خې — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
خې (xe) is a Pashto n-f meaning “the name for the letter خ” in English او په اردو کې د «نام، اسم، حرف» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form خېې.
Meanings · Entry 12
ماناوې او تعریفونهProverbs (Mataloona)1 unique
ولسي متلونه«تېره خې د خوار په سر لګي»
“The falling stone always hits the head of the poor.”
پتھر غریب ہی کے سر پر گرتا ہے (مصیبت ہمیشہ کمزور پر ہی پڑتی ہے)۔
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-e) | خېې | xe-e |
Obl Plural (-o) | خېو | xe-o |
Examples from corpora1
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
تېره خې د خوار په سر لګي
“The falling stone always hits the head of the poor. — Reflects the social reality where society's burdens and hardships disproportionately fall upon the vulnerable and underprivileged.”
پتھر غریب ہی کے سر پر گرتا ہے (مصیبت ہمیشہ کمزور پر ہی پڑتی ہے)۔
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Origin Unknown
Homograph 1; Flagged: origin unknown
خې (adj · Entry 2)
Meanings · Entry 21
ماناوې او تعریفونهخې کول
“to bring to the knees (a camel)”
خے پشتو حروفِ تہجی میں ایک منفرد آواز رکھتا ہے۔
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword خې (xe) functions as a n-f 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.