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غرض — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

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

غرض (γaráz) is a Pashto n-m meaning “aim, intention, purpose” in English او په اردو کې د «اچھا، ارادہ، کام» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form غرضونه, and 12 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings8

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
aim, intention, purpose
اچھا، ارادہ، کام
Example in context:

زما د دې خبرې غرض دا نه و چې تا خپه کړم.

“My purpose in saying this was not to upset you.”

میری اس بات کا مقصد یہ نہیں تھا کہ آپ کو ناراض کروں۔

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2
motive, purpose; private; interestedness[general_modern]
Example in context:

هغه له هر چا سره د خپل غرض لپاره اړیکې ساتی.

“He maintains relationships with everyone for his own self-interest.”

وہ ہر کسی کے ساتھ اپنے ذاتی مفاد کے لیے تعلقات رکھتا ہے۔

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3
point/interest[general_modern]
Example in context:

زما د دې خبرې غرض دا نه و چې تا خپه کړم.

“My purpose in saying this was not to upset you.”

میری اس بات کا مقصد یہ نہیں تھا کہ آپ کو ناراض کروں۔

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4
purpose, interest, having sthg to do w/[general_modern]
Example in context:

زما د دې خبرې غرض دا نه و چې تا خپه کړم.

“My purpose in saying this was not to upset you.”

میری اس بات کا مقصد یہ نہیں تھا کہ آپ کو ناراض کروں۔

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5
Motive/motives[general_modern]
Example in context:

زما د دې خبرې غرض دا نه و چې تا خپه کړم.

“My purpose in saying this was not to upset you.”

میری اس بات کا مقصد یہ نہیں تھا کہ آپ کو ناراض کروں۔

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6
ulterior motive, secret intention
ارتھ، بعث، انتر
Example in context:

زما د دې خبرې غرض دا نه و چې تا خپه کړم.

“My purpose in saying this was not to upset you.”

میری اس بات کا مقصد یہ نہیں تھا کہ آپ کو ناراض کروں۔

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7
spitefulness, ill will
مریض، بیمار، اچھا
Example in context:

زما د دې خبرې غرض دا نه و چې تا خپه کړم.

“My purpose in saying this was not to upset you.”

میری اس بات کا مقصد یہ نہیں تھا کہ آپ کو ناراض کروں۔

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8
[Classical] Design, intention, object, aim, end, purpose, view, wish, meaning, need, occasion, use, want, interest, selfishness, etc[classical]
Page 720 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

زما د دې خبرې غرض دا نه و چې تا خپه کړم.

“My purpose in saying this was not to upset you.”

میری اس بات کا مقصد یہ نہیں تھا کہ آپ کو ناراض کروں۔

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Idioms2

اصطلاحات
Idiom

غرض دا غرض ، چه چه دئ

in brief, in a word

Idiom

وینا دې د غرض ځما نه چه دئ دا

This is what I mean by this

Proverbs (Mataloona)5 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د غرض څښتن لپوڼې وی ۔»

“The person driven by self-interest acts like a fool.”

خود غرض باولا ہوتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Illustrates how personal greed or ulterior motives can make a person lose common sense and act recklessly.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د غرض د خاوند سترکي پټی وی ۔»

“The eyes of the self-interested person are blind.”

غرض والا اپنی گاوے ۔

Cultural context: Describes how people with selfish motives ignore reality, fairness, and the needs of others because their vision is narrowed by personal desire.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«په مڼه غزنۀ لرم په چا غرض نۀ لرم.»

“I have no tamarisk tree at home, so I have nothing to do with others.”

گھر میں جھاڑی نہیں تو کسی سے کوئی غرض نہیں۔

Cultural context: Signifies that living simply and owning minimal property frees a person from worldly entanglements, disputes, and social obligations.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د غرض څښتن ليونی وی.»

“The master of self-interest acts like a madman.”

غرض والا پاگل ہوتا ہے (خود غرضی انسان کو اندھا کر دیتی ہے)۔

Cultural context: Critiques how driven and irrational people become when pursuing personal motives or selfish interests.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«له یاره سره یاری کوه په بنګړو ئی غرض مه وهه»

“Be friends with your friend, but do not meddle in his bangles.”

دوست سے دوستی رکھو لیکن اس کے ذاتی معاملات میں دخل نہ دو۔

Cultural context: Advises maintaining mutual respect and avoiding unnecessary interference in private matters even among close companions.

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)
غرضونهγaráz-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
غرضونوγaráz-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
غرضانγaráz-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
غرضانوγaráz-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
غرضهγaráz-a

Examples from corpora7

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

زما د دې خبرې غرض دا نه و چې تا خپه کړم.

“My purpose in saying this was not to upset you.”

میری اس بات کا مقصد یہ نہیں تھا کہ آپ کو ناراض کروں۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه له هر چا سره د خپل غرض لپاره اړیکې ساتی.

“He maintains relationships with everyone for his own self-interest.”

وہ ہر کسی کے ساتھ اپنے ذاتی مفاد کے لیے تعلقات رکھتا ہے۔

Dunwoody Press (Zeeya A. Pashtoon)

غرض په

“with the goal”

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

Arabic (Raverty 1860)

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword غرض (γaráz) 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