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زبان — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

zabā́n
Pronunciation:Standard: /zabā́n/
Noun (Masculine)plural: زبانونهOrigin: Persian → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

زبان (zabā́n) is a Pashto n-m meaning “tongue, language” in English او په اردو کې د «زبان، لسان» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form زبانونه.

Meanings3

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
tongue, language[usually used as the second element of compounds]
زبان، لسان
Example in context:

داسی خوږ زبان، داسی لنډه وعده او داسی کره ضامن

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: usually used as the second element of compoundsStatus: verified
2
language, tongue (Urdu)[general_modern]
Example in context:

زخم شمشیر میره زخم زبان نی

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: general_modernStatus: verified
3
[Classical] The tongue; language, dialect, speech[classical]
Page 531 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Persian
Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: classicalStatus: verified

Proverbs (Mataloona)3 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د يوه زبان د بل تکيه.»

“One word is the support of another.”

ایک بات سے دوسری بات نکلتی ہے۔

Cultural context: Reflects the flow of conversation and the way dialogue builds upon itself in social gatherings among Pashtuns.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«داسی خوږ زبان، داسی لنډه وعده او داسی کره ضامن»

“Such a sweet tongue, such a short promise, and such a reliable guarantor.”

ایسی میٹھی زبان، ایسا مختصر وعدہ اور ایسا کھرا ضامن (جو سب فریب ہوں)۔

Cultural context: A satirical remark highlighting untrustworthy individuals who use sweet words and false guarantees to deceive others.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«زخم شمشير ميره زخم زبان ني»

“The wound of a sword heals, but the wound of the tongue does not.”

تلوار کا زخم بھر جاتا ہے مگر زبان کا زخم نہیں بھرتا۔

Cultural context: Highlights the lasting psychological pain and damage caused by harsh, insulting words compared to physical injuries.
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  • • زخم شمشیر میره زخم زبان نی

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
زبانونهzabā́n-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
زبانونوzabā́n-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
زبانانzabā́n-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
زبانانوzabā́n-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
زبانهzabā́n-a

Examples from corpora5

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

Pashto Wikipedia: مولانا محمد الياس

مولانا محمد الياس د څوارلسمې هجري پېړۍ په سر کې د پېښور له مفسرينو څخه و ، چې د مخزن التفاسير په نامه يې پر قرآن کريم يو تفسير ليکلی ؤ او هم يې په ژبه شعر وايه دا بيتونه د ده دي سرچينې فرهنگ زبان و ادبيات پښتو مخ د افغانستان نوميالي پښتانه شاعران پښتانه ليکوال پښتانه مفسرين پښتانه

“Attested usage in 'مولانا محمد الياس' (زبان)”

OALD Master Corpus

داسی خوږ زبان، داسی لنډه وعده او داسی کره ضامن

OALD Master Corpus

زخم شمشیر میره زخم زبان نی

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
کتل ▼

Persian

Persian (Raverty 1860)

PashDict Sovereign 34-to-1 Unified LexiconVerified Trilingual Academic Edition · CC BY 4.0

Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword زبان (zabā́n) 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