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زورآور — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

zorāwár
Pronunciation:Standard: /zorāwár/
Adjectiveplural: زورآورېVerified sense 1
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زورآور (zorāwár) is a Pashto adj meaning “strong, powerful; mighty” in English او په اردو کې د «بیر، تیز، شدید» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form زورآورې.

Meanings · Entry 13

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
strong, powerful; mighty
بیر، تیز، شدید
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2
energetic
رنگیلا
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3
populous, crowded (of a city)
آباد، رونق، شہر
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Proverbs (Mataloona)4 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چه ژړاور وسکې خوری خوار خپل ورښکی خوری ۔»

“The powerful eat butter while the poor bite their own lips in despair.”

زبردست مزے اڑائے اور غریب صدمے سے اپنے ہونٹ چبائے۔

Cultural context: Critiques social inequality and the plight of the vulnerable when faced with unchecked oppression.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چه ژور د ژورور شی پئی له تخم مره خپل شی ۔»

“When the powerful exerts force, he claims the crop along with the seeds.”

زورآور جب ظلم پر اتر آئے تو وہ بیج سمیت پوری کھیتی پر قبضہ کر لیتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Highlights how tyrants and the powerful not only take the yield but also strip away the very means of future survival.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د زوراورو اوبۀ په لوړۀ ځpرې.»

“The water of the powerful man flows uphill.”

زورآور کا پانی بھی اوپر کی طرف بہتا ہے (طاقتور کے لیے سب کچھ ممکن ہے)۔

Cultural context: Critiques the reality of tribal and political power, noting that authorities and the strong can bend rules and defy natural laws in their favor.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«دزوراّوراوبه په پيچومي خيږ ي.»

“Even water flows uphill for the powerful.”

زورآور کا پانی بھی اوپر کی طرف چڑھتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Reflects the socio-political reality where influence and power can bypass natural obstacles or rules in traditional society.

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Fem Singular (-a)
زورآورهzorāwár-a
Fem Plural (-e)
زورآورېzorāwár-e
Plural Oblique (-o)
زورآوروzorāwár-o
Abstract Noun (-wālay)
زورآوروالیzorāwár-wālay
State / Quality (-tob)
زورآورتوبzorāwár-tob
Comparative (-tar)
زورآورترzorāwár-tar
Superlative (-tarīn)
زورآورترینzorāwár-tarīn
Factitive Verb (To make ...)
زورآور کولzorāwár kawəl
Inchoative Verb (To become ...)
زورآور کېدلzorāwár kedəl

Examples from corpora4

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

د پښتو متلونه (Injustice / ظلم)

چه ژړاور وسکې خوری خوار خپل ورښکی خوری ۔

“The powerful eat butter while the poor bite their own lips in despair. — Critiques social inequality and the plight of the vulnerable when faced with unchecked oppression.”

زبردست مزے اڑائے اور غریب صدمے سے اپنے ہونٹ چبائے۔

د پښتو متلونه (Injustice / ظلم)

چه ژور د ژورور شی پئی له تخم مره خپل شی ۔

“When the powerful exerts force, he claims the crop along with the seeds. — Highlights how tyrants and the powerful not only take the yield but also strip away the very means of future survival.”

زورآور جب ظلم پر اتر آئے تو وہ بیج سمیت پوری کھیتی پر قبضہ کر لیتا ہے۔

د پښتو متلونه (Justice)

د زوراورو اوبۀ په لوړۀ ځpرې.

“The water of the powerful man flows uphill. — Critiques the reality of tribal and political power, noting that authorities and the strong can bend rules and defy natural laws in their favor.”

زورآور کا پانی بھی اوپر کی طرف بہتا ہے (طاقتور کے لیے سب کچھ ممکن ہے)۔

Derived Forms2

اشتقاقي بڼې
زورآوروالی
زورآورتوب
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
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پښتوزورآور

Entry #2 of 2 · unknown

زورآور (unknown · Entry 2)

zorāvár 1
Pronunciation:Standard: /zorāvár 1/
unknownVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 21

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
strong, powerful, mighty, energetic, populous (of a city)
1) сильный, мощный, могучий, могущественный, 2) энергичный, 3) многолюдный (о городе).
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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword زورآور (zorāwár) 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.

Peer-reviewed lexicographical standard · Open Pashto Corpus Edition

Nearby words

نږدې او ورته لغتونه