زائي — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
زائي (zā́yi) is a Pashto n-m meaning “(used as the second element of compounds in names of tribes)” in English او په اردو کې د «صرف، ثانیہ، دوم» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form زائيونه.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونهاحمدزائي
“the Akhmadzai”
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | زائيونه | zā́yi-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | زائيونو | zā́yi-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | زائيان | zā́yi-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | زائيانو | zā́yi-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | زائيه | zā́yi-a |
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
پښتوزائي
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword زائي (zā́yi) 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.