دراست — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
دراست (dirāsát) is a Pashto n-m meaning “studies; learning” in English او په اردو کې د «علم، دانش» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form دراستونه.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونهد درافتن ګ سامان
“drawing implements”
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | دراستونه | dirāsát-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | دراستونو | dirāsát-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | دراستان | dirāsát-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | دراستانو | dirāsát-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | دراسته | dirāsát-a |
Examples from corpora1
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
د درافتن ګ سامان
“drawing implements”
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
پښتودراست
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword دراست (dirāsát) 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.