خلخنډه — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
خلخنډه (xalxanḍá) is a Pashto adj meaning “ugly” in English او په اردو کې د «مردار، برا» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form خلخنډهې.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونهGrammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Fem Singular (-a) | خلخنډهه | xalxanḍá-a |
Fem Plural (-e) | خلخنډهې | xalxanḍá-e |
Plural Oblique (-o) | خلخنډهو | xalxanḍá-o |
Abstract Noun (-wālay) | خلخنډهوالی | xalxanḍá-wālay |
State / Quality (-tob) | خلخنډهتوب | xalxanḍá-tob |
Comparative (-tar) | خلخنډهتر | xalxanḍá-tar |
Superlative (-tarīn) | خلخنډهترین | xalxanḍá-tarīn |
Factitive Verb (To make ...) | خلخنډه کول | xalxanḍá kawəl |
Inchoative Verb (To become ...) | خلخنډه کېدل | xalxanḍá kedəl |
Derived Forms2
اشتقاقي بڼېد کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
پښتوخلخنډه
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword خلخنډه (xalxanḍá) functions as a adj 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.