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رحم — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

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

رحم (rahm) is a Pashto n-m meaning “mercy, compassion” in English او په اردو کې د «دیا، ترس، مایا» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form رحمونه.

Meanings · Entry 13

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
mercy, compassion
دیا، ترس، مایا
Example in context:

پر چا رحم کول

“to take pity on someone”

غریبوں پر رحم کرنا انسان کی صفت ہے۔

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womb[general_modern]
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pity[general_modern]
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Proverbs (Mataloona)5 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«له رحمه د قهر بنه دے ۔»

“Sometimes strictness is better than leniency.”

کبھی نرمی کے مقابلے میں سختی زیادہ بہتر ہوتی ہے۔

Cultural context: Teaches that discipline and firmness are sometimes necessary for correction.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«يوۀ رحم دے دوۀ لۀ قهر دے ۔»

“One is mercy, two are from wrath.”

ایک بچہ نعمت اور دو عذاب۔

Cultural context: Reflects traditional views on family size, hardship, and the challenges of raising multiple children in difficult economic conditions.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«رحم اوزبک قهر افغان»

“The mercy of an Uzbek and the wrath of an Afghan.”

ازبک کا رحم اور افغان کا غضب۔

Cultural context: Reflects historical regional stereotypes regarding ethnic temperaments and characteristics in Central and South Asian borderlands.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«رحم په ليوو ظلم په پسو»

“Mercy on the wolves is cruelty to the sheep.”

بھیڑیوں پر رحم کرنا بکریوں پر ظلم ہے۔

Cultural context: Warns against misplaced mercy, teaching that showing kindness to oppressors or wrongdoers inherently harms the vulnerable.
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  • • رحم په لیوو ظلم په پسو
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«يو رحم دله کس خپل ځان ته فائده ورکوی، خو ظالِم سړے خپل ځان په تکليفُونو کښې راګیروی.»

“A kind person benefits themselves, but a cruel person brings trouble upon their own soul.”

رحم دل انسان اپنے آپ کو فائدہ پہنچاتا ہے، لیکن ظالم شخص خود کو مصیبت میں پھنسا لیتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Teaches that kindness brings personal peace and reward, while cruelty ultimately harms the perpetrator.

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
رحمونهrahm-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
رحمونوrahm-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
رحمانrahm-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
رحمانوrahm-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
رحمهrahm-a

Examples from corpora11

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

په غریبانو رحم کول د انسان صفت دی.

“Showing mercy to the poor is a human quality.”

غریبوں پر رحم کرنا انسان کی صفت ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه په خپل دښمن هم رحم وکړ.

“He showed mercy even to his enemy.”

اس نے اپنے دشمن پر بھی رحم کیا۔

Dunwoody Press (Zeeya A. Pashtoon)

رحم لرل ر

“to be merciful”

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

Homograph 1; Flagged: origin unknown

Entry #2 of 2 · Noun (Masculine)

رحم (n-m · Entry 2)

rahím
Pronunciation:Standard: /rahím/
Noun (Masculine)plural: رحمونهOrigin: Arabic → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 23

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
uterus, womb
گربھ، پیٹ
Example in context:

په غریبانو رحم کول د انسان صفت دی.

“Showing mercy to the poor is a human quality.”

غریبوں پر رحم کرنا انسان کی صفت ہے۔

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[Classical] Compassion, mercy, pity, kindness. Sing. and[classical]
Page 502 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

هغه په خپل دښمن هم رحم وکړ.

“He showed mercy even to his enemy.”

اس نے اپنے دشمن پر بھی رحم کیا۔

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[Classical] The womb[classical]
Page 502 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

په غریبانو رحم کول د انسان صفت دی.

“Showing mercy to the poor is a human quality.”

غریبوں پر رحم کرنا انسان کی صفت ہے۔

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword رحم (rahm) 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