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ستن — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

stən
Pronunciation:Standard: /stən/
Noun (Feminine)plural: ستنېOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

ستن (stən) is a Pashto n-f meaning “needle” in English او په اردو کې د «سوئی» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form ستنې, and 4 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings13

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
needle[commerce]
سوئی
Example in context:

ما په ستن باندې خپل کمیس وګاڼده.

“I sewed my shirt with a needle.”

میں نے سوئی سے اپنی قمیض سی لی۔

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2
broom[commerce]
Example in context:

ستن په ځان او د غوندی ستن په بل

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3
needle, injection; pillar, mast[commerce]
Example in context:

ما په ستن باندې خپل کمیس وګاڼده.

“I sewed my shirt with a needle.”

میں نے سوئی سے اپنی قمیض سی لی۔

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4
Shot/injection[commerce]
Example in context:

ستن په ځان او د غوندی ستن په بل

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5
awl[commerce]
ستن
Example in context:

ما په ستن باندې خپل کمیس وګاڼده.

“I sewed my shirt with a needle.”

میں نے سوئی سے اپنی قمیض سی لی۔

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6
pin[commerce]
کیل، سنجاق
Example in context:

ما په ستن باندې خپل کمیس وګاڼده.

“I sewed my shirt with a needle.”

میں نے سوئی سے اپنی قمیض سی لی۔

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7
syringe[commerce]
پچکاری
Example in context:

ما په ستن باندې خپل کمیس وګاڼده.

“I sewed my shirt with a needle.”

میں نے سوئی سے اپنی قمیض سی لی۔

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8
post, pole; column; prop, support[commerce]
موضع، جگہ، قطب
Example in context:

ما په ستن باندې خپل کمیس وګاڼده.

“I sewed my shirt with a needle.”

میں نے سوئی سے اپنی قمیض سی لی۔

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9
hand (of a watch or clock)[commerce]
ید، دست، گھڑی
Example in context:

ما په ستن باندې خپل کمیس وګاڼده.

“I sewed my shirt with a needle.”

میں نے سوئی سے اپنی قمیض سی لی۔

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10
needle (of a fir tree)[commerce]
سوئی، شجر، درخت
Example in context:

ما په ستن باندې خپل کمیس وګاڼده.

“I sewed my shirt with a needle.”

میں نے سوئی سے اپنی قمیض سی لی۔

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11
dragonfly[commerce]
ستن
Example in context:

ما په ستن باندې خپل کمیس وګاڼده.

“I sewed my shirt with a needle.”

میں نے سوئی سے اپنی قمیض سی لی۔

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12
basis; support[figurative]
اساس، بنیاد، تلا
Example in context:

ما په ستن باندې خپل کمیس وګاڼده.

“I sewed my shirt with a needle.”

میں نے سوئی سے اپنی قمیض سی لی۔

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13
[Classical] A needle, a post, a pillar, a prop, a column[classical]
Page 587 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

ما په ستن باندې خپل کمیس وګاڼده.

“I sewed my shirt with a needle.”

میں نے سوئی سے اپنی قمیض سی لی۔

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Proverbs (Mataloona)5 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«چا زده د خط غاړه هغو ستن په کوټه لاره ۔»

“He who knows how to embroider finds the needle piercing his own quilt.”

ماہر کو ہی اکثر اپنے کام میں نقصان اٹھانا پڑتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Illustrates the irony that even experts or skilled practitioners can make mistakes in their own domain.
Show all 1 historical variants▼
  • • چا زده د خط غاړه (قمیس غاړه) هغو ستن په ګوته ولاړه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ستن په تاره نهٔ پاتے کیږی ۔»

“A needle cannot remain without a thread.”

سوئی بغیر دھاگے کے نہیں رہتی۔

Cultural context: Used to describe indispensable relationships or necessary complements in life that naturally find each other.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ستن غزوء، لوخ پته‌ئ ۔»

“The needle's work is to cover the nakedness.”

درزی کا کام ننگوں کو ڈھانپنا ہے۔

Cultural context: Refers to fulfilling basic duties and covering up the flaws or destitution of others with dignity.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«ستن بي تاره نه پاتې کیږي»

“A needle does not remain without thread.”

سوئی بغیر دھاگے کے نہیں رہتی۔

Cultural context: Used metaphorically to express that things destined or naturally suited for each other will eventually be united.
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  • • ستن بی تاره نه پاتې کیږی
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ستن په ځان او د غوندی ستن په بل»

“A needle for yourself, and a large sack-needle for another.”

اپنے لیے سوئی اور دوسرے کے لیے بڑا سُوآ (بیمار اور منافقانہ معیار)۔

Cultural context: Criticizes double standards and hypocrisy, where a person minimizes their own faults while magnifying the mistakes of others.

Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Synonyms (هم‌مانا / مترادف لغتونه)4 synonyms

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-e)
ستنېstən-e
Obl Plural (-o)
ستنوstən-o

Examples from corpora10

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

OALD Master Corpus

ستن بی تاره نه پاتې کیږی

OALD Master Corpus

ستن په ځان او د غوندی ستن په بل

PashDict Unified Lexicon

ما په ستن باندې خپل کمیس وګاڼده.

“I sewed my shirt with a needle.”

میں نے سوئی سے اپنی قمیض سی لی۔

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

Origin Unknown

from Proto-Iranian *stuHnáH (“column, pillar”) (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬏𐬥𐬀 (stūna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰuHnáH (“column, pillar”) (compare Sanskrit स्थूणा (sthūṇā)). Doublet of ستون. [Wiktionary]; Flagged: origin unknown

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword ستن (stən) functions as a n-f 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