AIRLINK 157.41 Decreased By ▼ -6.97 (-4.24%)
BOP 10.37 Decreased By ▼ -0.20 (-1.89%)
CNERGY 8.32 Decreased By ▼ -0.08 (-0.95%)
CPHL 92.89 Increased By ▲ 2.93 (3.26%)
FCCL 46.73 Decreased By ▼ -0.21 (-0.45%)
FFL 14.88 Decreased By ▼ -0.36 (-2.36%)
FLYNG 26.98 Increased By ▲ 0.65 (2.47%)
HUBC 134.01 Decreased By ▼ -2.36 (-1.73%)
HUMNL 12.52 Decreased By ▼ -0.49 (-3.77%)
KEL 4.21 Decreased By ▼ -0.07 (-1.64%)
KOSM 5.39 Decreased By ▼ -0.22 (-3.92%)
MLCF 60.88 Increased By ▲ 0.09 (0.15%)
OGDC 208.52 Decreased By ▼ -6.37 (-2.96%)
PACE 5.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-2.53%)
PAEL 40.78 Decreased By ▼ -1.22 (-2.9%)
PIAHCLA 18.80 Increased By ▲ 1.06 (5.98%)
PIBTL 9.98 Decreased By ▼ -0.25 (-2.44%)
POWER 11.96 Increased By ▲ 0.06 (0.5%)
PPL 168.77 Decreased By ▼ -5.45 (-3.13%)
PRL 35.03 Decreased By ▼ -0.51 (-1.44%)
PTC 22.99 Increased By ▲ 0.05 (0.22%)
SEARL 93.10 Decreased By ▼ -1.94 (-2.04%)
SSGC 35.57 Decreased By ▼ -1.04 (-2.84%)
SYM 13.66 Decreased By ▼ -0.27 (-1.94%)
TELE 6.95 Decreased By ▼ -0.29 (-4.01%)
TPLP 10.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.27 (-2.63%)
TRG 60.67 Decreased By ▼ -0.86 (-1.4%)
WAVESAPP 9.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.62 (-6.01%)
WTL 1.30 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-1.52%)
YOUW 3.65 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-1.08%)
BR100 12,239 Decreased By -154.2 (-1.24%)
BR30 36,393 Decreased By -714.3 (-1.92%)
KSE100 114,153 Decreased By -1379.3 (-1.19%)
KSE30 35,200 Decreased By -461.3 (-1.29%)

“Sometimes a word has different meanings in a different language.” “Okayyyyy.” “There is no need to take that attitude – I am actually referring to the Urdu word trup which can be translated as trump right?”

“Yes in a game of cards any of the four suits – clubs or hearts to spades or diamonds – can be declared trup which implies that even the lowest card of that suit, say a 2 can trump an Ace of another suit.”

“Right, but you have to be empty of the suit of the Ace to be able to use the two of the trup suit.”

“Right, so The Man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless says he has a trup card, and he will use it when he deems the time is right and……what?”

“His timing has not been all that great, if you know what I mean.”

“It is human to err, and to forgive divine.”

“Precisely my point, and need I add the point made by the Third Wife in her televised address…”

“Before or after the 26 of November?”

“OK before and yes her assurance that The Man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless will not seek revenge angered the target group but going back to the four suits – which one of the four suits have you declared as the trup?”

“Diamonds are a girl’s best friends, and I hear The Third Wife is partial…”

“Oh, for Pete’s sake, stop being facetious; how about hearts?”

“Right now hearts are being broken, so I would advise another suit.”

“Spades?”

“Requires too much work – spades are for digging, and I don’t see any digger around.”

“Really, I can see many; digging ditches in their backyards.”

“Ditches to protect the householders from outside attack or ditches as in…in digging a grave or…”

“Stop and I am not going to give you any other option, why are you laughing?”

“There is only one suit left – clubs, so there!”

“I am not going to comment on that, but see trup is a word associated with a game of cards…”

“I thought the Game of Thrones…”

“Stop right there. Anyway, trup in Urdu is a card game and the word can be used figuratively or literally, but Trump in English is also a last name.”

“Rejected my friend – no ain, the twenty-fourth letter of the Urdu alphabet in that name?”

“Sigh”

Copyright Business Recorder, 2024

Comments

Comments are closed.

KU Dec 05, 2024 01:26pm
Wish you had lived in rural Pakistan, for many years now Tump is known as Trunk, Urdu is anything what it used to be, especially when you hear people say ''Mehsusment''.
thumb_up Recommended (0)