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سل — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

sal
Pronunciation:Standard: /sal/
Noun (Masculine)plural: سلونهOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

سل (sal) is a Pashto n-m meaning “raft (floating structure for travel over water)” in English او په اردو کې د «بیڑا، بھون، ساخت» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form سلونه.

Meanings · Entry 11

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
raft (floating structure for travel over water)
بیڑا، بھون، ساخت
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Proverbs (Mataloona)14 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«سل بايللے زرگتلے !»

“Lose a hundred, gain a thousand!”

سو ہارو تو ہزار کماؤ (بڑا منافع حاصل کرنے کے لیے چھوٹا نقصان اٹھانا پڑتا ہے)۔

Cultural context: Encourages risk-taking and business acumen, reminding people that temporary losses or investments are necessary for massive future gains.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«سل هس نه ، یوپه سل .»

“Not a hundred of those, but one is equal to a hundred.”

سو بے وقعت چیزوں سے ایک باوزن چیز بہتر ہے۔

Cultural context: Emphasizes the superior value of quality, strength, or capability over mere numbers.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«يو په سل اوسل په هيڅ نه.»

“One for a hundred, and a hundred for nothing.”

ایک کے بدلے سو مگر سو کے لئے کچھ نہیں ۔

Cultural context: Highlights the paradox of value and disproportionate expectations in daily transactions and human dealings.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«په سل باندې جوړېږي. په يو باندې ماتېږي.»

“A hundred will make it, one will break it.”

سو سے بنتا ہے، ایک سے ٹوٹتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Emphasizes how fragile a collective achievement or harmony is, as a single negative action or person can ruin it.
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  • • په سل باندې جوړېږي. په يو ورانبږي.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«سل یې ګوری، یو یې غواړی.»

“A hundred look at her, but only one desires her.”

سو دیکھتے ہیں، مگر ایک ہی طلب کرتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Reflects the selective nature of choice, particularly regarding marriage and true value.
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  • • سل ئي ګوری یو ئي غواړي
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«سل بللی خوندی کږی یو نا بللی نه.»

“A hundred invited guests can be accommodated, but not a single uninvited one.”

سو بلائے ہوئے آ سکتے ہیں لیکن ایک بن بلایا مہمان برداشت نہیں۔

Cultural context: Reflects Pashtun hospitality traditions where planned hospitality is immense, but uninvited intrusion causes strain.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«يو په سل په هېچ.»

“One in a hundred is worth nothing.”

سو میں سے ایک بھی کام کا نہیں (یا سب صفر ہیں۔)

Cultural context: A critique of poor quality or reliability when evaluating a group of people or resources.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ته به وایی چې سل ئی وژلی دی یو تری پاتی دی»

“You would think he has killed a hundred and only one is left.”

تم کہو گے کہ اس نے سو قتل کیے ہیں اور ایک ہی باقی بچا ہے۔

Cultural context: Used to describe someone who acts with extreme arrogance, ferocity, or an inflated sense of their own dangerousness after a minor conflict.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«سل یی مړه کړه لا بدې ئي نه بولي»

“Even after killing a hundred of them, he still does not call them bad.”

سو مار ڈالے تب بھی ان کو برا نہیں کہتا (اپنے پیاروں یا قبیلے کی اندھی جانبداری)۔

Cultural context: Reflects blind loyalty or extreme partiality toward one's relatives, family, or allies, refusing to acknowledge their faults even when obvious.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«قرض ورکول یو هنر تری نه ایستل سل هنره»

“Lending money is one art, but recovering it requires a hundred arts.”

قرض دینا ایک ہنر ہے اور اس کی وصولی سو ہنر۔

Cultural context: Emphasizes the difficulty of getting one's lent money back, serving as a warning against casual lending.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«یتیم چې سر سبیل شی سل اویا ګزه ئی غین شی»

“When an orphan grows up and becomes independent, his arrogance grows enormously.”

یتیم جب خود مختار ہوتا ہے تو اس کا غرور سو گز بڑھ جاتا ہے۔

Cultural context: A satirical observation on how formerly deprived individuals may become overly proud or rebellious once they gain independence.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«پروېځ سل خپلی سوری وینی نه د او کوزې دوه سوری وینی»

“The sieve does not see its hundred holes”

ولسي متل (Proverb)

«یو انار سل بیمار»

ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د پیغلی سل مخه بخڅه کې دی»

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
سلونهsal-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
سلونوsal-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
سلانsal-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
سلانوsal-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
سلهsal-a

Examples from corpora16

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه د سل ناروغۍ له امله ډېر کمزوری شوی و.

“He had become very weak due to tuberculosis.”

وہ تپ دق کی بیماری کی وجہ سے بہت کمزور ہو گیا تھا۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

د سل واکسین ماشومان له دې خطرناکې ناروغۍ څخه ساتی.

“The tuberculosis vaccine protects children from this dangerous disease.”

تپ دق کا ٹیکہ بچوں کو اس خطرناک بیماری سے بچاتا ہے۔

Dunwoody Press (Zeeya A. Pashtoon)

سل ورولوېږی

“He has the onset of tuberculosis”

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
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Origin Unknown

Homograph 2; Flagged: origin unknown

Entry #2 of 3 · Noun (Masculine)

سل (n-m · Entry 2)

sil
Pronunciation:Standard: /sil/
Noun (Masculine)plural: سلونهOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 24

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
tuberculosis
تپ دق
Example in context:

د سږيو سل

“pulmonary tuberculosis”

وہ تپ دق کی بیماری کی وجہ سے بہت کمزور ہو گیا تھا۔

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2
hundred (for multiples سوه - sáwa, ie two hundred دوه سوه)[general_modern]
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3
one hundred[general_modern]
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4
TB[general_modern]
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Entry #3 of 3 · quantifier

سل (quantifier · Entry 3)

səl
Pronunciation:Standard: /səl/
quantifierplural: سلونهOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 34

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
(one) hundred
ایک، یک، سو
Example in context:

هغه د سل ناروغۍ له امله ډېر کمزوری شوی و.

“He had become very weak due to tuberculosis.”

وہ تپ دق کی بیماری کی وجہ سے بہت کمزور ہو گیا تھا۔

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2
[Classical] A hundred; or سو sau . سل کلنيَ sal or sil kalanaey , adj. A hundred years old; (Fem.) ئِي aʿī . سل خبري سرئي یودي sal ḵẖabarey sir yey yow daey , A hundred words and one meaning, "A long story about nothing."[classical]
Page 612 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

د سل واکسین ماشومان له دې خطرناکې ناروغۍ څخه ساتی.

“The tuberculosis vaccine protects children from this dangerous disease.”

تپ دق کا ٹیکہ بچوں کو اس خطرناک بیماری سے بچاتا ہے۔

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3
[Classical] A consumption, hectic fever[classical]
Page 612 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

هغه د سل ناروغۍ له امله ډېر کمزوری شوی و.

“He had become very weak due to tuberculosis.”

وہ تپ دق کی بیماری کی وجہ سے بہت کمزور ہو گیا تھا۔

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4
[Classical] A raft made by laying pieces of wood over bundles of canes, and covering the whole with coarse grass or reeds. Used in crossing rivers[classical]
Page 1142 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

هغه د سل ناروغۍ له امله ډېر کمزوری شوی و.

“He had become very weak due to tuberculosis.”

وہ تپ دق کی بیماری کی وجہ سے بہت کمزور ہو گیا تھا۔

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword سل (sal) 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.

Peer-reviewed lexicographical standard · Open Pashto Corpus Edition

Nearby words

نږدې او ورته لغتونه