653 الفاظ plural of لَفْظ
654 مایا magical power
655 کاپی copy
656 کان ear
657 پاسپورٹ passport
658 کامیابی success, achievement
659 دباؤ weight
660 تجربہ experience
661 فارسی Persian, Persic; Persianate
662 زہر poison
663 تیج the third day of the lunar fortnight
664 کاش I wish, if only
665 قبل previous, before, ago
666 نشانہ aim, target
667 ڈبے oblique/vocative singular
668 چرچ building of a church
669 مثال example, instance, specimen, model, precedent
670 پیٹھ back, support, aid
671 اگلا next
672 تا to
673 کاغذ paper, document
674 خواب dream
675 گروہ group, gang, clique, crew
676 شرط condition, term
677 علم knowledge, learning
678 جانب direction, side
679 طوفان storm, tempest
680 آمد arrival
681 ریڈیو radio
682 امیر rich
683 بھائیوں brother
684 اعلی greatest; highest
685 سیاست politics
686 طاقتور strong, stout, powerful
687 مستحکم firm, stable, established, solid
688 کامل perfect
689 آٹھ eight
690 دلچسپ interesting
691 تنگ tight, narrow
692 پرندوں oblique plural of پَرِنْدَہ
693 عوامی public
694 جاسوس spy
695 دفاع defence
696 قیمت price
697 گیارہ eleven
698 خراب spoiled, ruined, damaged
699 شناختی identification
700 اضافہ increase
701 بعض some, certain, few, several
702 تکلیف trouble, difficulty
703 کور blind
704 ٹکٹ ticket
705 سنگین stony, as stone
706 زلزلے direct plural
707 خالی empty, vacant
708 فرشتہ angel
709 انسانیت humanity
710 رقص dance, dancing
711 تقسیم division, partition
712 باتیں talk, conversation
713 نقطہ nuqta
714 مجرم criminal, offender
715 چھت ceiling
716 جھٹکا shock, jerk, sudden stroke, jolt, shake
717 انسانی human
718 مرکز centre, center
719 نقل copy, imitation
720 شکست defeat, failure
721 قبضہ occupation; annexation, takeover
722 انھیں alternative spelling of اِنہیں
723 ذہن intellect
724 حملوں oblique plural of حَمْلَہ
725 مدت period, duration
726 بیان statement
727 ایمان faith; belief
728 نگرانی security, supervision
729 جام goblet; wine cup
730 بھاگ destiny, fortune, luck
731 کپتان captain
732 مفت free of charge
733 شرم shame
734 ہفتوں oblique plural of ہَفْتَہ
735 برباد ruined
736 شک doubt, uncertainty
737 کشتی boat, ship
738 دیو demon
739 قوم nation
740 موبائل phone, telephone, mobile
741 سماعت hearing, proceeding
742 اشارہ gesture, indication, pointing
743 پل bridge
744 فرش carpet, carpeting, rug
745 اوقات means, capacity, ability
746 اسلحہ ammunitions, weapons
747 گاؤں village, hamlet
748 روٹی bread
749 پندرہ fifteen
750 چاہے though, even if
751 شکل face
752 پہاڑ mountain
753 بھوک appetite, hunger
754 پاپ sin
755 بلا affliction, scourge
756 متحدہ united, unified
757 تشدد violence, oppression, aggression
758 ورنہ otherwise
759 درخت tree
760 کھڑا standing
761 او he, she
762 تلوار a sword
763 محل palace
764 رفتار motion
765 دوش blame, fault
766 سلامتی security, welfare
767 سوچنا to think
768 پیدائش origin, birth; genesis, creation
769 کیلی play, sport
770 نرم soft
771 بنیادی fundamental, primary, basic, principal
772 پولس police
773 ہزار thousand
774 دارالحکومت capital city, seat of government
775 ڈرامہ drama
776 دکھانا to show
777 لاش corpse
778 گھنٹوں oblique plural of گَھنْٹَہ
779 مشورہ advice; consultation; opinion
780 ذرائع formal plural of ذَرِیعَہ
781 احترام respect, honour
782 فیصد percent
783 انتخاب election
784 منشیات plural of مُنَشّی; intoxicants, addictives
785 ٹینک tank
786 میدان ground, field, arena
787 چاکلیٹ chocolate
788 ملکی belonging to one's own country; indigenous, national,…
789 قابو control
790 درد pain; ache
791 سعودی Saudi, Saudi Arabian
792 بت shipworm
793 ذکر penis
794 ہائے alas!
