Dear Foreros,
I was wondering what you call the aforementioned punctuation mark in Urdu. In Arabic the term most often used is nuqta and it can also be used in a manner similar to the English period, where you can end a discussion by using the word nuqta. Now there are two things I am not too sure off which is that a) would nuqta be understood to mean a full stop in Urdu as well? It would appear appropriate but can't say for certain if Urdu-phones would understand it as such. Secondly b) if not which term/terms would be the intelligible alternative, and can they also be used in the figurative sense of bringing an end to an argument or matter?
Regards,
Sheikh
I was wondering what you call the aforementioned punctuation mark in Urdu. In Arabic the term most often used is nuqta and it can also be used in a manner similar to the English period, where you can end a discussion by using the word nuqta. Now there are two things I am not too sure off which is that a) would nuqta be understood to mean a full stop in Urdu as well? It would appear appropriate but can't say for certain if Urdu-phones would understand it as such. Secondly b) if not which term/terms would be the intelligible alternative, and can they also be used in the figurative sense of bringing an end to an argument or matter?
Regards,
Sheikh
