Batteries

Urdu translation: سیل (for traditional, cylinderical AA, AAA type, or disc-shaped for watches), بیٹریاں (for digital cameras, cell phones etc)

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English term or phrase:	Batteries
Urdu translation:	سیل (for traditional, cylinderical AA, AAA type, or disc-shaped for watches), بیٹریاں (for digital cameras, cell phones etc)
Entered by:	Qudsia Lone

19:17 Jan 25, 2010

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English term or phrase: Batteries

This questions is only for those living in Pakistan. Could you please tell me what term/terms are used when asking to buy batteries in Pakistan...I remember "cell" being used as the general term before the wireless gadgets era, but I think a phone battery may just be called a بیٹری.

In Pakistan what would a person need to ask for at the store, for the following types of batteries:

The regular C, D, AA, AAA batteries (that were called "cells" in Pakistan)
Wrist watch batteries (the small disk type...also called "cells" I think.)
wireless phone batteries
digital camera batteries
cell phone batteries

I won't be a good judge of accuracy here, but since it's a general question, I'll select the timely and most helpful response, especially if there is peer agreement.

Thank you.

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بیٹریاں

Explanation:
Its still the same in Pakistan......

...a "battery" is a "بیٹری", "batteries" is "بیٹریاں" , a "cell" is still a "سیل" whereas we also use "سیل" for "cells" because Urdu does not use an "s" for plurals.

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Sohail Moghal
Pakistan
Local time: 19:48

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بیٹریاں

Sohail Moghal

ریڈیو، گھڑی، ٹارچ، کھلونوں اور ریموٹ کے سیل جبکہ موبائل فون اور کیمرہ کی بیٹری (اگر سیل نہ ہو تو(

Irshad Muhammad

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batteries

بیٹریاں

بھائی دکاندار، مجھے ان بہت سی بیٹریوں میں سے کوئی اچھی سی بیٹری دے دو اور ریموٹ کے چار سیل بھی دے دو۔

Sohail Moghal
Pakistan
Local time: 19:48
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Native speaker of:

Urdu

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batteries ریڈیو، گھڑی، ٹارچ، کھلونوں اور ریموٹ کے سیل جبکہ موبائل فون اور کیمرہ کی بیٹری (اگر سیل نہ ہو تو(

Explanation:
I can categorize for convenience.

All the batteries available in A, AA, AAA, C or D sizes and wrist watch battery (disklike batteries)are called as "cell" سیل
The other type of batteries (modern shapes, different to "cell shaped" batteries, like that of mobile phone, digital camera, usually rechargables) are called as بیٹری

Irshad Muhammad
Pakistan
Local time: 19:48
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Urdu

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Urdu translation: سیل (for traditional, cylinderical AA, AAA type, or disc-shaped for watches), بیٹریاں (for digital cameras, cell phones etc)

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