795 افسر officer
796 تجھ second-person singular objective personal pronoun: you,…
797 یعنی means
798 تعداد quantity, amount, number
799 مسئلے direct plural
800 گمنام unknown; obscure
801 کمال complete
802 شہری urban; pertaining to the city
803 واپسی return, coming-back
804 انصاف justice
805 ملوث involved, implicated
806 گڑبڑ irregular, unusual
807 لڑاکا fighter, one that fights
808 سلطنت kingdom, empire, dominion, realm, reign, Reich
809 اتفاق agreement; concord
810 گناہ sin
811 مختصر brief, short
812 دعا prayer, supplication
813 خط letter, correspondence
814 نانی maternal grandmother
815 معاہدے direct plural
816 کمی lack, deficiency, deficit, scarcity
817 کیل nail
818 احتیاط prudence
819 اشتراک collaboration, participation, co-operation, affiliation
820 فائدہ benefit
821 شیطان mischievous
822 مارنا to beat, hit, strike
823 چہرے direct plural
824 احمق stupid, idiotic, foolish
825 احاطہ bawn, enclosure, fence, limitation, mew, pale, parvis,…
826 خدمات formal plural of خِدْمَت
827 خواتین plural of خاتُون
828 جنرل general
829 بنیاد foundation, basis
830 اکثر often, frequently
831 ٹھنڈا cold
832 سیارے oblique/vocative singular
833 بیکر baker
834 شہد honey
835 ٹھیکیدار contractor
836 شو show
837 تفصیلات formal plural of تَفْصِیل
838 سینٹر centre, center
839 دوپہر afternoon, noon, midday
840 انتظام preparation, arrangement
841 سرنگ an underground passage
842 سلام interjection used to greet or often fare adieu to someone
843 ہل plough
844 چین comfort, tranquility, at rest, quiet, peace
845 عورتوں oblique plural of عَوْرَت
846 سارا whole, entire
847 دھیان attention
848 مرضی choice
849 سرما winter
850 جرم crime; sin
851 پرچم flag, banner
852 پیروں oblique plural of پَیر
853 باڑ fence, hedge
854 پنڈت pundit
855 گیند ball
856 بھوکا hungry
857 خاتمہ conclusion, end, termination
858 جانور animal, beast
859 خصوصی special, peculiar, particular
860 ممالک plural of مَمْلُکَت /مَمْلَکَت and مُلْک
861 سطح level, surface
862 دفتر office, workplace
863 حافظ retaining
864 حالت state, condition
865 آفیسر officer
866 یادگار keepsake, souvenir
867 سینیٹر senator
868 جنوب south
869 اتحاد unity, alliance
870 شکاری hunter, predator
871 رسی rope; cord
872 نشان sign, symbol
873 غریب poor
874 محروم deprived of; excluded
875 اسٹیشن station, stop
876 مطالعہ study, reading, perusal
877 غصہ anger
878 فرض obligatory; compulsory
879 بغاوت rebellion, revolt
880 ہجوم crowd, mob
881 آباد inhabitable
882 بیچ in the midst
883 دشمنوں oblique plural of دُشْمَن
884 جن jinn
885 مہمان guest
886 مصروف busy, occupied, engaged
887 دین poor
888 خوابوں oblique plural of خْوَاب
889 دروازوں oblique plural of دَرْوَازَہ
890 بلند high, lofty
891 تب then
892 قطار queue, line, row
893 وطن nation, country
894 صفر zero
895 تصدیق verification
896 انتخابات broken plural of اِنْتِخاب
897 لائبریری library
898 عذاب torture
899 شدت severity, sternness, rigour; intensity, harshness
