زری — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
زری (zray) is a Pashto adj meaning “clever, intelligent” in English او په اردو کې د «ذہین، تیز، عالم» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form زري, and 2 verified thesaurus relations.
Meanings · Entry 11
ماناوې او تعریفونهزری د پاچا پېغام په ډېر چټکتیا سره ورساوه.
“The courier delivered the king's message with great speed.”
قاصد نے بادشاہ کا پیغام بہت تیزی سے پہنچایا۔
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 |
|---|---|---|
Masc Plural (-i) | زري | zrayī |
Plural Oblique (-o) | زرو | zrayo |
Abstract Noun (-wālay) | زروالی | zray-wālay |
State / Quality (-tob) | زرتوب | zray-tob |
Factitive Verb (To make ...) | زری کول | zray kawəl |
Inchoative Verb (To become ...) | زری کېدل | zray kedəl |
Examples from corpora7
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
زری د پاچا پېغام په ډېر چټکتیا سره ورساوه.
“The courier delivered the king's message with great speed.”
قاصد نے بادشاہ کا پیغام بہت تیزی سے پہنچایا۔
هغه ډېر زری هلک دی، هر څه ژر زده کوی.
“He is a very sharp boy; he learns everything quickly.”
وہ بہت ذہین لڑکا ہے، ہر چیز جلدی سیکھ لیتا ہے۔
هغې په غاړه کې زری ګاڼې اچولې وې.
“She was wearing golden jewelry around her neck.”
اس نے گلے میں سنہری زیورات پہن رکھے تھے۔
Derived Forms2
اشتقاقي بڼېد کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Origin Unknown
Homograph 3; Flagged: origin unknown
زري (adj · Entry 2)
Meanings · Entry 23
ماناوې او تعریفونهزريَ (n. m. · Entry 3)
Meanings · Entry 33
ماناوې او تعریفونهLexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword زری (zray) functions as a adj 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.