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Window or door draft

Urdu translation: کھڑکی یا دروازے کی درزوں سے آنے والی ہوا

15:05 Aug 3, 2009
English to Urdu translations [PRO]
Construction / Civil Engineering / building
English term or phrase: Window or door draft
Part of a door or a window
Muhammad khan
Australia
Local time: 20:35
Urdu translation:کھڑکی یا دروازے کی درزوں سے آنے والی ہوا
Explanation:
Although a "draft" in the given category makes most sense as a drawing or "خاکہ" as has been proposed, the fact that the adjectives "window" and "door" have been used with it makes me think if it is referring to its other more common meaning: In US and Canada a "window draft" or a "door draft" typically refers to that air, especially the cold air in winter, that flows through from the leaks and crevices of windows and doors.

Given more context it can be determined which meaning is correct here.

Here is an example of a website showing the general meaning of the term:
http://www.improvementscatalog.com/home/improvements/55378-w...

Here are two definitions of "draft" for this particular meaning, from Dictionary.com:

4. a current of air in any enclosed space, esp. in a room, chimney, or stove.
5. a current of air moving in an upward or downward direction.
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Qudsia Lone
United States
Local time: 08:35
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3کھڑکی یا دروازے کی درزوں سے آنے والی ہوا
Qudsia Lone
4کھڑکی یا دروازے کا خاکہ
Ramesh Bhatt


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
window or door draft
کھڑکی یا دروازے کا خاکہ


Explanation:
Not needed.

Ramesh Bhatt
Nepal
Local time: 18:20
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Haris Ali Dogar: Very right
6 mins
  -> Thank you very much!
disagree  Muhammad Abbas Saqib: Please follow the Qudsia's link.No doubt,she is right.
12 hrs
  -> Thank you very much.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
window or door draft
کھڑکی یا دروازے کی درزوں سے آنے والی ہوا


Explanation:
Although a "draft" in the given category makes most sense as a drawing or "خاکہ" as has been proposed, the fact that the adjectives "window" and "door" have been used with it makes me think if it is referring to its other more common meaning: In US and Canada a "window draft" or a "door draft" typically refers to that air, especially the cold air in winter, that flows through from the leaks and crevices of windows and doors.

Given more context it can be determined which meaning is correct here.

Here is an example of a website showing the general meaning of the term:
http://www.improvementscatalog.com/home/improvements/55378-w...

Here are two definitions of "draft" for this particular meaning, from Dictionary.com:

4. a current of air in any enclosed space, esp. in a room, chimney, or stove.
5. a current of air moving in an upward or downward direction.


Example sentence(s):
  • دروازوں اور کھڑکیوں کی درزوں سے آنے والی ٹھنڈی ہوا کی وجہ سے گھر کو گرم رکھنے کا خرچہ بہت بڑھ جاتا ہے۔

    Reference: http://www.improvementscatalog.com/home/improvements/55378-w...
Qudsia Lone
United States
Local time: 08:35
Native speaker of: Urdu
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muhammad Abbas Saqib: You are 100% accurate Qudsia, Great research and thanks for increasing our knowledge.Please guys,stay away from literal translation.Follow the Qudsia's example.We all have dictionaries,it does not mean we submit wordly translations.
10 hrs
agree  Ramesh Bhatt: You are perfectly correct. I knew not "draft" had such a sense as well.
12 hrs
  -> In North America, it's a common problem in winter. But given the category of the question I still think more context is needed, perhaps there is another technical/architectural meaning of draft.
agree  Haris Ali Dogar: Amazing Research! but I think asker wants some thing different as he explained door draft as "Part of a door or a window"
7 days
  -> It is because of the asker's explanation that I said that more context was needed. It is possible that the asker was also not aware of the exact meaning. I would still prefer more context though.
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