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جغ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

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

جغ (ǰəγ) is a Pashto n-m meaning “yoke, harness” in English او په اردو کې د «یوغ» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form جغونه, and 8 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings4

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
yoke, harness
یوغ
Example in context:

دهقان خپل غوایی د جغ لاندې وتړل.

“The farmer tied his oxen under the yoke.”

کسان نے اپنے بیلوں کو جوے کے نیچے باندھ دیا۔

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2
hissing, sputtering (e.g., of roasting meat)
مثلا، گوشت، مانس
Example in context:

دهقان خپل غوایی د جغ لاندې وتړل.

“The farmer tied his oxen under the yoke.”

کسان نے اپنے بیلوں کو جوے کے نیچے باندھ دیا۔

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3
oppression[figurative]
ترکی، غضب
Example in context:

دهقان خپل غوایی د جغ لاندې وتړل.

“The farmer tied his oxen under the yoke.”

کسان نے اپنے بیلوں کو جوے کے نیچے باندھ دیا۔

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4
[Classical] The yoke of a plough, a yoke for oxen in general[classical]
Page 333 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

هغوی د استبداد جغ له غاړې وغورځاوه.

“They threw off the yoke of tyranny.”

انہوں نے ظلم و ستم کا جوا اپنے کندھوں سے اتار پھینکا۔

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Idioms1

اصطلاحات
Idiom

جغې ولبک د

yoke of a plow

Proverbs (Mataloona)3 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«جغ پر غاړه، او جغ غواره.»

“The yoke is on your neck, yet you search for the yoke.”

جوا گردن پر ہے، اور جوئے کی تلاش ہے۔

Cultural context: A satirical remark directed at someone who is already burdened by a problem yet foolishly looks for more trouble.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«نه جغ کوم نه سپاره، خدای يې راکې پر تياره.»

“Neither do I plow nor ride, yet God has provided for me out of the blue.”

نہ میں ہل چلاتا ہوں نہ سواری کرتا ہوں، خدا نے بیٹھے بٹھائے عطا کیا۔

Cultural context: Reflects surprise and gratitude over receiving unearned sustenance or blessings without any physical labor.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«جغ پرغاره اوجغ غواړہ.»

“The yoke is on the neck, yet you search for the yoke.”

جوا گردن پر ہے اور پھر بھی جوا ڈھونڈتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Used to mock someone who is actively searching for something that is already in their possession or right in front of them.

Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Synonyms (هم‌مانا / مترادف لغتونه)8 synonyms

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
جغونهǰəγ-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
جغونوǰəγ-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
جغانǰəγ-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
جغانوǰəγ-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
جغهǰəγ-a

Examples from corpora6

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

دهقان خپل غوایی د جغ لاندې وتړل.

“The farmer tied his oxen under the yoke.”

کسان نے اپنے بیلوں کو جوے کے نیچے باندھ دیا۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغوی د استبداد جغ له غاړې وغورځاوه.

“They threw off the yoke of tyranny.”

انہوں نے ظلم و ستم کا جوا اپنے کندھوں سے اتار پھینکا۔

Dunwoody Press (Zeeya A. Pashtoon)

جغ ې ولب ک د

“yoke of a plow”

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

Homograph 1; Flagged: origin unknown

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword جغ (ǰəγ) 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