قلا — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
قلا (qalā́) is a Pashto n-f meaning “castle; big house with a fence” in English او په اردو کې د «دژ، قلعہ، زبر» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form قلاګانې, and 5 verified thesaurus relations.
Meanings3
ماناوې او تعریفونهIdioms1
اصطلاحاتقلا پر باندی قبضه قلا په ، کول باندی قبضه کول
to seize a
Proverbs (Mataloona)1 unique
ولسي متلونه«د غلۀ قلا چا لیدلے ده ؟»
“Who has ever seen a thief's fortress?”
چور کا قلعہ کس نے دیکھا 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 (-gāne) | قلاګانې | qalā́-gāne |
Obl Plural (-gāno) | قلاګانو | qalā́-gāno |
Examples from corpora1
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
د غلۀ قلا چا لیدلے ده ؟
“Who has ever seen a thief's fortress? — Questions the illusion of security that criminals try to build, emphasizing that dishonesty cannot create lasting strength.”
چور کا قلعہ کس نے دیکھا 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 قلا (qalā́) functions as a n-f 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.