Jun 10, 2012 13:49
12 yrs ago
Urdu term

قیاس آرائی کرنا

Urdu to English Art/Literary Linguistics general sentences
قیاس آرائی کرنا English word for that?

Proposed translations

+5
1 hr
Selected

To hypothesize, to presume, to theorize, to speculate

Context is required to give a more specific term.
Peer comment(s):

agree Muneebkhan : to guess, to presume
6 hrs
agree Muhammad Ikram
13 hrs
agree Irshad Muhammad
13 hrs
agree abufaraz
2 days 22 hrs
agree Abdul Qayyum
3 days 5 hrs
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
1 hr

To surmise; to guess

The given verb, in the context of Urdu, gives only one sense, and that is, "to make a guess about the possibility/likelihood of something."
Example sentence:

اقتصادی ماہرین پاکستان اور امریکہ کے بدلتے ہوئے حالات کے تناظر میں ہونے والی ممکنہ اقتصادی اتار چڑھائو کے بارے میں مختلف قیاس آرائیاں کر رہے

Something went wrong...
1 hr

to compare, to rule, to guess, presumption, to suppose, to think, to conceive, to estimate.

depending upon the content of the sentence, any of the above words can be suitably used.
Something went wrong...
31 mins

gaging/measuring/estimating (also evaluating)

Based on context, it could also mean 'to evaluate'

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 5 hrs (2012-06-10 19:25:20 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Another better option would be 'to speculate'
Something went wrong...
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search