تمدن — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
تمدن (tamaddún) is a Pashto n-m meaning “civilization” in English او په اردو کې د «آبادانی، تہذیب» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form تمدنونه, and 6 verified thesaurus relations.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونهد لرغونی افغانستان تمدن ډېر بډای دی.
“The civilization of ancient Afghanistan is very rich.”
قدیم افغانستان کی تہذیب بہت امیر ہے۔
Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)
Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | تمدنونه | tamaddún-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | تمدنونو | tamaddún-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | تمدنان | tamaddún-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | تمدنانو | tamaddún-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | تمدنه | tamaddún-a |
Examples from corpora2
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
د لرغونی افغانستان تمدن ډېر بډای دی.
“The civilization of ancient Afghanistan is very rich.”
قدیم افغانستان کی تہذیب بہت امیر ہے۔
تعلیم د تمدن د پرمختګ لپاره اړین دی.
“Education is essential for the advancement of civilization.”
تعلیم تہذیب کی ترقی کے لیے ضروری ہے۔
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
پښتوتمدن
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword تمدن (tamaddún) 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.