سائِنْس
sāinsmasculine
The English word science can be translated into Urdu as سائِنْس (sāins), عِلْم or دانش.
Meaning: collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method (noun)
Ways to say it
| Urdu | Romanization (Wiktionary) | IPA | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| سائِنْس | sāins | masculine | |
| دانش | dāniś | /d̪ɑː.nɪʃ/ (Standard, Urdu) | |
| عِلْم | 'ilm | masculine |
The term refers to the collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method.
Which one should you use?
سائِنْس is a direct loanword from English used specifically to refer to the modern academic discipline of science. عِلْم is a more traditional term that can mean both science and knowledge in a broader, more classical sense. دانش refers more to wisdom, intellect or erudition rather than the modern empirical scientific method.
How do you pronounce it?
sāins
Did you know?
- The word دانش can be used to name specific institutions, such as 'Danishgah', which is a formal term for a 'university'.
- The word عِلْم is a loanword from Arabic and is the root for the word 'Alim', meaning a scholar or a learned person.
- Urdu speakers often use the English loanword سائِنْس in schools, but will switch to عِلْم when speaking poetically or philosophically about the nature of truth.
Examples in context
- سائنس کی بدولت انسانی ترقی ہوئی ہے۔Thanks to science, human progress has been made.
- سائِنْس بہت دلچسپ ہے۔science bahut dilchasp hai.Science is very interesting.
- وہ سائِنْس پڑھنا چاہتی ہے۔woh science parhna chahti hai.She wants to study science.
- سائِنْس نے ہماری زندگی بدل دی ہے۔science ne hamari zindagi badal di hai.Science has changed our lives.
Example conversation
A brother and sister are discussing their school subjects.
- عمر Omarعائشہ، کیا تمہیں سائِنْس پسند ہے؟Ayesha, kya tumhe science pasand hai?Ayesha, do you like science?
- عائشہ Ayeshaہاں عمر، مجھے یہ بہت پسند ہے۔Haan Umar, mujhe yeh bahut pasand hai.Yes Umar, I like it very much.
- عمر Omarمیرا پسندیدہ مضمون بھی سائِنْس ہے۔Mera pasandida mazmoon bhi science hai.My favorite subject is also science.
- عائشہ Ayeshaیہ تو بہت اچھی بات ہے۔Yeh toh bahut achi baat hai.That is a very good thing.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “science” translations and entries دانش, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
