Glossary entry

Urdu term or phrase:

Damm bhar kaa

English translation:

Momentary OR Instantaneous

Added to glossary by Tahir
Dec 20, 2003 23:46
20 yrs ago
Urdu term

Damm bhar kaa

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damm bhar ka mussafar

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Momentary OR Instantaneous

You may choose one of the above words because the same are competent to communicate the desired meaning.

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Note added at 2003-12-22 01:51:18 (GMT)
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I am reproducing some details regarding Momentary for your info:

mo·men·tar·y
adj.
Lasting for only a moment.
Occurring or present at every moment: in momentary fear of being exposed.
Short-lived or ephemeral, as a life.

momentary
Mo´men`ta`ry
Adj. 1. momentary - lasting for a markedly brief time; \"a fleeting glance\"; \"fugitive hours\"; \"rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass\"; \"a momentary glimpse\"

Usage of Momentary:

Thus a MOMENTARY thing is a set of particulars, while a thing (which may be identified with the whole history of the thing) is a series of such sets of particulars.

A MOMENTARY change passed over the blank terror of her face.

The Communists fight for the attainment of the immediate aims, for the enforcement of the MOMENTARY interests of the working class; but in the movement of the present, they also represent and take care of the future of that movement

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Note added at 2003-12-23 14:27:56 (GMT)
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Here is some more information in respect of momentary from a different source:

mo·men·tar·y

adj.
Lasting for only a moment.
Occurring or present at every moment: in momentary fear of being exposed.
Short-lived or ephemeral, as a life.


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[Middle English momentare, from Latin mmentrius, from mmentum, moment ; see moment.]
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momen·tari·ness n.

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Transient

Transient=Damm bhar kaa
tran·sient [ tránshənt, tránənt, tránzee ənt ]

adjective

1. short in duration: lasting for only a short time and quickly coming to an end, disappearing, or changing
a transient emotion
transient sunlight on an otherwise cloudy day


2. not permanently settled in place: staying in a place for only a short period of time
transient workers


3. philosophy See transeunt



noun (plural tran·sients)

1. somebody staying briefly: somebody who stays in a place for only a short time, for example, a migrant laborer or hotel guest


2. electrical engineering brief disturbance in electrical circuit: an oscillation or brief disturbance in a system, for example, a sudden pulse of current or voltage in an electrical circuit


[Late 16th century. Alteration of Latin transiens (stem transeunt- ), the present participle of transire “to pass away, go across,” from ire “to go.”]


tran·sience noun
tran·sien·cy noun
tran·sient·ly adverb


a : passing especially quickly into and out of existence : TRANSITORY b : passing through or by a place with only a brief stay or sojourn
2 : affecting something or producing results beyond itself
- tran·sient·ly adverb


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2 days 16 hrs

A flash in the pan.

This is the closest that I can think of in english.
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