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شوق — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

šawq
Pronunciation:Standard: /šawq/
Noun (Masculine)plural: شوقونهOrigin: Arabic → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

شوق (šawq) is a Pashto n-m meaning “wish, desire; passion, devotion” in English او په اردو کې د «کام، اچھا، طلب» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form شوقونه, and 12 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings8

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
wish, desire; passion, devotion[psychology]
کام، اچھا، طلب
Example in context:

هغه د مطالعې ډېر شوق لری.

“He has a great interest in reading.”

اسے مطالعہ کا بہت شوق ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: psychologyStatus: verified
2
hobby[sports]
Example in context:

د وطن د لیدو شوق مې په زړه کې دی.

“I have a deep longing in my heart to see my homeland.”

میرے دل میں وطن دیکھنے کا شوق (آرزو) ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: sportsStatus: verified
3
enthusiasm[sports]
Example in context:

مخکې لدې چې مسلمان فیلسوف او فیلسوفان وپېژهنو ، ښه به دا وی چې پدې خبره ځان پوه کړو ، چې هغه کوم وجوهات ول ، چې په مسلمانانوکې یې د فلسفې شوق پېدا کړ

“Attested usage in 'مسلمان فيلسوفان' (شوق)”

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: sportsStatus: verified
4
obsession[psychology]
Example in context:

هغه د مطالعې ډېر شوق لری.

“He has a great interest in reading.”

اسے مطالعہ کا بہت شوق ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: psychologyStatus: verified
5
interest, desire, wish[psychology]
Example in context:

هغه د مطالعې ډېر شوق لری.

“He has a great interest in reading.”

اسے مطالعہ کا بہت شوق ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: psychologyStatus: verified
6
eagerness[psychology]
Example in context:

هغه د مطالعې ډېر شوق لری.

“He has a great interest in reading.”

اسے مطالعہ کا بہت شوق ہے۔

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7
diligence, zeal, interest[psychology]
ملازمت، آتش، سرگرمی
Example in context:

د کار سره شوق او مينه

“enthusiasm for work”

اسے مطالعہ کا بہت شوق ہے۔

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[Classical] Desire, avidity, eagerness, fondness, longing, love, inclination[classical]
Page 663 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

هغه د مطالعې ډېر شوق لری.

“He has a great interest in reading.”

اسے مطالعہ کا بہت شوق ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: classicalStatus: verified

Proverbs (Mataloona)4 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«* آبئی زړه شوه، له شوقه او نه لوبده ۔»

“The old woman grew old, but her desires and playful habits never left her.”

بڑی بی بوڑھی ہو گئی مگر شوق نہ گیا (بڑھی گھوڑی لال لگام)۔

Cultural context: Muses on elderly individuals who continue to act with youthful vanity or inappropriate passions.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د شوق بیعه نیشته.»

“Passion has no price.”

شوق کی کوئی قیمت نہیں ہوتی۔

Cultural context: Reflects the idea that when someone is deeply passionate or keen on something, they do not care about the financial cost or hardship involved.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«اول شوق وي بيا چتي شي.»

“First there is a hobby, then it becomes an addiction.”

پہلے شوق ہوتا ہے پھر عادت بن جاتی ہے۔

Cultural context: Warns against casual indulgence in harmful habits or pastimes, which gradually turn into inescapable compulsions.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ابۍ زړه شوه له شوقه ونه لوېده»

“The grandmother grew old, but she never lost her passion.”

دادی بوڑھی ہو گئی مگر شوق سے باز نہ آئی۔

Cultural context: Highlights that human desires and enthusiasm often persist despite advanced age.

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
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
شوقونهšawq-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
شوقونوšawq-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
شوقانšawq-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
شوقانوšawq-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
شوقهšawq-a

Examples from corpora8

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

Pashto Wikipedia: مسلمان فيلسوفان

مخكې لدې چې مسلمان فيلسوف او فيلسوفان وپېژهنو ، ښه به دا وي چې پدې خبره ځان پوه كړو ، چې هغه كوم وجوهات ول ، چې په مسلمانانوكې يې د فلسفې شوق پېدا كړ

“Attested usage in 'مسلمان فيلسوفان' (شوق)”

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه د مطالعې ډېر شوق لری.

“He has a great interest in reading.”

اسے مطالعہ کا بہت شوق ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

زما د کرکټ د لوبې شوق دی.

“I am passionate about playing cricket.”

مجھے کرکٹ کھیلنے کا شوق ہے۔

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

Arabic

Arabic (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 شوق (šawq) 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