No. 158 in Urdu
قتل
The Urdu word "قتل" means "murder" or "killing" in English.
In a sentence
قاتل نے جرم کے ارادے سے قتل کیا۔
The assassin committed murder with the intention to commit a crime.
Here, 'قتل' means murder in the context of a planned crime.
قتل قانوناً جرم ہے اور سخت سزا کا مستوجب ہے۔
Murder is legally a crime and warrants severe punishment.
In this sentence, 'قتل' refers to the concept of murder from a legal perspective.
اس ناول میں قتل کی کہانی بیان کی گئی ہے۔
This novel narrates the story of a murder.
Here, 'قتل' is used to denote the act of killing as part of a story's plot.
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