Biography in urdu language

desi4life said:

Isn't there a difference between आत्मकथा vs. आपबीती, and जीवनी vs. जगबीती? I interpret आत्मकथा to mean autobiography (a complete description of one's life) and आपबीती to mean a description of one's experience (could be a particular experience and therefore not an autobiography). Likewise, I interpret जीवनी to mean biography (a complete description of another person's life) and जगबीती to mean a description of another person's experience (could be a particular experience and therefore not a biography). Are my interpretations correct, or does आत्मकथा = आपबीती and जीवनी = जगबीती? @Maharaj, @Englishmypassion, @aevynn, @Dib, @littlepond, and others are welcome to weigh in.

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@desi4lifeJii. I don't know if you feel your query has been responded or not to your satisfaction but I'll have a go, form an Urdu perspective, because I am not familiar with all the terms you have listed in your post.

"aap-biitii" indeed can signify a particular personal event which one has encountered in one's life. However, it is also used for "autobiography" in Urdu. There are other words of course but I would say this is perhaps the more common one.

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