No. 376 in Urdu
بجائے
"Instead of"
In a sentence
میں نے چائے بجائے کافی بنانے کا فیصلہ کیا۔
I decided to make coffee instead of tea.
Here, "بجائے" is used to express substitution or preference for something else.
پڑھائی کے بجائے، وہ کھیلنے چلا گیا۔
Instead of studying, he went to play.
In this sentence, "بجائے" indicates an alternative activity performed instead of the expected one.
آپ کے بجائے، کسی اور کو منتخب کیا گیا ہے۔
Instead of you, someone else has been chosen.
Here, "بجائے" implies replacement or an alternate choice of one entity over another.
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