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#1 [Permalink] Posted on 14th January 2014 04:20

Dear Brothers and respected sisters (esp. Urdu speakers),

I'm a passionate language learner. I understand and speak Urdu almost clearly. But I'm having trouble in recognizing masculine and feminine nouns. How to solve this problem? Please share your tips. How do you recognize these?

I'll keep posting my Urdu related problems here inshaAllaah.

Jazakallah Khayra in advance.

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#2 [Permalink] Posted on 14th January 2014 07:30

Just a vague reply, but most of the words for men end in "aa" and for women it's "ee"

With regards to Nouns, then let Muadh come back to help and clarify it once and for all.

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#3 [Permalink] Posted on 15th January 2014 01:11

Gender of nouns in Urdu is partly semantic, partly phonological, and partly arbitrary which have no rules. It's the result of historical developments. so a learner must have to memorize.

All male human beings, animals, plants which're considered to be masculine are masculine. And the same goes for feminine.
As for things, inanimate articles, and abstract nouns are either masculine or feminine according convention which have to be memorized.

To recognize gender here're some points:

The Masculine:

Nouns ending in (a) are normally masculine.

darwaza = door

Noun ends with (ah).

qisah = story

Nouns ending with (u) and (o).

ansu = tears

Most nouns which're borrowed from Arabic and begin with the prefix ''M'' - of locality.

mashriq = east
maghrib = west
masjid = mosque

Nouns ending with the suffix (istan) and (ann).

hindustan = India
gulistan = gardan

The Feminine:

All nouns ending in (e)/(i), (iya)/(iyya) and (gi) are feminine.

kursi = chair

puriyya = packet

sadgi = simplicity

Nouns ending with (t), (wat), (hat) are feminine.

shanakht = identity

kahawat = story

muskurahat = smile

Nouns ending with (pan) maybe feminine.

bachpan = childhood

These rules are regular but there're still a few exceptions. Further, there're words that lack all markers so those who're learning would simply have to learn.

Hope this helps.

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#4 [Permalink] Posted on 15th January 2014 08:28

Something interesting to those who read urdu..

Udru bol chaal (zananah) yani Lughat al Khawateen By Maulana Ash'hari sahab Marhum

This book of idioms used by women of household and their use in sentences was suggested to me by Hazrat Dr Nadir Ali Khan sahab db ( one of my favourite Tableeghi elders at Markaz Nizamuddin) along with other books on urdu grammer.. it would not be an exaggeration to say that Hazrat Dr sahab db is amongst select few eminent urdu literarians in the world..

The cover..

A look inside..

wa Assalam..

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#5 [Permalink] Posted on 15th January 2014 08:41

The Preface..

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#6 [Permalink] Posted on 15th January 2014 11:02

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This book of idioms used by women of household and their use in sentences

Ahem...doctor sahab, I don't dare to expect that I'll be given an Urdu speaking "woman of household" by any Urdu speaking dad. So, are you sure this book will bring any benefit for me?

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#7 [Permalink] Posted on 15th January 2014 16:13

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Very beneficial.. read each Muhawra (idiom) and know how Not to speak like a woman.. ;-)

well that was suggested to me in academic interest by Hazrat Dr sahab db along with some other books and a fantastic Urdu - English dictionary called Platts.

duas..

wa Assalam..

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