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حجره — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

huǰrá
Pronunciation:Standard: /huǰrá/
Noun (Feminine)plural: حجریوOrigin: Arabic → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

حجره (huǰrá) is a Pashto n-f meaning “guestroom (in rural houses)” in English او په اردو کې د «حجره» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form حجریو, and 5 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings6

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
guestroom (in rural houses)[Eastern]
حجره
Example in context:

نن شپه مېلمانه په حجره کې ناست دی.

“The guests are sitting in the guest room tonight.”

آج رات مہمان حجرے میں بیٹھے ہیں۔

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2
warehouse[agriculture]
Example in context:

هغه په یوې وړې حجرې کې ژوند کوی.

“He lives in a small cell.”

وہ ایک چھوٹی سی کوٹھڑی میں رہتا ہے۔

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3
guest room, cell, unit, cage, tank; cell (biology)[science]
Example in context:

حجره دې جاروم شپه پکښی تیروم

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4
house, dwelling[science]
گھر، منزل، سرائے
Example in context:

ته بيګاه د چا په حجره کې وې؟

“At whose place did you stay yesterday?”

آج رات مہمان حجرے میں بیٹھے ہیں۔

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5
cell (of a honeycomb)[science]
خلا، شان
Example in context:

نن شپه مېلمانه په حجره کې ناست دی.

“The guests are sitting in the guest room tonight.”

آج رات مہمان حجرے میں بیٹھے ہیں۔

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6
[Classical] A cell, a closet, a chamber; at Peś̱ẖāwar and vicinity--a public apartment or hall, a resting-place for travellers, one of which is generally attached to a kandey or quarter[classical]
Page 384 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

نن شپه مېلمانه په حجره کې ناست دی.

“The guests are sitting in the guest room tonight.”

آج رات مہمان حجرے میں بیٹھے ہیں۔

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Proverbs (Mataloona)9 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«په پردئ حجره سل مېلمانه ښه وي»

“In someone else's guesthouse, a hundred guests are fine.”

پرائے گھر سو مہمان کیا ؟

Cultural context: Critiques how easy it is to be generous or unconcerned when the burden, cost, or responsibility falls entirely on someone else.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«تۀ حجره او جماعت نۀ پېژنې»

“You do not even know the Hujra and the Jamaat (community norms and religious spaces).”

تم تو حجرہ اور مسجد کی تمیز بھی نہیں !

Cultural context: In Pashtun society, the 'Hujra' (guest house) and 'Jamaat' (mosque) are the bedrock of communal etiquette, social training, and respect.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چلمه نۀ د وُنه نۀ د غنه، هسې د حجره د بجلۍ رنګ دۍ ۔»

“Neither stature nor substance, yet the guest house shines bright like lightning because of it.”

نہ اس کا قد ہے نہ قامت، پھر بھی حجرہ بجلی کی طرح چمک رہا ہے۔

Cultural context: Describes something or someone seemingly insignificant that nevertheless enlivens an entire gathering or space.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«حجره د چاروم شبه پکښې تېروم ۔»

“It is a guest house, I am just spending four nights in it.”

تمہارے حجرہ کی ایسی تیسی، میں تو رات گزارنے آیا ہوں ۔

Cultural context: Highlights the temporary nature of worldly stays, mirroring the traditional open-door policy of the Pashtun Hujra.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د حجرې ملک څوک دی؟ زه یم! د مړۍ غم او کړه!! د دې چارې نه یم ۔»

“Who is the master of the hujra? I am! Arrange food for the guests? That's not my job!”

حجرے کا سردار کون؟ میں! مہمان کے کھانے کا بندوبست کرو؟ یہ میرا کام نہیں!

Cultural context: Mocks people who eagerly claim high positions or titles for prestige but shirk the actual duties and responsibilities attached to them.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«لا دؤں ووں کښې لا حجرو کښې ۔»

“Neither in the villages nor in the guest-houses.”

نہ یہاں کے رہے نہ وہاں کے (نہ حجرے میں نہ کسی اور مقام پر)۔

Cultural context: Describes someone who is completely displaced, untethered, or missing from both private and public communal spheres.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«حجره دې جاروم شپه پکښی تیروم»

“I sweep your Hujra so I can spend the night in it.”

حجرے میں جھاڑو دوں گا اور رات یہیں گزاروں گا۔

Cultural context: Highlights a transactional relationship or mutual convenience where one performs a minor service to secure hospitality or shelter.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«حجره شته طالب يی نشته»

“The Hujra is there, but there are no Talibs (students) for it.”

حجرہ تو موجود ہے لیکن اس کے طالب علم نہیں۔

Cultural context: Used to describe a facility, institution, or traditional gathering place that lacks the people who traditionally give it life and purpose.
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  • • حجره شته طالب یی نشته
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د حجر ا غم به کورته راوړم دکور غم به چېرته يو سم»

“Should I bring the village guest-house's sorrow home, and where shall I take my own home's sorrow?”

حجرے کا غم گھر لے آؤں گا تو گھر کا غم کہاں لے جاؤں گا۔

Cultural context: Emphasizes that one must prioritize immediate family responsibilities and domestic burdens before taking on community or external troubles.

Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Obl Sg / Dir Plural (-e)
حجرېhuǰráe
Obl Plural (-o)
حجروhuǰráo
Vocative Plural (-yo)
حجریوhuǰráyo

Examples from corpora10

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

نن شپه مېلمانه په حجره کې ناست دی.

“The guests are sitting in the guest room tonight.”

آج رات مہمان حجرے میں بیٹھے ہیں۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه په یوې وړې حجرې کې ژوند کوی.

“He lives in a small cell.”

وہ ایک چھوٹی سی کوٹھڑی میں رہتا ہے۔

د پښتو متلونه (Wisdom / حکمت)

په پردئ حجره سل مېلمانه ښه وي

“In someone else's guesthouse, a hundred guests are fine. — Critiques how easy it is to be generous or unconcerned when the burden, cost, or responsibility falls entirely on someone else.”

پرائے گھر سو مہمان کیا ؟

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

Arabic (Raverty 1860)

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword حجره (huǰrá) 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