What abu means
abu is written ابو in the Urdu script (with diacritics: اَبُّو) and means dad (common in Pakistan) in English. It is taught in the Family lessons under Core Family.
It is also used for: father (affectionate).
You will also see it romanized as abbu. Urdu has no single standard romanization; the script spelling is the same.
abu in example sentences
میرے ابو پہلے تمباکونوشی کرتے تھے مگر اب نہیں۔
My father used to smoke, but now he doesn't. Tatoeba #1539342
ابو اس کی ایک گھنٹے میں مرمت کر دے گے۔
Give dad an hour and he'll have it fixed. Tatoeba #1470308
میری امی مجھ سے ابو کی طرح کافی ناراض ہے۔
My mother was no less angry with me than my father. Tatoeba #1474895
3 of 8 Tatoeba sentences that use abu in this sense. Example sentences from Tatoeba, licensed CC BY 2.0 FR. Contributors are named on each sentence page.
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