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رچ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

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

رچ (rač) is a Pashto n-m meaning “reed (of a loom)” in English او په اردو کې د «قلم، خامہ» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form رچونه.

Meanings · Entry 17

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
reed (of a loom)[technology]
قلم، خامہ
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2
damage[general_modern]
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3
craving[general_modern]
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4
desire[general_modern]
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5
greed[general_modern]
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6
furniture; goods and chattels
اثاث، مال، سامان
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7
tool (of production); lathe (machine)[dialectal]
ساز، آلہ، سرشٹی
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Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
رچونهrač-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
رچونوrač-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
رچانrač-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
رچانوrač-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
رچهrač-a

Examples from corpora3

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغوی خپل ټول رچ په یو موټر کې بار کړ.

“They loaded all their household goods into a truck.”

انہوں نے اپنا سارا سامان ایک ٹرک میں لاد دیا۔

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په دې کار کې ډېر رچ شته، باید سم شی.

“There is a lot of damage in this work; it must be fixed.”

اس کام میں بہت نقص ہے، اسے ٹھیک ہونا چاہیے۔

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ماهیګر خپل رچ په سیند کې وغورځاوه.

“The fisherman cast his net into the river.”

ماہی گیر نے اپنا جال دریا میں پھینک دیا۔

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)

رچ (n-m · Entry 2)

ruč
Pronunciation:Standard: /ruč/
Noun (Masculine)plural: رچونهOrigin: Native Pashto → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 23

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
wish, desire
کام، اچھا، طلب
Example in context:

هغوی خپل ټول رچ په یو موټر کې بار کړ.

“They loaded all their household goods into a truck.”

انہوں نے اپنا سارا سامان ایک ٹرک میں لاد دیا۔

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2
[Classical] Desire, avidity, pleasure, or desire for eating[classical]
Page 501 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Sanskrit / Indic
Example in context:

په دې کار کې ډېر رچ شته، باید سم شی.

“There is a lot of damage in this work; it must be fixed.”

اس کام میں بہت نقص ہے، اسے ٹھیک ہونا چاہیے۔

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[Classical] A tick or louse, a nit, the egg of a louse[classical]
Page 501 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

ماهیګر خپل رچ په سیند کې وغورځاوه.

“The fisherman cast his net into the river.”

ماہی گیر نے اپنا جال دریا میں پھینک دیا۔

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword رچ (rač) 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
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