900 اللہ Allah
901 لکڑی stick
902 بھولنا to forget
903 شمال north
904 شراب alcohol; alcoholic drink; wine
905 نتیجہ result, consequence, end, outcome
906 بحال reinstated, restored
907 سالگرہ anniversary
908 بدتر deteriorated
909 اندھیرے oblique/vocative singular
910 کتاب book, manuscript, volume
911 خرچ expenditure, spending
912 کائنات the universe
913 قربان corban
914 تازہ fresh, just made
915 حدود limits, irregular plural of حَدّ
916 سمندر sea, ocean
917 قید jail, prison
918 صلاحیت capability; capacity
919 گردن neck
920 صفائی cleanliness, hygiene
921 شکر sugar
922 پلیٹ plate
923 مشرق east
924 پسندیدہ favourite
925 سرحدوں oblique plural of سَرْحَد
926 ٹیکسی taxi
927 بازی bet
928 دعوی claim, assertion, pretension
929 معاملات formal plural of مُعَامَلَہ
930 سامان luggage, baggage
931 شاندار magnificent, excellent
932 نامعلوم unknown, unfamiliar
933 سبق lesson
934 جنوبی southern
935 مواصلات communications, telecommunications
936 عوام public; masses, common folk, laity
937 وغیرہ et cetera, and so forth
938 زخم wound
939 مواقع plural of مَوْقِع
940 تفصیل detail; particular
941 آلہ tool, implement, instrument, device
942 سنجیدہ weighted
943 آسٹریا Austria
944 خانہ place, site, dwelling, house
945 صندوق box, trunk, coffer, chest, casket
946 سننا to listen, to hear
947 سرد autumn
948 واقف aware of, knowing, conversant, informed, sensible,…
949 تیس thirty
950 انتباہ attention, alert, warning, notice
951 ماسٹر master
952 دستک knock, rap
953 مخلوط mixed, mingled; blended; confused
954 انجام end, finishing
955 اثر result, consequence, impact
956 بہن sister
957 علاج medical treatment
958 جج judge
959 ظلم wrongdoing, misdeed, injustice
960 مرنا to die, to be dead
961 درجہ level, extent, rate
962 ہفتہ week, sennight
963 قومی national
964 پرتگالی Portuguese
965 کثرت plenty, excess
966 منسوخ cancelled, abolished, annulled, repealed, abrogated, erased
967 نوکری job, employment, service
968 غلام slave
969 کارکردگی performance
970 لاشیں direct plural of لَاش
971 اتوار Sunday
972 معصوم innocent
973 منتخب chosen, selected
974 حوصلہ courage, bravery, patience
975 بیت couplet, distich
976 منظور approved, granted, sanctioned
977 راضی willing to comply; compliant
978 نیلا blue
979 مستحق deserving, worthy
980 بلکل misspelling of بِالْکُل
981 تالا lock
982 اعتبار trust, confidence
983 بھاری heavy
984 کاغذات plural of کاغَذ
985 بھیڑیا wolf
986 رونا to cry, weep
987 موجودگی presence, attendance
988 امکان possibility, probability
989 چالیس forty
990 بکواس talkativeness, garrulity, chatter, blathering
991 پاؤں foot
992 توانائی energy
993 مسائل formal plural of مَسْئَلَہ
994 ملاحظہ attention, regard
995 تہ bottom, underneath, depth, deepness
996 یتیم orphan
997 مسکراہٹ a smile
998 ماہر expert, professional
999 معبد Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْبَد, from Arabic مَعْبَد
1,000 اکیلا alone

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