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تلۍ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

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

تلۍ (tilə́y) is a Pashto n-f meaning “shaft (of an arrow)” in English او په اردو کې د «سر، تیر» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards.

Meanings3

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
shaft (of an arrow)
سر، تیر
Example in context:

تشه تلی تشه راتلی - د پچو دوړی د تلی

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2
(a single) straw
واحد، یکتا، گھاس
Example in context:

تور هم ښی تلی ، برګی ، ټکه سپینو ولووله

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3
stalk (e.g., of reed)
تنہ، مثلا، قلم
Example in context:

تشه تلی تشه راتلی - د پچو دوړی د تلی

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Proverbs (Mataloona)2 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«تشه تلی تشه راتلی - د پچو دوړی د تلی»

“Left empty-handed, returned empty-handed — the dust of illusions weighed.”

خالی ہاتھ گئے اور خالی ہاتھ لوٹے، ریت کی دھول ہی پللے پڑی۔

Cultural context: Describes a completely futile endeavor or fruitless journey where effort expended yields zero tangible return.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د تلی سر ته ګوري»

“He looks at the top of the frying pan.”

تلوے کے سر یا کڑاہی کے اوپر دیکھتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Used to describe someone who is overly eager, impatient, or focused on immediate results without proper preparation.

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-əy gāne)
تلۍ ګانېtilə́y-gāne
Obl Plural (-yo)
تلیوtilə́y-yo
Obl Plural (-o)
تلوtilə́y-o
Direct Singular (-əy)
تلۍtilə́y

Examples from corpora5

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

OALD Master Corpus

تشه تلی تشه راتلی - د پچو دوړی د تلی

OALD Master Corpus

تور هم ښی تلی ، برګی ، ټکه سپینو ولووله

PashDict Unified Lexicon

زما د بوټ تلی مات شوی دی.

“The sole of my shoe is broken.”

میرے جوتے کا تلا ٹوٹ گیا ہے۔

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

Homograph 2; Flagged: origin unknown

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword تلۍ (tilə́y) 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