زیلئِي — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
زیلئِي (zelaʿī) is a Pashto n-f meaning “A creeping plant; creeper, tendril” in English. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards.
Meanings · Entry 11
ماناوې او تعریفونهGrammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېد کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Native Pashto
Native Pashto (Raverty 1860)
زیلئِي (n. f. · Entry 2)
Meanings · Entry 21
ماناوې او تعریفونهLexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword زیلئِي (zelaʿī) functions as a n-f in standard Pashto lexicography. It is categorized under the Feminine nominal class. 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.