تعزیت
ta'ziyat
The Urdu word for condolence is تعزیت, romanized as ta'ziyat.
تعزیت names the sympathy you offer when someone has died, and the visit or message in which you offer it.
Meaning: sympathy when someone has died (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
It is romanized as ta'ziyat.
When do people say it?
When offering تعزیت to a Muslim family, people often use a prayer for the person who has died, such as اللہ تعالیٰ مرحوم کی روح کو جنت میں اعلیٰ مقام عطا فرمائے۔
Did you know?
- In Pakistani culture, offering تعزیت often involves a custom of bringing food to the grieving family, as the bereaved are traditionally expected to be hosted rather than host others.
- Although the word تعزیت is used in Urdu, its linguistic roots actually lie in Arabic and Persian rather than being an indigenous Indo-Aryan word.
- The phrase تعزیت describes both the internal feeling of sympathy and the external physical act of visiting the bereaved, blending an emotion and an event into one word.
Examples in context
- انہیں میری طرف سے تعزیت بھیج دیں۔Unhein meri taraf se taziyat bhej dein.Please send my condolences to them.
Example conversation
Hamza meets Sara to offer support after her relative's passing.
- حمزہ Hamzaسارہ، میں آپ کو تعزیت پیش کرتا ہوں۔Sara, main aap ko taziyat pesh karta hoon.Sara, I offer my condolences to you.
- سارہ Saraآپ کا بہت شکریہ، حمزہ۔Aap ka bohat shukriya, Hamza.Thank you very much, Hamza.
- حمزہ Hamzaاللہ آپ کو صبر دے۔Allah aap ko sabr de.May God give you patience.
- سارہ Saraآمین، آپ کی دعاؤں کا شکریہ۔Ameen, aap ki duaon ka shukriya.Amen, thank you for your prayers.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries تعزیت, CC BY-SA 4.0.
