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دربی — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

drabáy
Pronunciation:Standard: /drabáy/
Noun (Masculine)plural: دربیوVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

دربی (drabáy) is a Pashto n-m meaning “noise, din, beating (دربهار)” in English. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form دربیو.

Meanings · Entry 13

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
noise, din, beating (دربهار)[general_modern]
Example in context:

د تا لندی چې دربی شی د شپانه ورته غړمبی شی

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2
sound of beating[general_modern]
Example in context:

د اسونو د پښو دربی له لرې واورېدل شوه.

“The rumble of the horses' hooves was heard from afar.”

گھوڑوں کے قدموں کی گڑگڑاہٹ دور سے سنائی دی۔

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3
striking[general_modern]
Example in context:

د دښمن لښکر د دربی سره مات شو.

“The enemy army was defeated with a crushing blow.”

دشمن کا لشکر بری طرح شکست کھا گیا۔

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Proverbs (Mataloona)1 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د تا لندی چې دربی شی د شپانه ورته غړمبی شی»

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir/Obl Plural (-i)
دربيdrabáyī
Obl Plural (-o)
دربوdrabáyo
Vocative Singular (-ya)
دربیهdrabáyya
Vocative Plural (-yo)
دربیوdrabáyyo

Examples from corpora3

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

Attested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.

OALD Master Corpus

د تا لندی چې دربی شی د شپانه ورته غړمبی شی

PashDict Unified Lexicon

د اسونو د پښو دربی له لرې واورېدل شوه.

“The rumble of the horses' hooves was heard from afar.”

گھوڑوں کے قدموں کی گڑگڑاہٹ دور سے سنائی دی۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

د دښمن لښکر د دربی سره مات شو.

“The enemy army was defeated with a crushing blow.”

دشمن کا لشکر بری طرح شکست کھا گیا۔

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Entry #2 of 2 · n. m.

دربيَ (n. m. · Entry 2)

drabaey
Pronunciation:Standard: /drabaey/
n. m.Masculineplural: يِOrigin: Native Pashto → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 21

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
A crash, a smash, rumble, thump, etc[classical]
[کلاسيک / تاريخي]
Page 456 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
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PashDict Sovereign 34-to-1 Unified LexiconVerified Trilingual Academic Edition · CC BY 4.0

Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword دربی (drabáy) 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.

Peer-reviewed lexicographical standard · Open Pashto Corpus Edition

Nearby words

نږدې او ورته لغتونه