Urdu Frequency Dictionary 2 - Intermediate Vocabulary

Intermediate Urdu Vocabulary List: 2501-5000 Most Common Urdu Words

This book is a follow-up of the Urdu Frequency Dictionary - Essential Vocabulary. 

This book expands on the Urdu word list of the first book in the Urdu learning series. You will improve your vocabulary from about CEFR A2+ up to CEFR B2+ level. This frequency dictionary is intended for intermediate Urdu students. 

If you know the 5000 most common Urdu words, you will have a vocabulary similar to an adult native speaker who finished high-school.

You can express yourself with ease, and go about your daily life effortlessly. Shopping, small talk, and regular conversations are easy enough for you. You can read and understand virtually all radio and TV shows, websites, and the newspaper. Reading literature is still challenging, and discussing technical issues in-depth will have you looking for words. 

In technical terms: you can understand 89% of all spoken Urdu and 85% of all written Urdu.

You don't have to have read the 1st book in the series to enjoy this frequency dictionary. Any intermediate Urdu learner will benefit from this book.

You can use this book as a stand-alone Urdu course. You can also use it together with any other intermediate Urdu lessons, courses or methods.

This book contains the 2501 to 5000 most common Urdu words. The Urdu word list is presented to you in a neatly organized manner.

• intermediate Urdu vocabulary, with English translation(s).

• Urdu words ranked by general frequency and alphabet.

• Frequency as part of speech (the most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)

• Urdu to English example sentences.

• Phonetic spelling of Urdu words (IPA phonetic transcriptions)

What is Inside This Urdu Dictionary?

The basis of this dictionary consisted of over 1 million words. All raw data has been lemmatized and cleaned. We do not list conjugations of verbs and adjectives as separate entries. This book only lists only the root word, just like in a regular dictionary.

This Urdu word list for intermediate students can roughly be divided into three sections:

• 2500 Urdu words, ranked by general frequency.
• Frequency lists by part of speech: 
• list of adjectives in Urdu
• list of adverbs in Urdu
• list of conjunctions in Urdu
• list of prepositions in Urdu
• list of pronouns Urdu
• list of nouns in Urdu
• list of common Urdu verbs
•  2,500 Urdu words in alphabetical order.

Urdu pronunciation can be challenging. We added phonetic transcriptions of Urdu words, so you know how to pronounce Urdu words right. The phonetic spelling of words is done with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Intermediate Urdu: Summary

The Urdu Frequency Dictionary 2 – Intermediate Vocabulary gives you a high-frequency word list to learn intermediate Urdu. Study the most used words to expand your Urdu vocabulary rapidly. 

These high-frequency words are an excellent tool for intermediate Urdu lessons.

This word list roughly covers CEFR vocabulary ratings from A2+ (advanced beginner) to B2+ (independent user).

Genre: Foreign Language Study.

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The print editions are 6 x 9 inch (15.2 x 22.9 cm), approximately 216 pages each. You can pre-order them now. They are expected to ship in Q1 2027. You pay at checkout and your copy ships as soon as printing is complete. The e-book is a separate option on this page.