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jayeshks 
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 Topic: question for urdu readersPosted: 31-Aug-2006 at 12:28 |
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From all the Persian and Arabic borrowings in Urdu is it possible for Urdu readers to glean the gist of Persian texts? Or is it too different?
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indiafinest.com
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Posted: 31-Aug-2006 at 12:50 |
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Its different, I know to read urdu, but i cant understand persian, alphabet set is almost same but they have all different words, only some words are same. Urdu is 75% hindi and 25% arabic/persian words, grammar is same as hindi.
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jayeshks
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Posted: 31-Aug-2006 at 14:13 |
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I know the grammar is the same as Hindi but I guess it seemed to me that those versed in scholarly Urdu would understand more Persian words than the average person. Guess I was wrong.
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maqsad
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Posted: 31-Aug-2006 at 17:02 |
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I can understand some farsi just by reading it. Most words in urdu have 2 or 3 substitutes. Turns out many of those substitures are either arabic or farsi. If I read farsi I can make out about 1/3 of the vocabulary almost. And I have never taken any lessons in farsi. Now hindi speakers would have more trouble.
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RajputGirl
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Posted: 31-Aug-2006 at 18:20 |
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^I take it you're a Pakistani?
If the answer yes, let's just say that explains a lot.
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Vivek Sharma
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Posted: 01-Sep-2006 at 00:39 |
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In pakistan the language is evolving gradually as becoming closer & closer to arabic instead of farsi. While in india the old urdu still continues, which is hindi written in farsi script with some farsi & arabic words thrown in.
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Posted: 01-Sep-2006 at 01:00 |
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Yes, you can understand alot of Farsi.
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Kashmiri
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Posted: 07-Apr-2007 at 21:05 |
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i understand many farsi (persian) words because kashmiri is heavily influnced by the eastern iranic languages.
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Posted: 08-Apr-2007 at 03:17 |
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And many Pakistanis can understand Farsi pretty easily since a lot of our poetry and literature us in that langauge.
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Kashmiri
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Posted: 08-Apr-2007 at 13:44 |
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well yeah i heard the people who speak older urdu can understand a lot of farsi, but newer urdu has lost most of its persian touch.
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