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goodbye

Urdu translation: alwidaah

11:43 Mar 29, 2004
English to Urdu translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: goodbye
term used in daily life
Jan Schuurmans
Urdu translation:alwidaah
Explanation:
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senin
Local time: 05:32
Grading comment
Thank you very much
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6Khudaa Haafiz
Rajan Chopra
5 +4Allah Haafiz
Naseeruddin (X)
5 +3alwidaah
senin


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
alwidaah


Explanation:
none

senin
Local time: 05:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thank you very much

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Naseeruddin (X)
27 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Aisha Rishi: this one is better
1 hr
  -> thank you
agree  pucoug (X)
3 hrs
  -> thanks
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Khudaa Haafiz


Explanation:
This is one of the ways of bidding someone goodbye in Urdu.



Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 10:02
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Naseeruddin (X): Your answer was not visible when I posted.
2 mins
  -> thanks, it is perfectly okay
agree  Harinder Dhillon
2 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  pucoug (X)
3 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Tahir
3 days 15 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Asghar Bhatti
5 days
  -> thanks
agree  Rajiv Arora
26 days
  -> thanks
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Allah Haafiz


Explanation:
We can use three terms:

Allah Haafiz
Khuda Haafiz
Alwidah

However, Allah Haafiz and Khuda Haafiz literally means "May God bless you" but "Goodbye" can easily be replaced by these terms as these terms are frequently used in Urdu community.

Naseeruddin (X)
Local time: 10:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu, Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rajan Chopra: Allah Haafiz - yet another option
8 mins
  -> Allah Haafiz is the term widely used in Pakistan.
agree  Tahir
14 hrs
agree  Asghar Bhatti
5 days
agree  Shahab Arif
7 days
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