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Entry #1 of 2 · noun

غوزی — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

ghozáy, ghoozáy ??
Pronunciation:Standard: /ghozáy, ghoozáy ??/
nounOrigin: Native Pashto → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

غوزی (ghozáy, ghoozáy ??) is a Pashto noun meaning “grindstone, millstone; load, pack, burden, armful” in English. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards.

Meanings · Entry 12

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
grindstone, millstone; load, pack, burden, armful[general_modern]
Example in context:

هغه خپل کتابونه په غوزی کې نیولی وو.

“He was holding his books under his arm.”

اس نے اپنی کتابیں بغل میں دبا رکھی تھیں۔

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2
pack of thornsor firwood that can be carried on the back of person[general_modern]
Example in context:

هغې د لرګیو یوه غوزی راوړه.

“She brought an armful of wood.”

وہ لکڑیوں کا ایک بغل بھر کر لائی۔

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Idioms1

اصطلاحات
Idiom

تللی غوزی غوز

to march along proudly

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې

Examples from corpora2

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه خپل کتابونه په غوزی کې نیولی وو.

“He was holding his books under his arm.”

اس نے اپنی کتابیں بغل میں دبا رکھی تھیں۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغې د لرګیو یوه غوزی راوړه.

“She brought an armful of wood.”

وہ لکڑیوں کا ایک بغل بھر کر لائی۔

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Native Pashto

Native Pashto (Raverty 1860)

Entry #2 of 2 · n. m.

غوزيَ (n. m. · Entry 2)

g̠ẖūzaey
Pronunciation:Standard: /g̠ẖūzaey/
n. m.Masculineplural: يِOrigin: Native Pashto → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 22

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
The embrace, the arms, the bosom, the space between the bosom and the arms. 2. An armful, as much as can be carried in the arms[classical]
[کلاسيک / تاريخي]
Page 740 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
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2
[Classical] 3. A faggot[classical]
Page 1148 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword غوزی (ghozáy, ghoozáy ??) functions as a noun 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