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شوخ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

šox
Pronunciation:Standard: /šox/
Adjectiveplural: شوخېOrigin: Persian → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

شوخ (šox) is a Pashto adj meaning “playful, naughty” in English او په اردو کې د «شرارتی» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form شوخې, and 6 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings4

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
playful, naughty
شرارتی
Example in context:

هغه ډېر شوخ ماشوم دی، تل په کور کې منډې وهی.

“He is a very mischievous child; he is always running around the house.”

وہ بہت شرارتی بچہ ہے، ہمیشہ گھر میں بھاگتا رہتا ہے۔

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2
mischievous, naughty, playful, cheeky, fun[general_modern]
Example in context:

هغې په شوخ سور رنګ کالی اغوستی وو.

“She was wearing clothes of a vivid red color.”

اس نے شوخ سرخ رنگ کے کپڑے پہنے ہوئے تھے۔

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3
bold, cheeky; brazen
جسور، استوار
Example in context:

هغه ډېر شوخ ماشوم دی، تل په کور کې منډې وهی.

“He is a very mischievous child; he is always running around the house.”

وہ بہت شرارتی بچہ ہے، ہمیشہ گھر میں بھاگتا رہتا ہے۔

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4
[Classical] Mischievous, pert, saucy, playful, brisk, cheerful, humorous, insolent, wanton, presumptuous, sly, etc.; (Fem.) شوخه s̱ẖokaʿh . شوخ چشم s̱ẖoḵẖ c̱ẖas̱ẖm or شوخي سترګي s̱ẖoḵẖaey stargaey , adj. Wanton-eyed, having a humorous or saucy eye. شوخ و شخ s̱ẖoḵẖ-ow-s̱ẖaḵẖ , adj. Impudent, immodest. شوخ و شنګه s̱ẖoḵẖ-ow-s̱ẖangaʿh , adj. Playful and wanton, elegant and sweet in manners (as a mistress)[classical]
Page 661 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Persian
Example in context:

هغه ډېر شوخ ماشوم دی، تل په کور کې منډې وهی.

“He is a very mischievous child; he is always running around the house.”

وہ بہت شرارتی بچہ ہے، ہمیشہ گھر میں بھاگتا رہتا ہے۔

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Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Fem Singular (-a)
شوخهšox-a
Fem Plural (-e)
شوخېšox-e
Plural Oblique (-o)
شوخوšox-o
Abstract Noun (-wālay)
شوخوالیšox-wālay
State / Quality (-tob)
شوختوبšox-tob
Comparative (-tar)
شوخترšox-tar
Superlative (-tarīn)
شوخترینšox-tarīn
Factitive Verb (To make ...)
شوخ کولšox kawəl
Inchoative Verb (To become ...)
شوخ کېدلšox kedəl

Examples from corpora3

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه ډېر شوخ ماشوم دی، تل په کور کې منډې وهی.

“He is a very mischievous child; he is always running around the house.”

وہ بہت شرارتی بچہ ہے، ہمیشہ گھر میں بھاگتا رہتا ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغې په شوخ سور رنګ کالی اغوستی وو.

“She was wearing clothes of a vivid red color.”

اس نے شوخ سرخ رنگ کے کپڑے پہنے ہوئے تھے۔

Dunwoody Press (Zeeya A. Pashtoon)

شوخ هل ک

“mischievous child”

Derived Forms2

اشتقاقي بڼې
شوخوالی
شوختوب
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
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Persian

Persian (Raverty 1860)

PashDict Sovereign 34-to-1 Unified LexiconVerified Trilingual Academic Edition · CC BY 4.0

Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword شوخ (šox) 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