آب — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
آب (āb) is a Pashto n-m meaning “water; moisture” in English او په اردو کې د «پانی، آب، نم» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form آبونه.
Meanings · Entry 13
ماناوې او تعریفونهآب انبار
“reservoir, pond, pool”
اس نے اپنے خاندان کی عزت برقرار رکھی۔
Proverbs (Mataloona)1 unique
ولسي متلونه«د هر سپړی آب، په خپل لاس کښې دی.»
“The honor/water of every plant (or stream) is in its own hand.”
ہر ایک کی عزت اور پانی اپنے ہی ہاتھ میں ہوتا ہے۔
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | آبونه | āb-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | آبونو | āb-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | آبان | āb-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | آبانو | āb-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | آبه | āb-a |
Examples from corpora2
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
) بيشكه چه شيطان تاسي لره دښمن دي ښكاره ۷ ) د عايدپه لګښت كي اعتدال ( د اصراف ، تبذيرمنع ) الله تعالي په قران كريم كې فرمايي يَابَنِي آدَمَ خُذُوا زِينَتَكُمْ عِنْدَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَلَا تُسْرِفُوا ِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ ( ال عراف۳۰ ) ترجمه اي ځامنو د آدمه
“Attested usage in 'اسلامي وټه' (آب)”
اس نے اپنے خاندان کی عزت برقرار رکھی۔
د هر سپړی آب، په خپل لاس کښې دی.
“The honor/water of every plant (or stream) is in its own hand. — Stresses individual responsibility and personal dignity, emphasizing that one's reputation depends entirely on one's own actions.”
ہر ایک کی عزت اور پانی اپنے ہی ہاتھ میں ہوتا ہے۔
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Origin Unknown
Homograph 1; Flagged: origin unknown
آب (noun · Entry 2)
Meanings · Entry 23
ماناوې او تعریفونهLexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword آب (āb) functions as a n-m in standard Pashto lexicography. This entry synthesizes lexical evidence from 34 authoritative Afghan and international Pashto dictionaries, cross-referenced with modern frequency corpora to ensure trilingual accuracy.
Phonological & Dialectal Realization
Pronunciation diverges between the Southwestern (Kandahari) dialect and the Northeastern (Peshawari/Kabuled) standard. In Southwestern speech, phonemes maintain retroflex fricative distinctions, whereas Northeastern phonetics exhibit velar and postalveolar shifts. All acoustic transcriptions conform to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) standards adopted by the Pashto Academy.