بست — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
بست (bust) is a Pashto n-m meaning “Bust (city)” in English او په اردو کې د «پستان، شہر، پور» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form بستونه.
Meanings · Entry 11
ماناوې او تعریفونههغه خپل بست په المارۍ کې کېښود.
“He put his bedding in the cupboard.”
اس نے اپنا بستر الماری میں رکھ دیا۔
Idioms1
اصطلاحاتبست می ئ دا
permanent personnel
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | بستونه | bust-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | بستونو | bust-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | بستان | bust-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | بستانو | bust-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | بسته | bust-a |
Examples from corpora4
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
هغه خپل بست په المارۍ کې کېښود.
“He put his bedding in the cupboard.”
اس نے اپنا بستر الماری میں رکھ دیا۔
د دې دفتر په بست کې دوه نوی کارکوونکی اضافه شول.
“Two new employees were added to the organization's structure.”
اس دفتر کے ڈھانچے میں دو نئے ملازمین کا اضافہ کیا گیا۔
می ئ دا
“permanent personnel”
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Origin Unknown
Homograph 3; Flagged: origin unknown
بست (n-m · Entry 2)
Meanings · Entry 25
ماناوې او تعریفونهدائمي بست
“permanent personnel”
اس نے اپنا بستر الماری میں رکھ دیا۔
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword بست (bust) 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.