زغل — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
زغل (zγal) is a Pashto n-m meaning “running, run” in English او په اردو کې د «جاری» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form زغلونه.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونهد هغه زغل ډېر تېز دی.
“His running is very fast.”
اس کی دوڑ بہت تیز ہے۔
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | زغلونه | zγal-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | زغلونو | zγal-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | زغلان | zγal-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | زغلانو | zγal-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | زغله | zγal-a |
Examples from corpora2
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
د هغه زغل ډېر تېز دی.
“His running is very fast.”
اس کی دوڑ بہت تیز ہے۔
د سیند زغل د غرونو په لور دی.
“The course of the river is towards the mountains.”
دریا کا بہاؤ پہاڑوں کی طرف ہے۔
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پښتوزغل
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword زغل (zγal) 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.