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حصار — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

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

حصار (hisā́r) is a Pashto n-m meaning “stronghold, fort, fortification” in English او په اردو کې د «درگ، گڑھ، دژ» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form حصارونه, and 4 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings11

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
stronghold, fort, fortification
درگ، گڑھ، دژ
Example in context:

د ښار پخوانی حصار لا هم ولاړ دی.

“The old fortress of the city is still standing.”

شہر کا پرانا قلعہ اب بھی کھڑا ہے۔

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2
fencing, barrier, wall, inclosure[general_modern]
Example in context:

هغه د خپل یقین په حصار کې ژوند کوی.

“He lives within the fortress of his own conviction.”

وہ اپنے یقین کے حصار میں رہتا ہے۔

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3
fence, wall
احاطہ، چاردیواری، دیوار
Example in context:

د ښار پخوانی حصار لا هم ولاړ دی.

“The old fortress of the city is still standing.”

شہر کا پرانا قلعہ اب بھی کھڑا ہے۔

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4
encirclement, siege, blockade
بیڑا
Example in context:

د ښار پخوانی حصار لا هم ولاړ دی.

“The old fortress of the city is still standing.”

شہر کا پرانا قلعہ اب بھی کھڑا ہے۔

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5
roadblock
حصار
Example in context:

د ښار پخوانی حصار لا هم ولاړ دی.

“The old fortress of the city is still standing.”

شہر کا پرانا قلعہ اب بھی کھڑا ہے۔

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6
difficulty; obstacle[figurative]
تکلیف، کٹھنائی، اٹک
Example in context:

د ښار پخوانی حصار لا هم ولاړ دی.

“The old fortress of the city is still standing.”

شہر کا پرانا قلعہ اب بھی کھڑا ہے۔

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7
at bay (of an animal)[predicative]
خلیج، کھاڑی، حیوان
Example in context:

د ښار پخوانی حصار لا هم ولاړ دی.

“The old fortress of the city is still standing.”

شہر کا پرانا قلعہ اب بھی کھڑا ہے۔

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8
besieged, blockaded
حصار
Example in context:

د ښار پخوانی حصار لا هم ولاړ دی.

“The old fortress of the city is still standing.”

شہر کا پرانا قلعہ اب بھی کھڑا ہے۔

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9
being in a difficult situation[figurative]
ہستی، کٹھن، کڑا
Example in context:

د ښار پخوانی حصار لا هم ولاړ دی.

“The old fortress of the city is still standing.”

شہر کا پرانا قلعہ اب بھی کھڑا ہے۔

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10
limited, restricted
منحصر، مقید
Example in context:

د ښار پخوانی حصار لا هم ولاړ دی.

“The old fortress of the city is still standing.”

شہر کا پرانا قلعہ اب بھی کھڑا ہے۔

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11
[Classical] A fort, a fortress. بالا هسار bālā hisār , or بالا سار bālā-sār (corrup. of بالاحصار ) A fort, a fortification[classical]
Page 388 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

د ښار پخوانی حصار لا هم ولاړ دی.

“The old fortress of the city is still standing.”

شہر کا پرانا قلعہ اب بھی کھڑا ہے۔

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Proverbs (Mataloona)1 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«حصار ګیدړ د زمری سره جنګ کوی»

Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Synonyms (هم‌مانا / مترادف لغتونه)4 synonyms

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
حصارونهhisā́r-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
حصارونوhisā́r-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
حصارانhisā́r-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
حصارانوhisā́r-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
حصارهhisā́r-a

Examples from corpora2

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

د ښار پخوانی حصار لا هم ولاړ دی.

“The old fortress of the city is still standing.”

شہر کا پرانا قلعہ اب بھی کھڑا ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه د خپل یقین په حصار کې ژوند کوی.

“He lives within the fortress of his own conviction.”

وہ اپنے یقین کے حصار میں رہتا ہے۔

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
کتل ▼

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 حصار (hisā́r) 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