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غښتلی — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

γəṣ̌tə́lay
Pronunciation:Standard: /γəṣ̌tə́lay/
Adjectiveplural: غښتليVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

غښتلی (γəṣ̌tə́lay) is a Pashto adj meaning “strong, powerful, mighty; forceful” in English او په اردو کې د «بیر، تیز، شدید» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form غښتلي, and 7 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings · Entry 16

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
strong, powerful, mighty; forceful
بیر، تیز، شدید
Example in context:

مجبوره ته مه وایه چې غښتلی

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2
strong, powerful, overcoming, firm, sturdy; twisted[general_modern]
Example in context:

هغه یو غښتلی ځوان دی چې درانه بارونه پورته کولی شی.

“He is a strong young man who can lift heavy loads.”

وہ ایک مضبوط نوجوان ہے جو بھاری بوجھ اٹھا سکتا ہے۔

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3
strong, skillful[general_modern]
Example in context:

مجبوره ته مه وایه چې غښتلی

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4
Famous[general_modern]
Example in context:

هغه یو غښتلی ځوان دی چې درانه بارونه پورته کولی شی.

“He is a strong young man who can lift heavy loads.”

وہ ایک مضبوط نوجوان ہے جو بھاری بوجھ اٹھا سکتا ہے۔

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5
overcoming, overpowering; suppressing (e.g., fear, depression)
مثلا، آسنکا، خوف
Example in context:

هغه یو غښتلی ځوان دی چې درانه بارونه پورته کولی شی.

“He is a strong young man who can lift heavy loads.”

وہ ایک مضبوط نوجوان ہے جو بھاری بوجھ اٹھا سکتا ہے۔

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6
quick, efficient, smart
تیز، برق، ہوشیار
Example in context:

هغه یو غښتلی ځوان دی چې درانه بارونه پورته کولی شی.

“He is a strong young man who can lift heavy loads.”

وہ ایک مضبوط نوجوان ہے جو بھاری بوجھ اٹھا سکتا ہے۔

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Proverbs (Mataloona)2 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«غښتو پلمه غوښته، د بنی خوله وخته.»

“The strong sought an excuse, and the weak one's mouth opened.”

طاقتور کو بہانے کی تلاش ہوتی ہے اور کمزور بے بس ہو جاتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Comments on power dynamics where the powerful look for pretexts to dominate, while the weak voice their helplessness.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«مجبوره ته مه وایه چې غښتلی»

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
Masc Plural (-i)
غښتليγəṣ̌tə́layī
Plural Oblique (-o)
غښتلوγəṣ̌tə́layo
Abstract Noun (-wālay)
غښتلوالیγəṣ̌tə́lay-wālay
State / Quality (-tob)
غښتلتوبγəṣ̌tə́lay-tob
Factitive Verb (To make ...)
غښتلی کولγəṣ̌tə́lay kawəl
Inchoative Verb (To become ...)
غښتلی کېدلγəṣ̌tə́lay kedəl

Examples from corpora4

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

OALD Master Corpus

مجبوره ته مه وایه چې غښتلی

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه یو غښتلی ځوان دی چې درانه بارونه پورته کولی شی.

“He is a strong young man who can lift heavy loads.”

وہ ایک مضبوط نوجوان ہے جو بھاری بوجھ اٹھا سکتا ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

د غښتلی پړی څخه په استفادې یې غوا وتړله.

“He tied the cow using a twisted rope.”

اس نے بل کھائی ہوئی رسی کا استعمال کرتے ہوئے گائے کو باندھ دیا۔

Derived Forms2

اشتقاقي بڼې
غښتلوالی
غښتلتوب
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
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پښتوغښتلی

Entry #2 of 2 · adj.

غښتليَ (adj. · Entry 2)

g̠ẖaś̱ẖtalaey
Pronunciation:Standard: /g̠ẖaś̱ẖtalaey/
adj.plural: (MascOrigin: Native Pashto → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 22

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
(past part.) Twisted, spun. 2. Strong, well-knit, powerful, muscular; (Fem.) غښتل ِ g̠ẖaś̱ẖtali or g̠ẖaḵ́ẖtali [classical]
[کلاسيک / تاريخي]
Page 727 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
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[Classical] as s.m. (1st) A strong athletic man, a wrestler[classical]
Page 1147 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword غښتلی (γəṣ̌tə́lay) functions as a adj 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