پ
Pashto DictionaryPashtodictionary.com
Entry #1 of 2 · Noun (Masculine)

دوک — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

duk
Pronunciation:Standard: /duk/
Noun (Masculine)plural: دوکونهOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

دوک (duk) is a Pashto n-m meaning “tuberculosis” in English او په اردو کې د «تپ دق» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form دوکونه.

Meanings · Entry 19

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
tuberculosis
تپ دق
Example in context:

دوک ورولوېدئ

“he got tuberculosis”

اس کے دل میں دوسرے لوگوں کے لیے حسد ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: generalStatus: verified
2
spoke
دوک
Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: generalStatus: verified
3
A bodkin, knitting pin ; spindle, p[classical]
Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: classicalStatus: verified
4
anger[general_modern]
Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: general_modernStatus: verified
5
fury[general_modern]
Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: general_modernStatus: verified
6
spite[general_modern]
Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: general_modernStatus: verified
7
anger, spite, malice; hostility, enmity
آگ، گرمی، ایرکھا
Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: generalStatus: verified
8
annoyance, hate
دشمنی، نفرت
Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: generalStatus: verified
9
envy
ایرکھا، ایرشا
Example in context:

دوک سره لرل

“to be hostile to each other; to envy each other”

اس کے دل میں دوسرے لوگوں کے لیے حسد ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: generalStatus: verified

Proverbs (Mataloona)2 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«هغه په خپلو لاسُونو سره څرخه کوی اؤ دوک په خپلو ګوتو سره نیسى.»

“She puts her hands to the distaff and her fingers hold the spindle.”

وہ اپنے ہاتھوں سے چرخہ چلاتی ہے اور انگلیوں سے تکلا تھامتی ہے۔

Cultural context: Symbolizes traditional self-reliance, home textile production, and the constant productivity valued in Pashtun households.
Show all 1 historical variants▼
  • • هغه په خپلو لاسونو سره څرخه کوی اؤ دوک په خپلو ګوتو سره نیسی.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«دوکان، دوک دی یا کان»

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
دوکونهduk-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
دوکونوduk-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
دوکانduk-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
دوکانوduk-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
دوکهduk-a

Examples from corpora4

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

د هغه په زړه کې د نورو خلکو پر وړاندې دوک شته.

“He has malice in his heart towards other people.”

اس کے دل میں دوسرے لوگوں کے لیے حسد ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه د خپل ژوند په اوږدو کې ډېر دوک ګاللی دی.

“He has endured much suffering throughout his life.”

اس نے اپنی زندگی میں بہت دکھ سہا ہے۔

Academy Tashrihi Dictionary

خر، آس

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
کتل ▼

Origin Unknown

Homograph 1; Flagged: origin unknown

Entry #2 of 2 · Noun (Masculine)

دوک (n-m · Entry 2)

dwak
Pronunciation:Standard: /dwak/
Noun (Masculine)plural: دوکونهOrigin: Persian → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 23

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
two-year-old foal
دوک
Example in context:

د هغه په زړه کې د نورو خلکو پر وړاندې دوک شته.

“He has malice in his heart towards other people.”

اس کے دل میں دوسرے لوگوں کے لیے حسد ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: generalStatus: verified
2
[Classical] A foal of two years old. Pl دوکان dwakān ( A دوک )[classical]
Page 477 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

هغه د خپل ژوند په اوږدو کې ډېر دوک ګاللی دی.

“He has endured much suffering throughout his life.”

اس نے اپنی زندگی میں بہت دکھ سہا ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: classicalStatus: verified
3
[Classical] A spindle[classical]
Page 477 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Persian
Example in context:

د هغه په زړه کې د نورو خلکو پر وړاندې دوک شته.

“He has malice in his heart towards other people.”

اس کے دل میں دوسرے لوگوں کے لیے حسد ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: classicalStatus: verified
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 دوک (duk) 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