خنګ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
خنګ (xing) is a Pashto adective meaning “embarrassed; ashamed” in English او په اردو کې د «پشیمان» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form خنګونه.
Meanings · Entry 11
ماناوې او تعریفونهGrammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | خنګونه | xing-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | خنګونو | xing-ūno |
Examples from corpora2
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
د شپې د یخنۍ له امله اوبه خنګې شوې.
“The water became frozen due to the night's cold.”
رات کی سردی کی وجہ سے پانی جم گیا۔
هغه د خپلې تېروتنې له امله په خنګ کې شو.
“He felt ashamed because of his mistake.”
وہ اپنی غلطی کی وجہ سے شرمندہ ہوا۔
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Origin Unknown
Homograph 1; Flagged: origin unknown
خنګ (n-m · Entry 2)
Meanings · Entry 21
ماناوې او تعریفونهد شپې د یخنۍ له امله اوبه خنګې شوې.
“The water became frozen due to the night's cold.”
رات کی سردی کی وجہ سے پانی جم گیا۔
خنگ (noun_m · Entry 3)
Meanings · Entry 33
ماناوې او تعریفونهLexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword خنګ (xing) functions as a adective 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.