توغ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
توغ (tuγ) is a Pashto n-m meaning “banner” in English او په اردو کې د «پرچم، دھوج» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form توغونه.
Meanings · Entry 13
ماناوې او تعریفونهProverbs (Mataloona)1 unique
ولسي متلونه«توغى يې ګټۍ، نيغى يې بايلود»
“He won the flag, but lost the upright pole.”
جھنڈا تو جیت لیا لیکن سیدھا کھمبا گنوا بیٹھا۔
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | توغونه | tuγ-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | توغونو | tuγ-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | توغان | tuγ-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | توغانو | tuγ-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | توغه | tuγ-a |
Examples from corpora2
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
چېرې هم دده په مخ کې روښنایی ځی -- اورنګ زېب چې په دروغ بلند کړ توغ
توغى يې ګټۍ، نيغى يې بايلود
“He won the flag, but lost the upright pole. — Used when someone wins a minor or symbolic victory while losing something of much greater foundational value.”
جھنڈا تو جیت لیا لیکن سیدھا کھمبا گنوا بیٹھا۔
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Origin Unknown
Homograph 1; Flagged: origin unknown
توغ (n-m · Entry 2)
Meanings · Entry 22
ماناوې او تعریفونهچېرې هم دده په مخ کې روښنایی ځی -- اورنګ زېب چې په دروغ بلند کړ توغ
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword توغ (tuγ) 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.