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قلعه — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

qalʿá
Pronunciation:Standard: /qalʿá/
Noun (Feminine)plural: قلعیوOrigin: Arabic → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

قلعه (qalʿá) is a Pashto n-f meaning “fortress, stronghold, citadel” in English او په اردو کې د «دژ، قلعہ، درگ» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form قلعیو, and 6 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings6

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
fortress, stronghold, citadel[literature]
دژ، قلعہ، درگ
Example in context:

دغه لرغونې قلعه د ښار په منځ کې پرته ده.

“This ancient fort is located in the middle of the city.”

یہ قدیم قلعہ شہر کے بیچ میں واقع ہے۔

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2
castle[literature]
Example in context:

زموږ د کلی په قلعه کې ډېرې کورنۍ ژوند کوی.

“Many families live in the large compound of our village.”

ہمارے گاؤں کے قلعے (بڑے احاطے) میں بہت سے خاندان رہتے ہیں۔

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3
castle, fort, fortress[literature]
Example in context:

د اور قلعه ، د اطفا ې ئی قلعه

“fire watchtower”

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4
village[literature]
Example in context:

ژبه هم قلعه ده هم بلا ده

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5
palace[literature]
Example in context:

دغه لرغونې قلعه د ښار په منځ کې پرته ده.

“This ancient fort is located in the middle of the city.”

یہ قدیم قلعہ شہر کے بیچ میں واقع ہے۔

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6
[Classical] A fort, a castle, a fortress[classical]
Page 766 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

دغه لرغونې قلعه د ښار په منځ کې پرته ده.

“This ancient fort is located in the middle of the city.”

یہ قدیم قلعہ شہر کے بیچ میں واقع ہے۔

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Idioms1

اصطلاحات
Idiom

اور قلعه ، د اطفاې ئی قلعه

fire watchtower

Proverbs (Mataloona)4 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چه سترګی پټی کړم د عمر قلعه د اوبو منځ کی وینم»

“Whenever I close my eyes, I see the fortress of life standing amidst water.”

جب میں آنکھیں بند کرتا ہوں تو عمر کا قلعہ پانی کے بیچ میں پاتا ہوں (زندگی فانی ہے)۔

Cultural context: Reflects the philosophical realization of the fragility and temporary nature of human life and worldly achievements.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ژبه هم قلعه ده هم بلا ده»

“The tongue is both a fortress and a calamity.”

زبان قلعہ بھی ہے اور بلا بھی (حفاظت بھی کرتی ہے اور مصیبت بھی بنتی ہے)۔

Cultural context: Warns of the dual power of speech: wise words protect and honor a person, while reckless words bring destruction.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د مالداره مال دولت د هغه دپاره قلعه ده، خو غربت د غریب دپاره تباهی ده.»

ولسي متل (Proverb)

«هغه څوک چې د مالک خدائ نه یره کوی هغه به د هغه محفوظه قلعه وی، اؤ د هغه ماشومانو ته به دا پناه ګاه وی.»

Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Synonyms (هم‌مانا / مترادف لغتونه)6 synonyms

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Obl Sg / Dir Plural (-e)
قلعېqalʿáe
Obl Plural (-o)
قلعوqalʿáo
Vocative Plural (-yo)
قلعیوqalʿáyo

Examples from corpora3

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

دغه لرغونې قلعه د ښار په منځ کې پرته ده.

“This ancient fort is located in the middle of the city.”

یہ قدیم قلعہ شہر کے بیچ میں واقع ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

زموږ د کلی په قلعه کې ډېرې کورنۍ ژوند کوی.

“Many families live in the large compound of our village.”

ہمارے گاؤں کے قلعے (بڑے احاطے) میں بہت سے خاندان رہتے ہیں۔

Dunwoody Press (Zeeya A. Pashtoon)

د اور قلعه ، د اطفا ې ئی قلعه

“fire watchtower”

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
کتل ▼

Arabic

Arabic (Raverty 1860)

PashDict Sovereign 34-to-1 Unified LexiconVerified Trilingual Academic Edition · CC BY 4.0

Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword قلعه (qalʿá) 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.

Peer-reviewed lexicographical standard · Open Pashto Corpus Edition

Nearby words

نږدې او ورته لغتونه