وہیل
vhelmasculine
The English word "whale" is translated into Urdu as وہیل (vhel). Wiktionary also lists وھیل (vhel).
Meaning: large sea mammal (noun)
Ways to say it
| Urdu | Romanization (Wiktionary) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| وہیل | vhel | masculine |
| وھیل | vhel | masculine |
وہیل is a noun used to refer to a whale, the large sea mammal.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word is a masculine noun.
How do you pronounce it?
vhel
Did you know?
- The word مچھلی, often used for وہیل in casual speech, is a feminine noun, even though وہیل itself is masculine.
- While وہیل is the scientific term, a person describing a whale's size in Urdu might use the word پہاڑ ('mountain') as a metaphor to convey its scale.
- The Urdu word وہیل is a direct phonetic loanword from English, meaning it was adopted into the language through modern contact rather than evolving from local roots.
Examples in context
- وہیل ایک بڑی لذیذ مچھلی ہوسکتی ہے۔A whale can be a big tasty fish.
- وہیل ایک بڑا جانور ہے۔whale ek bara janwar hai.A whale is a large animal.
- سمندر میں وہیل نظر آئی۔samundar mein whale nazar aayi.A whale was seen in the ocean.
- وہیل پانی میں رہتی ہے۔whale pani mein rehti hai.The whale lives in the water.
Example conversation
Fatima and Hamza are looking at a picture book about the ocean.
- فاطمہ Fatimaحمزہ، یہ تصویر دیکھو، یہ کیا ہے؟Hamza, yeh tasveer dekho, yeh kya hai?Hamza, look at this picture, what is this?
- حمزہ Hamzaفاطمہ، یہ ایک نیلی وہیل ہے۔Fatima, yeh ek neeli whale hai.Fatima, this is a blue whale.
- فاطمہ Fatimaیہ تو بہت بڑی لگتی ہے!Yeh to bohat bari lagti hai!It looks so huge!
- حمزہ Hamzaہاں، وہیل دنیا کا سب سے بڑا جانور ہے۔Haan, whale dunya ka sab se bara janwar hai.Yes, the whale is the largest animal in the world.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “whale” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
