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دېب — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

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

دېب (deb) is a Pashto n-m meaning “daeva; evil spirit, demon” in English او په اردو کې د «کالا، بد، مانس» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form دېبونه, and 1 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings3

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
daeva; evil spirit, demon
کالا، بد، مانس
Example in context:

په زړو کیسو کې دېب د غره په غار کې اوسېده.

“In old stories, the giant lived in a mountain cave.”

پرانی کہانیوں میں دیو پہاڑ کے غار میں رہتا تھا۔

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2
giant[general_modern]
Example in context:

هغه دومره دېب سړی دی چې په دروازه کې په سختۍ ننوځی.

“He is such a giant of a man that he barely fits through the door.”

وہ اتنا دیو ہیکل آدمی ہے کہ دروازے سے مشکل سے گزرتا ہے۔

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3
glant[general_modern]
Example in context:

تور دیب پر چونګوښه مین سو

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Proverbs (Mataloona)2 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«تور ديب پر چونګوښه مين سو»

“The dark demon fell in love with a frog.”

کالے دیو کو مینڈکی سے محبت ہو گئی۔

Cultural context: Used to describe mismatched pairs or when someone finds beauty or worth in the most unlikely places.
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  • • تور دیب پر چونګوښه مین سو
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«لو تور ديب هم تښتولى دي»

“The wolf has also stolen the black lamb.”

بھیڑیے نے کالا مینہ بھی اٹھا لیا ہے۔

Cultural context: Used when compounding losses occur, signaling that misfortune spares nothing, not even the most precious or final possessions.
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  • • لو تور دیب هم تښتولی دی

Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Synonyms (هم‌مانا / مترادف لغتونه)1 synonym

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
دېبونهdeb-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
دېبونوdeb-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
دېبانdeb-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
دېبانوdeb-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
دېبهdeb-a

Examples from corpora4

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

په زړو کیسو کې دېب د غره په غار کې اوسېده.

“In old stories, the giant lived in a mountain cave.”

پرانی کہانیوں میں دیو پہاڑ کے غار میں رہتا تھا۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه دومره دېب سړی دی چې په دروازه کې په سختۍ ننوځی.

“He is such a giant of a man that he barely fits through the door.”

وہ اتنا دیو ہیکل آدمی ہے کہ دروازے سے مشکل سے گزرتا ہے۔

د پښتو متلونه (Wisdom / حکمت)

تور ديب پر چونګوښه مين سو

“The dark demon fell in love with a frog. — Used to describe mismatched pairs or when someone finds beauty or worth in the most unlikely places.”

کالے دیو کو مینڈکی سے محبت ہو گئی۔

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
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پښتودېب

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword دېب (deb) 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