غاتر — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
غاتر (γātə́r) is a Pashto n-m meaning “mule” in English او په اردو کې د «خچر» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form غاترونه, and 10 verified thesaurus relations.
Meanings2
ماناوې او تعریفونهProverbs (Mataloona)1 unique
ولسي متلونه«غاتر (قچر) ته ئې وويل چې پلار دې څوک دے ويل ئې اس غوندې ماما لرم.»
“When the mule was asked who his father was, he replied, "My uncle is a horse."”
جب خچر سے پوچھا گیا کہ تیرا باپ کون ہے، تو اس نے کہا: گھوڑا میرا ماموں ہے۔
Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)
Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | غاترونه | γātə́r-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | غاترونو | γātə́r-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | غاتران | γātə́r-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | غاترانو | γātə́r-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | غاتره | γātə́r-a |
Examples from corpora1
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
غاتر (قچر) ته ئې وويل چې پلار دې څوک دے ويل ئې اس غوندې ماما لرم.
“When the mule was asked who his father was, he replied, "My uncle is a horse." — Satirizes the human tendency to mask humble or unknown parentage by bragging about distant, prestigious relatives.”
جب خچر سے پوچھا گیا کہ تیرا باپ کون ہے، تو اس نے کہا: گھوڑا میرا ماموں ہے۔
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Native Pashto
Native Pashto (Raverty 1860)
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword غاتر (γātə́r) 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.