ذوق — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
ذوق (zawq) is a Pashto n-m meaning “wish, desire” in English او په اردو کې د «کام، اچھا، طلب» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form ذوقونه, and 7 verified thesaurus relations.
Meanings4
ماناوې او تعریفونههغه د مطالعې ډېر ذوق لری.
“He has a great interest in reading.”
اسے مطالعہ کا بہت ذوق ہے۔
هغه د جامو په انتخاب کې ډېر ښه ذوق لری.
“He has very good taste in choosing clothes.”
اسے کپڑوں کے انتخاب میں بہت اچھا ذوق ہے۔
هغه د مطالعې ډېر ذوق لری.
“He has a great interest in reading.”
اسے مطالعہ کا بہت ذوق ہے۔
هغه د مطالعې ډېر ذوق لری.
“He has a great interest in reading.”
اسے مطالعہ کا بہت ذوق ہے۔
Proverbs (Mataloona)1 unique
ولسي متلونه«ذوقونه رونه کف او وي راز راز»
“Tastes differ, and preferences are varied.”
ذوق اپنے اپنے، پسند اپنی اپنی۔
Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)
Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | ذوقونه | zawq-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | ذوقونو | zawq-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | ذوقان | zawq-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | ذوقانو | zawq-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | ذوقه | zawq-a |
Examples from corpora5
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
هغه د مطالعې ډېر ذوق لری.
“He has a great interest in reading.”
اسے مطالعہ کا بہت ذوق ہے۔
هغه د جامو په انتخاب کې ډېر ښه ذوق لری.
“He has very good taste in choosing clothes.”
اسے کپڑوں کے انتخاب میں بہت اچھا ذوق ہے۔
ذوق د خاوندان
“experts, connoisseurs”
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Arabic
Arabic (Raverty 1860)
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword ذوق (zawq) 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.