Days of the Week, Months and Seasons in Urdu
دن، مہینے اور موسم
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Here are the days of the week, the months, the seasons and the months of the Islamic calendar in Urdu, as taught in our Beginning Urdu course, with a few notes on how to use them.
Days of the week
"On" a day is ko: piir ko (on Monday), juma ko (on Friday). hafta means both "Saturday" and "week"; the context makes it clear. jumeraat, Thursday, is feminine because it comes from juma + raat, "the night before Friday". In India you will also hear somwaar for Monday and saniichar for Saturday.
| English | Urdu | Roman Urdu |
|---|---|---|
| Monday (m.) | پیر | piir |
| Tuesday (m.) | منگل | mangal |
| Wednesday (m.) | بدھ | budh |
| Thursday (f.) | جمعرات | jumeraat |
| Friday (m.) | جمعہ | juma |
| Saturday (m.) | ہفتہ | hafta |
| Sunday (m.) | اتوار | itwaar |
| week (m.) | ہفتہ | hafta |
| day (m.) | دن | din |
Months
The months are the English ones, adapted to Urdu sounds. "In January" is janwarii meñ; "at the end of March" is maarch ke aaKHir meñ.
| English | Urdu | Roman Urdu |
|---|---|---|
| January | جنوری | janwarii |
| February | فروری | farwarii |
| March | مارچ | maarch |
| April | اپریل | aprail |
| May | مئی | ma.ii |
| June | جون | juun |
| July | جولائی | julaa.ii |
| August | اگست | agast |
| September | ستمبر | sitambar |
| October | اکتوبر | aktuubar |
| November | نومبر | nawambar |
| December | دسمبر | disambar |
Seasons
mausam means both "weather" and "season". Pakistan's year has a famous rainy season, barsaat, in July and August, celebrated in songs and poetry.
| English | Urdu | Roman Urdu |
|---|---|---|
| season (m.) | موسم | mausam |
| spring (f.) | بہار | bahaar |
| summer (the hot season) (f. pl.) | گرمیاں | garmiyaañ |
| the rainy season, the monsoon (f.) | برسات | barsaat |
| monsoon (m.) | مون سون | mon suun |
| autumn (f.) | پت جھڑ | patjhaR |
| winter (the cold season) (f. pl.) | سردیاں | sardiyaañ |
| winter (more literary) (m.) | جاڑا | jaaRaa |
| the hot, dusty summer wind of the plains (f.) | لُو | luu |
The Islamic (Hijri) months
Religious events follow the lunar Islamic calendar, whose months move about eleven days earlier each year against the Western calendar.
| English | Urdu | Roman Urdu |
|---|---|---|
| 1st month (Ashura on the 10th) | محرم | muharram |
| 2nd month | صفر | safar |
| 3rd month (the Prophet’s birthday) | ربیع الاول | rabii-ul-awwal |
| 4th month | ربیع الثانی | rabii-us-saanii |
| 5th month | جمادی الاول | jamaadi-ul-awwal |
| 6th month | جمادی الثانی | jamaadi-us-saanii |
| 7th month | رجب | rajab |
| 8th month | شعبان | shaabaan |
| 9th month (the month of fasting) | رمضان | ramzaan |
| 10th month (Eid-ul-Fitr on the 1st) | شوال | shawwaal |
| 11th month | ذوالقعدہ | zul-qaada |
| 12th month (Hajj; Eid-ul-Azha on the 10th) | ذوالحجہ | zul-hijja |
Questions and answers
What are the days of the week in Urdu?
piir (Monday), mangal (Tuesday), budh (Wednesday), jumeraat (Thursday), juma (Friday), hafta (Saturday) and itwaar (Sunday).
How do you say 'on Monday' in Urdu?
piir ko (پیر کو). The word ko after a day means "on".
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