دوپَہَر کا کھانا
dopahar kā khānāmasculine
To say lunch in Urdu, use دوپَہَر کا کھانا (dopahar kā khānā), the everyday phrase for the midday meal. If unsure, use دوپَہَر کا کھانا. Wiktionary also lists ظُہْرانَہ m لَنْچ (zuhrāna).
Meaning: meal around midday (noun)
Ways to say it
| Urdu | Romanization (Wiktionary) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| دوپَہَر کا کھانا | dopahar kā khānā | masculine |
| ظُہْرانَہ m لَنْچ | zuhrāna | masculine |
دوپَہَر کا کھانا is what people say in daily life when they talk about eating lunch at home, at school or at work.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase literally means food of the afternoon. دوپَہَر means midday or afternoon, کا means of and کھانا means food or meal.
Which one should you use?
ظُہْرانَہ (zuhrāna) is a more formal word, used mostly for an official luncheon or in writing. In casual speech many people also use the English loanword لَنْچ.
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase is masculine, so words that agree with it take masculine forms.
How do you pronounce it?
It is romanized as dopahar kā khānā.
What mistakes should you avoid?
کھانا alone means food or meal in general, so add دوپَہَر کا to make it clear you mean lunch.
Did you know?
- In many traditional Urdu-speaking households, the midday meal is the largest and most important meal of the day, rather than dinner.
- The formal word ظُہْرانَہ is derived from ظُہْر (zuhr), which refers to the midday prayer in Islam.
- The word کھانا used in the phrase for lunch shares the same linguistic root as the Sanskrit word khādati, meaning 'to eat'.
Example sentences for Urdu are not verified yet.
Example conversation
Ali and Fatima are talking in the kitchen.
- علی Aliفاطمہ، دوپَہَر کا کھانا کب ملے گا؟Fatima, dopehar ka khana kab milega?Fatima, when will we have lunch?
- فاطمہ Fatimaبس دس منٹ میں تیار ہو جائے گا۔Bas das minute mein tayyar ho jaye ga.It will be ready in just ten minutes.
- علی Aliشکریہ، مجھے بہت بھوک لگی ہے۔Shukriya, mujhe bohat bhook lagi hai.Thanks, I am very hungry.
- فاطمہ Fatimaمیں میز لگاتی ہوں، علی۔Main maiz lagati hoon, Ali.I am setting the table, Ali.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “lunch” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries کا, کھانا, CC BY-SA 4.0.
