Vocabulary
Parlance
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest.
Urdu meaning
اصطلاح، گفتگو، محاورہ، بولی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Criminals send extortion demands to traders known as parchi in street parlance often accompanied by a bullet to ensure the chilling message hits home: pay up or else.
Dawn Editorials —
Extortion racket
— 2025-10-09
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What in local parlance is called `shamilar deh` served agricultural, grazing and many other purposes, and remained somewhat immune to the capitalistic logics of private property.
Dawn Editorials —
Held in limbo
— 2025-05-23
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This is particularly pronounced in constitutional cases where the language employed has an open-ended texture or a moral connotation, thus such cases in legal parlance are termed `hard cases`.
Dawn Editorials —
Labelling of judges
— 2025-02-01
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This is particularly pronounced in constitutional cases where the language employed has an open-ended texture or a moral connotation, thus such cases in legal parlance are termed `hard cases`.
Dawn Editorials —
Labelling of judges
— 2025-02-01
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This is long before fake news or misinformation became common parlance.
Dawn Editorials —
Syria on my mind
— 2024-12-15
Synonyms
jargon, language, phraseology, idiom, -speak, talk, speech,
Antonyms
standard, listening, silence
Curator example
“dated terms that were once in common parlance”
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About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
so you can see tone and usage.
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