How to Say "Hour" in Urdu - How To Say Guide

گَھنْٹا

ghanṭāmasculine

The English word "hour" is translated into Urdu as گَھنْٹا (ghanṭā). Wiktionary also lists گَھنْٹَہ (ghanṭa) and ساعَت (sā'at).

Meaning: time period of sixty minutes (noun)

Ways to say it

The phrase refers to a time period of sixty minutes.

The common term is گَھنْٹا, while the formal or literary alternative is ساعَت.

The common term گَھنْٹا is a masculine noun, but the formal term ساعَت is a feminine noun.

The pronunciation is ghanṭā.

In the phrase 'sa'at-e-ka'inat', which means 'the hour of the universe', the word ساعَت is used to describe an eternal or cosmic timescale rather than a sixty-minute period.
The word ساعَت is borrowed from Arabic, where it also means 'hour'. However, in Urdu, it is almost exclusively reserved for high literature, religious texts and formal speeches.
The formal term ساعَت is not only used for measuring time, but can also refer to the precise 'moment' or 'instant' when an event occurs.

ایک بجے
One o'clock
دو بجے
Two o'clock
ایک گَھنْٹا بہت ہوتا ہے۔
aik ghanta bohat hota hai.
One hour is a lot.
کیا آپ کے پاس ایک گَھنْٹا ہے؟
kya aap ke paas aik ghanta hai?
Do you have an hour?
میں ایک گَھنْٹا انتظار کروں گی۔
mein aik ghanta intezar karun gi.
I will wait for one hour.

Sarah and Ahmed are discussing a meeting time.

سارہ Sara

احمد، کیا ہم ایک گَھنْٹا بات کر سکتے ہیں؟
Ahmed, kya hum aik ghanta baat kar sakte hain?
Ahmed, can we talk for an hour?
احمد Ahmed

ہاں سارہ، میرے پاس وقت ہے۔
han Sarah, mere paas waqt hai.
Yes Sarah, I have time.
سارہ Sara

شکریہ، مجھے کچھ پوچھنا تھا۔
shukria, mujhe kuch poochna tha.
Thank you, I wanted to ask something.
احمد Ahmed

جی، ضرور کہیے۔
ji, zaroor kahiye.
Yes, please go ahead.

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