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تم — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

tam
Pronunciation:Standard: /tam/
Noun (Masculine)plural: تمونهOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

تم (tam) is a Pashto n-m meaning “constancy” in English او په اردو کې د «تم» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form تمونه.

Meanings · Entry 14

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
constancy[rare]
تم
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2
waiting, stopped, held[general_modern]
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3
waiting, halting, standing[general_modern]
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4
delayed, lingering; being somewhere, dwelling somewhere
ہستی، سرائے، خانہ
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Proverbs (Mataloona)1 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«پټکی/لنګوټه چې له سره ولویږی، او پر وږو تم شی هم نه دی لوېدلی»

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
تمونهtam-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
تمونوtam-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
تمانtam-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
تمانوtam-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
تمهtam-a

Examples from corpora6

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

Pashto Wikipedia: تصوف

له دې وينا سره هغه نور په تور تم بدل شو او هغه صورت لوگی وگرځيد ، چې بيا يې ورته وويل ما په دغه ډول اويا تنه د طريقو خاوندان گمراه کړي دي ، مگر تا نجات وموند چا له ده نه پوښتنه وکړه ته څنگه پوه شوې ، چې دا شيطان دی

“Attested usage in 'تصوف' (تم)”

میں اس کے آنے کے انتظار میں ہوں۔

Pashto Wikipedia: اشرف غني

هغوی هم ټولو یونیفورم بدل کړ او محلي جامې یې واغوستې او تري تم شول تېر ته کتل ډېر مهم دي ، زما د لیدلوري له مخې بل طرف دا و ایا د وسلې تر فشار لاندې راغلی وای او یو له تاوتریخوالي ډک غیر قانوني اشغال ته مې مشروعیت ورکړای وای

“Attested usage in 'اشرف غني' (تم)”

میں اس کے آنے کے انتظار میں ہوں۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

زه د هغه د راتلو په تمه یم.

“I am waiting for him to come.”

میں اس کے آنے کے انتظار میں ہوں۔

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
کتل ▼

Origin Unknown

Homograph 1; Flagged: origin unknown

Entry #2 of 2 · misc

تم (misc · Entry 2)

təm
Pronunciation:Standard: /təm/
miscplural: تمونهOrigin: Native Pashto → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 23

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
[Classical] A word added by way of emphasis to the adjective تور tor , ʻblack or dark,ʼ to express total or complete darkness. ( S तमः The third of the qualities incident to humanity, the tama gun , or property of darkness, from whence proceed folly, ignorance, mental darkness, and the like. 2. Gloom, darkness). تورتم tor tam , adj. Total or complete darkness. See تورګمي or ترږمي[classical]
[کلاسيک / تاريخي]
Page 257 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

د ښه خبر په تمه اوسئ.

“Remain in expectation of good news.”

اچھی خبر کی امید میں رہیں۔

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2
[Classical] Continuance, permanence, settledness, rest[classical]
Page 257 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

موټر ناڅاپه تم شو.

“The car suddenly stopped.”

گاڑی اچانک رک گئی۔

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3
[Classical] The bark or growl of a dog or other beast[classical]
Page 293 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

د دې کار تم کله دی؟

“When is the end of this work?”

اس کام کا اختتام کب ہے؟

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword تم (tam) 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