AM and PM meaning in Urdu

Learn in Urdu what do am and pm stand for. See am pm full form, am meaning in Urdu, pm, pm meaning. What is am and pm, 12 pm means ? am vs pm. Understanding the use of am and pm is not difficult at all.  However, people get confused about its use for midnight and noon timings. For Urdu-speaking people, who want to improve their English viz-a-viz grammar, we will explain am and pm meaning in Urdu language and explain the proper use of am and pm along with its correct punctuation.

The abbreviations AM and PM have been derived from Latin and mean as under:

AM   … Ante Meridiem =  before noon

PM   … Post Meridiem = afternoon

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AM اور PM کے اردو معنی

AM PM meaning in Urdu.

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Use numbers for times and words for midnight and noon

اوقات کے لیے نمبرز  استعمال کریں۔  دوپہر کے 12 بجے کی لیے الفاظ noon اور رات کے 12 بجے کے لیے الفاظ midnight استعمال کریں:-

Examples:

The clinic will remain open from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. (correct)

The clinic will remain open from five p.m. to ten thirty p.m. (incorrect)

I will reach home anytime from midnight to 2 a.m. (correct)

I will reach home anytime from 12 p.m. to 2 a.m. (incorrect)

The lunch hours are noon to 1 p.m. (correct)

The lunch hours are from 12 a.m. to 1 p.m. (incorrect)

Do not use double zeros for whole hours

مکمل گھنٹوں کے لیے 2 صفروں کا استعمال نہ کریں:-

Examples:

The office hours start from 8 a.m. (correct)

The office hours start from 8:00 a.m. (incorrect)

You must reach at my home by 6 p.m.

You must reach at my home by 6:00 p.m. (incorrect)

Use colon to separate hours and minutes

گھنٹوں اور منٹوں کے درمیان کولون (:) استعمال کریں:-

Examples:

The cricket match will start at 10:30 a.m. (correct)

The cricket match will start at 10.30 a.m. (incorrect)

The match will start at 10-30 a.m. (incorrect)

Do not use numbers alongwith noon and midnight

noon اور midnight کے ساتھ نمبرز استعمال نہ کریں۔ اب ان کا استعمال ترک ہو چکا ہے۔

Examples:

Music programms in residential areas after midnight should not be allowed. (correct)

Music programms in residential areas after 12 midnight should not be allowed. ( not practiced any more)

I will not be available today from noon to 5 p.m. (correct)

I will not be available today from 12 noon to 5 p.m. (not practiced any more)

Do not write morning alongwith a.m. and evening along with p.m

a.m. کے ساتھ ساتھ morning اور p.m.  کے ساتھ ساتھ evening نہ استعمال کریں

Examples:

Our shop opens at 9 a.m. in the morning.  (incorrect)

Our shop opens at 9 a.m. (correct)

She returned home at 7 p.m. in the evening (incorrect)

She returned home at 7 p.m. (correct)

Use lowercase and periods when writing a.m. and p.m.

This is not a hard and fast rule to use lowercase and periods writing a.m. and p.m.  However, this is the most common way to write a.m. and p.m. in lowercase with periods. AM and PM can be written in uppercase or small uppercase with and without periods. Keep consistency with one way in a sentence.

عام طور پر زیادہ تر a.m. اور  p.m. کو  lowercase اور فل اسٹاپ کے ساتھ استعمال کیا جاتا ہے۔ تاہم یہ  لازمی نہیں ہے۔  انہیں uppercase یا چھوٹے  uppercase کے ساتھ بھی لکھا جا ساکتا ہے۔   ایک جملے میں ایک ہی طریقہ استعمال کریں۔

Examples:

Karachi Express leaves daily at 6 p.m.

We will meet for lunch today at 1 PM

On independence day, a gun salute was given at 5 A.M.

The doctor attends the patients from 5 p.m. to 10 PM (incorrect)

With times of day and days of the week, dashes are not used in place of "to", "through", "and" or "until

دن کے اوقات اور ہفتے کے دنوں کے درمیان  "to”, "through”, "and”  یا  "until” کی جگہ ڈیش استعمال نہیں کی جاتی ہے:۔

Examples:

Our shop remains open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday. (correct)

Our shop remains open 8 a.m. – 10 p.m., Monday – Saturday. (incorrect)

With dates, dashes may be used

تاہم تاریخوں کے ساتھ ڈیش کو استعمال کیا جا سکتا ہے:-

Examples:

The examinations shall be held June 5 – 20, 2021.

Forms shall be accepted Monday through Friday May 3 -7, 2021.

When listing a series of times, if all times are a.m. or p.m., use a.m. or p.m. only once following the final time listed

اگر کسی جگہ اوقات ایک سے زیادہ مرتبہ درج کرنے ہوں اور وہ سب اوقات  a.m. یا p.m. ہوں تو a.m. یا p.m. کو صرف ایک دفعہ آخری وقت کے ساتھ استعمال کیا جاۓ گا:-

Examples:

The King Kong shall be shown at the cinema at 3, 6 and 9 p.m.

The tests will be conducted at 2:30, 5:30, and 8:30 p.m.

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