تبرغان — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
تبرغان (tabarγā́n) is a Pashto n-m meaning “marmot (Marmota)” in English او په اردو کې د «تبرغان» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form تبرغانونه.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونهد ښوروا د خوند لپاره مې په کې تبرغان واچاوه.
“I added tabarghan to the soup for flavor.”
میں نے شوربے کے ذائقے کے لیے اس میں تبرغان ڈالا۔
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | تبرغانونه | tabarγā́n-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | تبرغانونو | tabarγā́n-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | تبرغانان | tabarγā́n-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | تبرغانانو | tabarγā́n-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | تبرغانه | tabarγā́n-a |
Examples from corpora1
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
د ښوروا د خوند لپاره مې په کې تبرغان واچاوه.
“I added tabarghan to the soup for flavor.”
میں نے شوربے کے ذائقے کے لیے اس میں تبرغان ڈالا۔
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پښتوتبرغان
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword تبرغان (tabarγā́n) 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.