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بېړۍ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

beṛə́y
Pronunciation:Standard: /beṛə́y/
Noun (Feminine)plural: بېړيوOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

بېړۍ (beṛə́y) is a Pashto n-f meaning “vessel, ship; barge; boat” in English او په اردو کې د «ظرف، بھاجن، کشتی» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form بېړيو, and 8 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings4

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
vessel, ship; barge; boat[tourism]
ظرف، بھاجن، کشتی
Example in context:

د بېړۍ د پاسه

“on board”

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2
shackles, chains; fetters[regional]
بیڑیاں
Example in context:

بیړی په نیت چلیږی

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3
boat, ship, canoe; shackles, fetters[tourism]
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4
boot[tourism]
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Idioms2

اصطلاحات
Idiom

بېړۍ اړول زیان ته

to wreck a ship

Idiom

بېړۍ د د پاسه

on board

Proverbs (Mataloona)4 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«بېړۍ اکثره د ملاح کى د لاسه ډوبېږي ۔»

“The boat mostly sinks at the hands of its own boatman.”

کشتی اکثر ملاح ہی کے ہاتھوں ڈوبتی ہے۔

Cultural context: Implies that destruction often comes from those trusted most or from insiders who know the system best.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«بېړۍ د چا ډوبه کړه؟ وې خواجه خضر ۔»

“Whose boat did he sink? They said, Khwaja Khidr's.”

کشتی کس نے ڈبوئی؟ کہا خواجہ خضر نے ۔

Cultural context: Used ironically when someone responsible for safeguarding or guiding a venture ironically ends up destroying it.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«بيړۍ په نيت چلېږي.»

“The ship sails by intention.”

کشتی نیت سے چلتی ہے۔

Cultural context: Reflects the Islamic principle that the success and moral weight of any action depend entirely on the sincerity of the person's intention (Niyat).
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  • • بیړی په نیت چلیږی
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«د بیړی کار د شیطان دي»

“Hurry is the work of the devil.”

جلدی کا کام شیطان کا ہوتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Advises caution and deliberation in decision-making, teaching that rushing leads to mistakes and regret.
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  • • د بیړی کار د شیطان دی

Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
oblique, plural
بېړيوبېړيو
plural, vocative
بېړيوبېړيو
Dir Plural (-əy gāne)
بېړۍ ګانېbeṛə́y-gāne
Obl Plural (-yo)
بېړیوbeṛə́y-yo
Obl Plural (-o)
بېړوbeṛə́y-o
Direct Singular (-əy)
بېړۍbeṛə́y

Examples from corpora9

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

OALD Master Corpus

بیړی په نیت چلیږی

OALD Master Corpus

د بیړی کار د شیطان دی

Dunwoody Press (Zeeya A. Pashtoon)

بېړۍ د د پاسه

“on board”

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

Homograph 1; Flagged: origin unknown

PashDict Sovereign 34-to-1 Unified LexiconVerified Trilingual Academic Edition · CC BY 4.0

Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword بېړۍ (beṛə́y) functions as a n-f 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