قلعچه — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
قلعچه (qalʿačá) is a Pashto n-f meaning “small fortress, fort; castle” in English او په اردو کې د «ذرا، خرد، دژ» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form قلعچیو.
Meanings2
ماناوې او تعریفونهقلع وقمع ول ک
“compound verb a to rout, defeat, beat b to waste, consume”
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Obl Sg / Dir Plural (-e) | قلعچې | qalʿačáe |
Obl Plural (-o) | قلعچو | qalʿačáo |
Vocative Plural (-yo) | قلعچیو | qalʿačáyo |
Examples from corpora1
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
قلع وقمع ول ک
“compound verb a to rout, defeat, beat b to waste, consume”
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Native Pashto (Bellew 1867)
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword قلعچه (qalʿačá) 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.