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باک — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

bāk
Pronunciation:Standard: /bāk/
Noun (Masculine)plural: باکونهOrigin: Persian → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

باک (bāk) is a Pashto n-m meaning “fear; apprehension, worry; anxiety” in English او په اردو کې د «آسنکا، خوف، اندیشہ» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form باکونه, and 4 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings9

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
fear; apprehension, worry; anxiety
آسنکا، خوف، اندیشہ
Example in context:

هغه د دښمن له ګواښه هیڅ باک نه لری.

“He has no fear of the enemy's threat.”

اسے دشمن کی دھمکی کا کوئی خوف نہیں ہے۔

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2
A man’s name, Barak[classical]
Example in context:

په دې کار کې هیڅ باک نشته.

“There is no harm or concern in doing this.”

اس کام میں کوئی حرج یا فکر کی بات نہیں ہے۔

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3
Measurement; fault, flaw, error, a. Diminutive, small, less, little[classical]
Example in context:

دغه سوداګری ډېر باک لری.

“This business carries a lot of risk of loss.”

اس کاروبار میں نقصان کا بہت اندیشہ ہے۔

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4
fear, anxiety, unrest[general_modern]
Example in context:

خوار چې خوار سی، باک ئې نشته عزیز کرده سړی چې خوار شی تل دی ژاړی

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5
care[general_modern]
Example in context:

زر که پاک وی له اوره یې څه باک وی

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6
who cares[general_modern]
Example in context:

هغه د دښمن له ګواښه هیڅ باک نه لری.

“He has no fear of the enemy's threat.”

اسے دشمن کی دھمکی کا کوئی خوف نہیں ہے۔

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7
daunt[general_modern]
Example in context:

هغه د دښمن له ګواښه هیڅ باک نه لری.

“He has no fear of the enemy's threat.”

اسے دشمن کی دھمکی کا کوئی خوف نہیں ہے۔

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8
concern
فکر، غم
Example in context:

هغه د دښمن له ګواښه هیڅ باک نه لری.

“He has no fear of the enemy's threat.”

اسے دشمن کی دھمکی کا کوئی خوف نہیں ہے۔

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9
[Classical] Fear, dread, care, anxiety, misgiving. Sing. and[classical]
Page 84 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Persian
Example in context:

هغه د دښمن له ګواښه هیڅ باک نه لری.

“He has no fear of the enemy's threat.”

اسے دشمن کی دھمکی کا کوئی خوف نہیں ہے۔

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Idioms1

اصطلاحات
Idiom

باک کول

to be afraid, take

Proverbs (Mataloona)4 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«له بې باکو مي څه باک شی، چې پردی کور بې اتاک شی.»

“Why should I fear the reckless, when the stranger's house is left without a master?”

بے باکوں سے مجھے کیا ڈر، جبکہ غیر کا گھر ویران پڑا ہو۔

Cultural context: Reflects the stoic attitude towards threats when one has already witnessed or experienced greater losses.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«نه غل یم، نه د چا باک لرم»

“I am neither a thief, nor do I fear anyone.”

نہ میں چور ہوں اور نہ کسی سے ڈرتا ہوں۔

Cultural context: Emphasizes personal integrity and innocence as a source of absolute fearlessness and honor.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«خوار چې خوار سی، باک ئې نشته عزیز کرده سړی چې خوار شی تل دی ژاړی»

ولسي متل (Proverb)

«زر که پاک وی له اوره یې څه باک وی»

Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Synonyms (هم‌مانا / مترادف لغتونه)4 synonyms

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
باکونهbāk-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
باکونوbāk-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
باکانbāk-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
باکانوbāk-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
باکهbāk-a

Examples from corpora5

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

Attested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه د دښمن له ګواښه هیڅ باک نه لری.

“He has no fear of the enemy's threat.”

اسے دشمن کی دھمکی کا کوئی خوف نہیں ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

په دې کار کې هیڅ باک نشته.

“There is no harm or concern in doing this.”

اس کام میں کوئی حرج یا فکر کی بات نہیں ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

دغه سوداګری ډېر باک لری.

“This business carries a lot of risk of loss.”

اس کاروبار میں نقصان کا بہت اندیشہ ہے۔

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
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Persian

Persian (Raverty 1860)

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword باک (bāk) 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.

Peer-reviewed lexicographical standard · Open Pashto Corpus Edition

Nearby words

نږدې او ورته لغتونه