نعم البدل

نِعْم اَلْبَدَل (niʻm albadal) — a change for the better

About me

Babel user information

ض
Arab

This user's native script is the Arabic script.

A
Latn

This user's native script is the Latin alphabet.

द
Deva-4

This user has a near-native understanding of Devanagari.

ਝ
Guru-4

This user has a near-native understanding of the Gurmukhi script.

Я
Cyrl-3

This user has an advanced understanding of the Cyrillic alphabet.

ש
Hebr-3

This user has an advanced understanding of the Hebrew script.

آداب (Adaab)! I'm an Urdu-Punjabi speaker who takes an interest in linguistics and phonology. I also have a keen interest in learning different scripts.

I mainly work on Urdu/Hindi and Punjabi lemmas on Wiktionary, but also semi-active on English, Urdu and Punjabi (Shahmukhi) Wikipedias.

Short-term goals

Punjabi language

To expand Punjabi lemmas
To also get my head around Punjabi tonal sounds

Urdu language

Expand Urdu lemmas
Improve and fix current list of Urdu lemmas
Fix Urdu declensions:
روپیہ (ropeh), pl.obl = روپئوں

Long-term goals

Create a Module:pa-IPA - similar to that of Module:ne-IPA, that includes not only the IPA, but also hyphenation, rhymes and phonetic transliteration etc, curated specifically towards Punjabi lemmas.

Treasured terms

They're not necessarily unique. It's just that I like them :)

Kashmiri

دِل (dil, “Delhi”)

Punjabi

مَسِیت (masīt, “mosque”)
بُوہا (būhā, “door”)

Urdu

نِعْمُ الْبَدَل (niʻm ulbadal)
عِیَادَت (ʻiyādat)
حُلِیَہ (huliya)
ہوش (hoś)

Hindi

अपरंपार (aprampār, “infinity; boundless”)