خچن — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
خچن (xəčə́n) is a Pashto adj meaning “slimy” in English او په اردو کې د «خچن» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form خچنې, and 9 verified thesaurus relations.
Meanings4
ماناوې او تعریفونهخپل خچن لاسونه په صابون ومینځه.
“Wash your dirty hands with soap.”
اپنے گندے ہاتھ صابن سے دھو لو۔
هغه د خچنو جامو په اغوستلو سره ښوونځی ته لاړ.
“He went to school wearing dirty clothes.”
وہ گندے کپڑے پہن کر اسکول گیا۔
خپل خچن لاسونه په صابون ومینځه.
“Wash your dirty hands with soap.”
اپنے گندے ہاتھ صابن سے دھو لو۔
خپل خچن لاسونه په صابون ومینځه.
“Wash your dirty hands with soap.”
اپنے گندے ہاتھ صابن سے دھو لو۔
Proverbs (Mataloona)1 unique
ولسي متلونه«خپل غولی خچن د بل جارو»
“Your own courtyard is dirty, yet you sweep another's.”
اپنا آنگن گندا ہے اور دوسروں کا صاف کرتے ہو۔
Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)
Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Fem Singular (-a) | خچنه | xəčə́n-a |
Fem Plural (-e) | خچنې | xəčə́n-e |
Plural Oblique (-o) | خچنو | xəčə́n-o |
Abstract Noun (-wālay) | خچنوالی | xəčə́n-wālay |
State / Quality (-tob) | خچنتوب | xəčə́n-tob |
Comparative (-tar) | خچنتر | xəčə́n-tar |
Superlative (-tarīn) | خچنترین | xəčə́n-tarīn |
Factitive Verb (To make ...) | خچن کول | xəčə́n kawəl |
Inchoative Verb (To become ...) | خچن کېدل | xəčə́n kedəl |
Examples from corpora2
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
خپل خچن لاسونه په صابون ومینځه.
“Wash your dirty hands with soap.”
اپنے گندے ہاتھ صابن سے دھو لو۔
هغه د خچنو جامو په اغوستلو سره ښوونځی ته لاړ.
“He went to school wearing dirty clothes.”
وہ گندے کپڑے پہن کر اسکول گیا۔
Derived Forms2
اشتقاقي بڼېد کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Native Pashto
Native Pashto (Raverty 1860)
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword خچن (xəčə́n) 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.