Aspirated or plain consonant
kh and gh are the aspirated ک ھ and گ ھ; the throat letters خ and غ are chips.
- khکھ
- ghگھ
Urdu · Perso-Arabic (Nastaliq/Naskh) · Typing tool
Urdu typing: type in English, get اردو
Type “aap kaise haiN” in English letters and get آپ کیسے ہیں, written right to left in real Unicode Urdu.
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01 · How Urdu typing works
Type the sound. Fix the spelling with a tap.
Urdu is written right to left, as a skeleton of consonants with long-vowel letters, and short vowels are normally left out. Roman Urdu is ambiguous in a way Hindi is not (k can be ک or ق, s can be س ص ث), so this page leans on the suggestion chips: the first guess is the common spelling, and the alternatives are one tap away.
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Long vowels are written, short ones are not
aa, ee, oo become ا ی و. Short a, i, u between consonants are not written, so dil is دل. At the start of a word they sit on alif.
- dilدل
- kitaabکتاب
- aapآپ
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Word endings
A final a is ا, a final e or ai is ے, and a final i is ی. A capital N writes the nasal ں.
- kyaکیا
- haiہے
- haiNہیں
- meNمیں
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Aspirates use ھ
kh, gh, ch, jh, th, dh, ph, bh are the aspirated letters کھ گھ چھ جھ تھ دھ پھ بھ. For the Arabic letters use x (خ), G (غ), S (ص), Z (ض), H (ح) and an apostrophe for ع.
- gharگھر
- xoshiخوشی
- 'ishqعشق
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Retroflex letters are capitals
T, D, R are ٹ ڈ ڑ and Th, Dh, Rh are the aspirated ٹھ ڈھ ڑھ.
- ^Thiikٹھیک
- laRkiiلڑکی
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Keep a capital with ^
A word that starts with a capital is read as lower case. Put ^ in front to keep it: ^Subh is صبح.
- ^SubHصبح
Space converts
Press space, Enter or a punctuation mark and the word you typed turns into Urdu. Pasted text is converted word by word.
Chips show other spellings
Roman letters can be read several ways. The chips list known words first, then single-letter alternatives. Press 1–5 or tap.
Ctrl+Space is English
Toggle plain English for names, URLs and numbers. Backspace right after a conversion gives your letters back.
02 · Spelling ambiguity
Where Urdu spellings differ, and how to correct them.
Urdu is written right to left without most vowel marks, so Roman input is ambiguous in the letters that Roman cannot tell apart: the four z-sounds, the aspirates and the long vowels. Every pair below was run through the typing engine when the page was built, and a test checks each one.
Short or long vowel
aa is the long alif; a lone a is not written.
- kitabکتب
- kitaabکتاب
- kalکل
- jaanجان
j or z
j is ج and z is ز; ذ ض ظ are offered as chips.
- jaanجان
- zaanزان
- zubaanزبان
Corrections: you typed this, you meant that
Typed kitab and got کتب
Meant کتاب
Type kitaab: the long alif needs aa. The suggestion chip offers it too.
Typed khwaab and got کھواب
Meant خواب
Tap the suggestion chip: kh is the aspirate ک ھ, so the throat letter خ comes from the chip.
Typed hay and got ہی
Meant ہے
Type hai: ai gives the ے.
03 · Mapping chart
Every key, for Urdu.
Generated by running the same typing engine the tool above uses, so it cannot drift from what you get. Capital letters are different letters, not emphasis.
Vowels at the start of a word
Short vowels (a, i, u) are not written inside a word; at the start they sit on alif.
- aا
- aaآ
- iا
- eeای
- uا
- ooاو
- eای
- aiای
- oاو
- auاو
Vowels after a consonant (shown after k)
Long vowels become ا ی و; short ones are not written. At the end of a word a → ا and e or ai → ے.
- ka—
- kaaکا
- ki—
- keeکی
- ku—
- kooکو
- keکی
- kaiکی
- koکو
- kauکو
- ka (end)کا
- ke (end)کے
Consonants
Aspirates (kh, gh, ch, jh, th, dh, ph, bh) use ھ.
- kک
- khکھ
- gگ
- ghگھ
- chچ
- chhچھ
- jج
- jhجھ
- Tٹ
- Thٹھ
- Dڈ
- Dhڈھ
- Rڑ
- Rhڑھ
- tت
- thتھ
- dد
- dhدھ
- pپ
- phپھ
- bب
- bhبھ
- mم
- nن
- yی
- rر
- lل
- vو
- shش
- sس
- zز
- zhژ
- hہ
- fف
- qق
Arabic-origin letters and signs
Capital letters and a few symbols give letters that plain Roman cannot tell apart. Suggestions also offer them as alternatives.
- xخ
- Gغ
- Sص
- Zض
- Hح
- 'ع
- Nں
04 · Sample words
Common Urdu words, and what to type.
Each pair was run through the engine when this page was built. The keystrokes shown are exact; casual spellings (shorter, without the double vowels) usually reach the same word through the chips.
- آپyouaap
- اردوUrduurdu
- پاکستانPakistanpaakistaan
- زندگیlifezindagii
- دوستfrienddost
- گھرhouseghar
- پانیwaterpaanii
- کتابbookkitaab
- دلheartdil
- کیاwhatkya
- کیسےhowkaise
- بہتverybahut
- دنیاworldduniya
- انسانhumaninsaan
- وقتtimewaqt
- راتnightraat
- چاندmoonchaand
- ہمwehum
05 · FAQ
Questions about Urdu typing
Why is the first suggestion sometimes not the word I meant?
Roman Urdu drops information: a, i and u are not written, and one Roman letter can stand for several Arabic ones. The first chip is a word-list match when there is one, and the chips beside it are alternatives with ں, ہ, خ غ ص ض ذ ظ ط ح and a long vowel.
Does it use Nastaliq?
The text is ordinary Unicode, so it displays in whichever Arabic-script font your device has. The box asks for Noto Nastaliq Urdu first and falls back to Naskh. In Word or InPage-style apps you pick the Nastaliq font yourself.
Does it work for Roman Hindi written in Urdu?
Yes, because it only converts letters. It does not translate. Hindi and Urdu share most speech but not spellings, so the Hindi page and this page write different scripts for the same sounds.
Can I get Shahmukhi (Punjabi in Arabic script)?
This page writes Urdu spellings, which is not the same as Shahmukhi. You will need to edit some words by hand.
How do I type Urdu using English letters?
Click in the box and type each word the way it sounds, for example “aap kaise haiN”. When you press space or a punctuation key the word becomes Urdu (آپ کیسے ہیں). The chips above the box list other spellings; press 1–5 or tap one to swap it in.
A word came out wrong. How do I fix it?
Right after a word converts, press Backspace once to get your English letters back and edit them, or press Ctrl+Z, or tap “Undo word”. You can also tap another chip before pressing space. Switch with Ctrl+Space when you want plain English.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs in your browser. The page downloads one small word-list file from this site so it can suggest spellings; what you type is never sent. The text is kept in this tab’s session storage so a refresh does not lose it, and it disappears when you close the tab.
Does it work on a phone?
It is built for touch screens: big tappable chips, and the conversion waits until your keyboard has finished its own word so predictive keyboards do not fight it. If your phone keyboard autocorrects Roman words before this page sees them, turn off auto-correct for this site or use the suggestion chips.
Can I save what I typed?
Yes: Copy puts the Urdu text on the clipboard, and the download buttons save a .txt or a Word .docx. The text is standard Unicode, so it pastes into WhatsApp, Gmail, Word and Google Docs.