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

غلط

ġalat/ɣə.lət̪/

The English phrase "wrong" is expressed in Urdu as غلط (ġalat).

غلط is most commonly used to mean "incorrect" or "erroneous" in factual contexts, though it can also be used to mean "wrong" in a moral sense.

How does it change in a sentence?

The noun form of the adjective غلط is غلطی (ġalatī), which means "mistake".

The word is pronounced as /ɣə.lət̪/ (ġalat).

The Arabic root for غلط originally relates to the idea of 'slipping' or 'stumbling'. This reflects the conceptualization of a mistake as a physical slip of the mind.
When someone makes a mistake, an Urdu speaker might say غلطی ہو گئی (ġalatī ho gaī), which literally means 'a mistake happened', removing personal blame.
In certain dialects, the word غلط is used to describe something that is socially 'inappropriate' or 'taboo', even if it is not factually incorrect.

اس معاملے میں تم غلط ہو۔
You're wrong in this case.
This example shows how to say someone is wrong in a specific case using غلط.
Tatoeba #1918841 by nabeel_tahir, translation #58403 by CK
اس نے جو کیا وہ غلط تھا۔
What he did was wrong.
This example uses غلط to describe a past action that was wrong.
Tatoeba #2446853 by nabeel_tahir, translation #1901820 by Spamster
میں نے اسے بتایا کہ وہ غلط تھا۔
I told him that he was wrong.
This example uses غلط to report that someone was wrong.
Tatoeba #1447372 by nabeel_tahir, translation #260479 by CK
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Ali and Aisha are checking a math problem in a textbook.

عائشہ Ayesha

علی، یہ حساب غلط لگ رہا ہے۔
Ali, yeh hisab ghalat lag raha hai.
Ali, this calculation seems wrong.
علی Ali

کیا واقعی؟ میں دوبارہ دیکھتا ہوں۔
kya waqai? mein dobara dekhta hoon.
Really? I will look again.
عائشہ Ayesha

ہاں، نمبر غلط لکھے ہیں۔
haan, number ghalat likhe hain.
Yes, the numbers are written wrongly.
علی Ali

اوہ، میں نے غلطی کر دی۔
oh, maine ghalati kar di.
Oh, I made a mistake.

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