سنتري — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
سنتري (santrí) is a Pashto n-m meaning “sentry, sentinel, guard” in English او په اردو کې د «پاسبان، محافظ» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form سنتريونه.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونهGrammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | سنتريونه | santrí-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | سنتريونو | santrí-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | سنتريان | santrí-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | سنتريانو | santrí-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | سنتريه | santrí-a |
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پښتوسنتري
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword سنتري (santrí) 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.