Mehndi invitation message: 12 Mehndi card wordings in Urdu, Roman Urdu and English

The Mehndi card can be the one invitation of the week that sounds like you. The Walima card is formal and the Nikah card is quiet; the Mehndi message can have dhol in it. Below are twelve Mehndi invitation texts, from the formal Rasm-e-Hina card the bride's parents send to a two-line WhatsApp group message, in Urdu, Roman Urdu and English. Replace the brackets with your names, and paste any of them onto an online Mehndi card, which plays a song when it opens. The design side, palettes and motifs, is in Mehndi card design.

Before you copy: four things every Mehndi message needs

• Whose Mehndi it is: the bride's, the groom's, or joint. Guests on the other side genuinely do not know.
• The real start time. If you write 8:00 PM and mean 9:30, write 9:00 and start at 9:30.
• The dress code, in one line. Yellow and green is the usual ask.
• Where to park, if it is at home. This one line prevents more phone calls than any other.

1. رسمی اردو: رسمِ حنا، دلہن کی طرف سے

رسمِ حنا — محترمہ! ہماری صاحبزادی [دلہن کا نام] کی رسمِ حنا کے موقع پر آپ کی شرکت ہمارے لیے باعثِ مسرت ہوگی۔ ڈھولک، گیت اور مہندی آپ کے منتظر ہیں۔ [دن، تاریخ]، [وقت]، [جگہ]۔ صرف خواتین۔ منجانب: [خاندان کا نام]

2. اردو، دولہا کی مہندی

مہندی — اللہ کے فضل سے ہمارے بیٹے [دولہا کا نام] کی شادی [دلہن کا نام] سے طے پائی ہے۔ مہندی کی رات آپ کے بغیر ادھوری ہے۔ [دن، تاریخ]، [وقت]، [جگہ]۔ عشائیہ ساتھ ہوگا۔ لباس: پیلا یا ہرا۔ منجانب: [خاندان کا نام]

3. اردو، بے تکلف

[دلہن کا نام] کی مہندی ہے! [دن، تاریخ] کو [وقت] بجے، [جگہ]۔ پیلا پہن کر آنا، گانے یاد کر کے آنا، اور دیر مت کرنا۔ تفصیل اور نقشہ: [لنک]

4. Roman Urdu, thori masti ke saath

[Dulhan] ki Mehndi hai, aur dhol tumhare baghair nahi bajega! [Din, tareekh], [waqt] baje, [jagah]. Peela ya hara pehen kar aao, gaane practice kar ke aao. Card aur map: [link]. – [Naam]

5. Roman Urdu, mukhtasir

Assalam o Alaikum! [Doolha] ki Mehndi [din, tareekh] ko [waqt] baje [jagah] mein hai. Poori family ke saath aayein. Card: [link]. – [Naam] aur ghar wale

6. English, short

[Bride]'s Mehndi. [Day, Date], [Time], [Venue]. Wear your brightest yellow and bring your voice. Card and map: [link].

7. English, a little formal

Mr. and Mrs. [Name] invite you to the Mehndi of their daughter [Bride] on [Day, Date] at [Time], [Venue]. Dinner will follow. Colours of the evening: yellow and green. We look forward to celebrating with you.

8. Joint Mehndi, both families

Ek hi raat, dono gharon ki Mehndi! [Dulhan] aur [Doolha] ki joint Mehndi [din, tareekh] ko [waqt] baje [jagah] mein hai. Dono families ke dost aur rishtedar invited hain; dhol ka muqabla tay hai. Card aur map: [link]. – [Dulhan ke ghar wale] aur [Doolha ke ghar wale]

9. Ladies only

رسمِ حنا، صرف خواتین کے لیے۔ [دلہن کا نام] کی مہندی [دن، تاریخ] کو [وقت] بجے [جگہ] میں ہے۔ اپنی بیٹیوں اور بہوؤں کو ساتھ لائیں۔ کارڈ: [لنک]۔ Roman Urdu: Rasm-e-Hina, sirf khawateen. [Dulhan] ki Mehndi [tareekh] ko [waqt] baje [jagah] mein; apni betiyon aur bahuon ko saath layein.

10. Home Mehndi, with the parking note

[Dulhan] ki Mehndi ghar par hai: [ghar ka number, gali, ilaqa], [landmark] ke saath. [Din, tareekh], [waqt] baje. Gali tang hai, gaari [parking ki jagah] par chhor kar aayein; map pin card par hai: [link]. – [Naam]

11. WhatsApp group line

Mehndi alert! [Dulhan] ki Mehndi [din] ko hai, [waqt] baje, [jagah]. Dress code peela. Sab ki haazri lazmi, RSVP card par kar do: [link]

12. Reminder, the day before

Kal Mehndi hai! [Waqt] baje, [jagah]. Peela nikaal lo, map card par hai: [link]. Milte hain. Reminder lines for the other functions are in wedding invitation messages for WhatsApp.

Mehndi card wording: small rules

• Say Rasm-e-Hina for the bride's side if elders are on the list; say Mehndi for the groom's and for a joint night.
• The bride's name comes first on her Mehndi, the groom's on his; on a joint card, the bride's name first.
• Write 'dinner' or 'khana' if there is one; guests eat before they come otherwise.
• Keep the religious opening short or leave it out; the Mehndi card is the one place where a plain 'Mehndi' heading is fine.
• If the Dholki nights are separate, do not list them here; send the close circle a Dholki invitation of its own.

Aam sawalat

• Mehndi invitation message Urdu mein likhein ya Roman mein? Bazurgon ko Urdu, cousins ko Roman Urdu; digital card par text ek hi baar likhna hota hai aur Urdu/English dono labels saath rehte hain.
• Mehendi ya Mehndi? Dono sahi hain; Pakistan mein 'Mehndi' aam hai.
• Mehndi ka card Baraat card se alag kyun bhejte hain? Kyunke Mehndi ki guest list chhoti hoti hai; ek card par Mehndi ko alag function rakh kar sirf un mehmanon ko tick karein, dekhein what a private guest link is.
• Card par Mehndi song lag sakta hai? Haan, mehman card kholay to chalta hai; design Jashan-e-Bahara par muft try karein.

Pick a message, open Jashan-e-Bahara or Elegant Wedding with your names, and the Mehndi card is done before the dhol arrives. The Nikah that follows is in nikah invitation message, and the Baraat in barat invitation message in Urdu.

Formal Urdu heading ke saath: rasm-e-hina card wording.