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غلط — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

γalát
Pronunciation:Standard: /γalát/
Noun (Masculine)plural: غلطونهOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

غلط (γalát) is a Pashto n-m meaning “error, mistake” in English او په اردو کې د «غلطی، خطا، تقصیر» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form غلطونه.

Meanings · Entry 13

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
error, mistake
غلطی، خطا، تقصیر
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2
mistake, error, wrong[general_modern]
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3
wrong, false[general_modern]
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Proverbs (Mataloona)5 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«لآس دا اووینځه له ژونده که غلط شوی، د دښمن په خوشامنده»

“Wash your hands of life if you are led astray by flattering an enemy.”

اگر دشمن کی خوشامد میں پھنس گئے تو زندگی سے ہاتھ دھو بیٹھو۔

Cultural context: Warns against falling for the flattery of an enemy, as seeking favor from adversaries leads to dishonor and ruin.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ما د عزت که تا چیری ځان غلط که»

“If you play with my honor, you are only deceiving yourself.”

تو نے میری عزت کے ساتھ کھیلنے میں خود اپنے آپ کو دھوکہ دیا ہے۔

Cultural context: Highlights the paramount importance of 'Nang' (honor) in Pashtun society, warning that attempts to undermine someone else's dignity ultimately reflect poorly on the transgressor.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«مالک خدائ د تلې د غلط استعمال نه نفرت کوی، خو هغه په صحیح ناپ تول خوشحالیږی.»

ولسي متل (Proverb)

«مالک خدائ د غلط تول نه نفرت کوی، اؤ د غلطې تلې استعمال بد کار دے.»

ولسي متل (Proverb)

«نو په نرمو خبرو سره یې هغه غلط کړو، اؤ د هغې پستو خبرو وغلولو.»

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
غلطونهγalát-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
غلطونوγalát-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
غلطانγalát-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
غلطانوγalát-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
غلطهγalát-a

Examples from corpora15

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

په دې حساب کې یوه لویه غلط شته.

“There is a big mistake in this calculation.”

اس حساب میں ایک بڑی غلطی ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه ماته غلطه پته راکړه.

“He gave me the wrong address.”

اس نے مجھے غلط پتہ دیا۔

Dunwoody Press (Zeeya A. Pashtoon)

غلط می هک کئ نه

“If I am not mistaken”

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

Homograph 1; Flagged: origin unknown

Entry #2 of 2 · Adjective

غلط (adj · Entry 2)

γalát
Pronunciation:Standard: /γalát/
Adjectiveplural: غلطېOrigin: Arabic → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 22

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
erroneous, mistaken, untrue, faulty, defective[attributive and predicative]
غلط، متھیا، ژاژ
Example in context:

په دې حساب کې یوه لویه غلط شته.

“There is a big mistake in this calculation.”

اس حساب میں ایک بڑی غلطی ہے۔

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2
[Classical] An error, a mistake, a blunder[classical]
Page 730 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

هغه ماته غلطه پته راکړه.

“He gave me the wrong address.”

اس نے مجھے غلط پتہ دیا۔

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword غلط (γalát) 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