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لخک — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

ləxák
Pronunciation:Standard: /ləxák/
Noun (Masculine)plural: لخکونهVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

لخک (ləxák) is a Pashto n-m meaning “peg, pin, rod, rivet, stud (of a door)” in English او په اردو کې د «کلا، کھونٹا، کیل» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form لخکونه.

Meanings2

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
peg, pin, rod, rivet, stud (of a door)
کلا، کھونٹا، کیل
Example in context:

د دروازې لخک مات شوی دی، دروازه سمه نه تړل کېږی.

“The door hinge is broken; the door does not close properly.”

دروازے کا قبضہ ٹوٹ گیا ہے، دروازہ ٹھیک سے بند نہیں ہو رہا۔

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2
hinge (door)[general_modern]
Example in context:

خپله کالی په دې لخک باندې ځوړند کړه.

“Hang your clothes on this peg.”

اپنے کپڑے اس کھونٹی پر لٹکا دو۔

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Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
لخکونهləxák-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
لخکونوləxák-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
لخکانləxák-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
لخکانوləxák-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
لخکهləxák-a

Examples from corpora2

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

د دروازې لخک مات شوی دی، دروازه سمه نه تړل کېږی.

“The door hinge is broken; the door does not close properly.”

دروازے کا قبضہ ٹوٹ گیا ہے، دروازہ ٹھیک سے بند نہیں ہو رہا۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

خپله کالی په دې لخک باندې ځوړند کړه.

“Hang your clothes on this peg.”

اپنے کپڑے اس کھونٹی پر لٹکا دو۔

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword لخک (ləxák) functions as a n-m 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
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