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حرص — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

hirs
Pronunciation:Standard: /hirs/
Noun (Masculine)plural: حرصونهOrigin: Arabic → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

حرص (hirs) is a Pashto n-m meaning “greed, avidity, stinginess” in English او په اردو کې د «ہوس» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form حرصونه, and 15 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings4

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
greed, avidity, stinginess
ہوس
Example in context:

د حرص له امله انسان خپل سکون له لاسه ورکوی.

“Because of greed, a person loses their peace of mind.”

لالچ کی وجہ سے انسان اپنا سکون کھو دیتا ہے۔

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2
greed, passionate desire, lust[general_modern]
Example in context:

هغه د حرص په وجه هر څه له لاسه ورکړل.

“He lost everything because of his greed.”

اس نے لالچ کی وجہ سے سب کچھ کھو دیا۔

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3
avarice[general_modern]
Example in context:

انسان زړیږی حرص ئی ځوانیږی

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4
[Classical] Desiring eagerly, greediness, avidity, avarice, ambition[classical]
Page 386 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

د حرص له امله انسان خپل سکون له لاسه ورکوی.

“Because of greed, a person loses their peace of mind.”

لالچ کی وجہ سے انسان اپنا سکون کھو دیتا ہے۔

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Idioms1

اصطلاحات
Idiom

حرص کول

to desire passionately, lust after

Proverbs (Mataloona)11 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ادے ! ژه روئې (حرصناک) نۀ يم - ماته خو ئے په زمکه راواچوه»

“Mother! I am not greedy - just toss it down on the ground for me.”

اماں! میں حریص نہیں—میرے آگے تو زمین ہی پر پھینک دو۔

Cultural context: A satirical remark highlighting hypocritical greed, where someone denies being impatient or greedy while showing intense eagerness for food.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«پلاتک دائے حرص من دے لکه سورکۂ مچھرے ۔»

“So-and-so is as greedy as a red ant.”

فلاں لال چیونٹی جیسا حریص ہے ۔

Cultural context: Used in daily folklore to mock someone's extreme greed or stinginess by comparing them to small, ceaselessly foraging insects.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چِه بنیادم زوړیږی حرص ئے زیاتیږی ۔»

“As a person grows older, their greed and attachment to worldly desires increase.”

آدمی جب بوڑھا ہوتا ہے تو اس کی ہوس جوان ہو جاتی ہے ۔

Cultural context: Observes the ironic human condition where physical decline is often accompanied by an intensified craving for wealth and longevity.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چِه پَه ډېر حرص نۀ غواړى هغه کم خوري»

“He who desires with excessive greed ends up eating little.”

جو زیادہ حریص ہوتا ہے، وہ کم پاتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Warns against greed, teaching that moderation brings stability while excessive desire often results in deprivation.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چِه سرَے زړېږِی حرص ئې زياتېږِی ۔»

“As a person grows older, their greed and attachment to worldly things increase.”

عمر کے ساتھو حرص و ہوس بڑھتی ہے ۔

Cultural context: A commentary on human nature noting that despite approaching the end of life, people often become more avaricious.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د حرص سترګې په قناعت مړه پړی ۔»

“The eyes of greed are only satisfied by contentment.”

حریص آنکھیں قناعت ہی سے سیر ہوتی ہیں۔

Cultural context: Highlights the virtue of Qana'at (contentment) as the only effective antidote to endless greed and covetousness.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«چي په ډير حرص يی غواړی، هغه کم خوری.»

“That which you desire with intense greed, you will enjoy the least.”

جس چیز کو بہت حرص سے مانگو گے، وہ کم ہی ملے گی۔

Cultural context: Warns against extreme greed and covetousness, emphasizing contentment over obsessive desire in Pashtun ethics.
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  • • چی په ډیر حرص یی غواړی هغه کم مومی.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«انسان زړیږی حرص ئي ځوانیږي»

“As man ages, his greed grows younger.”

انسان بوڑھا ہوتا جاتا ہے لیکن اس کا حرص جوان ہوتا جاتا ہے۔

Cultural context: A cautionary remark on human nature, observing that materialistic desires and greed often intensify as people grow older.
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  • • انسان زړیږی حرص ئی ځوانیږی
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چې سړى زړيږي حرص زياتيږي»

“As a person grows older, greed increases.”

جوں جوں انسان بوڑھا ہوتا ہے، اس کی حطمع اور حرص بڑھتی جاتی ہے۔

Cultural context: A philosophical observation on human nature, noting that worldly desires often intensify as one approaches the end of life.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«د حرص غمی نه ډکیږي»

“The eye of greed is never filled.”

لالچی کی آنکھ کبھی نہیں بھرتی۔

Cultural context: A moral warning against unchecked greed, stating that material hunger is insatiable until death.
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  • • د حرص غمی نه ډکیږی
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«سړی چې شتمن شی، حرص زیاتېږی»

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
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
حرصونهhirs-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
حرصونوhirs-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
حرصانhirs-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
حرصانوhirs-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
حرصهhirs-a

Examples from corpora14

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

د حرص له امله انسان خپل سکون له لاسه ورکوی.

“Because of greed, a person loses their peace of mind.”

لالچ کی وجہ سے انسان اپنا سکون کھو دیتا ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه د حرص په وجه هر څه له لاسه ورکړل.

“He lost everything because of his greed.”

اس نے لالچ کی وجہ سے سب کچھ کھو دیا۔

Dunwoody Press (Zeeya A. Pashtoon)

حرص ول ک

“to desire passionately, lust after”

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

Arabic (Raverty 1860)

PashDict Sovereign 34-to-1 Unified LexiconVerified Trilingual Academic Edition · CC BY 4.0

Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword حرص (hirs) 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