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16:41 May 25, 2009
English to Urdu translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Internet, e-Commerce
Additional field(s): Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: flash mob
Definition from Wikipedia:
A flash mob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse.

Example sentence(s):
  • More than 4000 clubbers danced through the rush hour at Victoria station in Britain's biggest flash mob stunt. The Travelin' Librarian
  • By combining the power of the Internet to compare prices with the stealth tactics of the flash mob, team buyers are driving hard bargains in the world's hottest economy. Christian Science Monitor
  • The crowd got its instructions of where to meet via the mailing list of the London flash mob website. BBC Home
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Summary of translations provided
5ہجوم، بھیڑ، اژدہام
Basit Ijaz
5 -1قلیل المدت مجمع
Haris Ali Dogar


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قلیل المدت مجمع


Definition from own experience or research:
کراچی کے صدر مقام پر شام ساڑھے پانچ بجے کے قریب قلیل المدت مجمع لگا، جو تھوڑی دیر رہنے کے بعد غائب ہوگیا۔

Example sentence(s):
  • کراچی کے صدر مقام پر شام ساڑھے پانچ بجے کے قریب قلیل المدت مجمع لگا، جو تھوڑی دیر رہنے کے بعد غائب ہوگیا۔ - NONE  

Explanation:
انٹرنیت پر کسی بہترین ڈکشنری کی غیر موجودگی کی وجہ سے اردو ترجمانوں کو عمومی طور پر اپنے ترجبے و مشاہدے اور اپنے پاس موجود دستی لغت سے ہی استفادہ حاصل کرنا پڑتا ہے۔
Haris Ali Dogar
Pakistan
Local time: 15:16
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu, Native in PunjabiPunjabi
Notes to answerer
Muhammad Naseem Khan dear friend it is always not possible to have one word substitution in the target language.See Advanced Learners dictionary many foreign words are translated by a whole long sentence,for instance, Urdu word Hookah is translated as : hookah  noun [C] a type of pipe which brings smoke through a container of water before it is breathed in


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No  Muhammad Naseem Khan: The comments I made were meant to improve the translation.I feel sorry if some one hurt because of my comments.
13 hrs
  -> Thanks!!! But it is the most nearest translation. You haven't provided any good answer but instead you provided whole sentence, and even this sentence is also odd looking and unsuitable. As it is not necessary that people are gathering only for doing any
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ہجوم، بھیڑ، اژدہام


Definition from own experience or research:
فاتح کرکٹ ٹیم کی وطن واپسی پر شائقین کا ہجوم/اژدہام ایئرپورٹ پر جمع ہو گیا اور ٹیم کی کامیابی پر نعرے لگائے۔

Example sentence(s):
  • فاتح کرکٹ ٹیم کی وطن واپسی پر شائقین کا ہجوم/اژدہام ایئرپورٹ پر جمع ہو گیا اور ٹیم کی کامیابی پر نعرے لگائے۔ - Wikipedia  

Explanation:
ہجوم یا بھیڑ بذات خود ہی کم وقتی ہوتے ہیں ان کے ساتھ "قلیل المدت" یا "مختصر مدت" جیسی ترکیب لگانا میری ادنیٰ رائے میں مناسب نہیں۔
Basit Ijaz
Pakistan
Local time: 15:16
Native speaker of: Urdu
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