Customs and Festivals in Urdu-Speaking Communities
Talk about customs and festivals in Urdu. Learn the words for festivals, guests and celebrations, like Ramadan, a host and a present, each shown in the Urdu script read right to left.
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Customs and festivals in Urdu
This module builds your Urdu vocabulary for customs and festivals: the celebrations, the people you welcome, and the things you share. Remember that Urdu is written in the Arabic script and read from right to left. A full sentence looks like this: مجھے تہوار پسند ہے, meaning I like the festival. Meet each word paired with its English meaning, then practise until you know them.
Words for festivals
Start with four words about festivals and special days. Each Urdu word is shown with its English meaning.
A festival, or a guest?
It helps to sort the words into festivals and days, and people and things.
Match each festival word
- تہوار
- رمضان
- عیدالفطر
- چاند رات
- A festival
- Ramadan
- Eid-ul-Fitr
- New moon night
The Urdu word for Ramadan
Which Urdu word means Ramadan, the month of fasting?
- رمضان
- تہوار
- عیدالفطر
- چاند رات
People at a celebration
A celebration brings people together. A مہمان is someone you welcome into your home, and the میزبان is the one who welcomes them. You might hand over a تحفہ, and light a موم بتی to brighten the room.
Match each celebration word
- مہمان
- میزبان
- تحفہ
- موم بتی
- A guest
- A host
- A present
- A candle
Which two are people?
Select the TWO words that name a PERSON at a celebration.
- مہمان
- میزبان
- تحفہ
- تہوار
Get ready for a festival
Put these steps of getting ready for a festival in order.
- Invite the guests: دعوت دینا
- Celebrate together: خوشی منانا
- Thank everyone: شکریہ ادا کرنا
Fill each gap with a word
A festival is _____. Ramadan is _____. A guest is _____. A host is _____. A present is _____.
Festival words in Urdu
Tap the TWO statements that are TRUE.
- تہوار means a festival.
- مہمان means a guest.
- رمضان means a present.
- تحفہ means a host.
What do you choose?
For each situation, choose the correct Urdu word.
- The month of fasting begins. Which word?
- You welcome people into your home. What are you?
- You give someone a gift. Which word?
Your turn: write in Urdu
Write the Urdu for two festivals and two things you see at a celebration, then use the pattern below. Write in Urdu script, right to left, because this module teaches the script itself, so that is what counts.
- Name two festivals or special days you know
- Name two things you see at a celebration
- Write a whole Urdu sentence that means I like the festival, like the one in the introduction
- Try one more, for example a sentence that means I invite a guest