لسان — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
لسان (lisā́n) is a Pashto n-m meaning “tongue, language” in English او په اردو کې د «زبان، لسان» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form لسانونه, and 3 verified thesaurus relations.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونههغه په عربی لسان پوهېږی.
“He understands the Arabic language.”
وہ عربی زبان سمجھتا 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 (-ūnah) | لسانونه | lisā́n-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | لسانونو | lisā́n-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | لسانان | lisā́n-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | لسانانو | lisā́n-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | لسانه | lisā́n-a |
Examples from corpora2
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
هغه په عربی لسان پوهېږی.
“He understands the Arabic language.”
وہ عربی زبان سمجھتا ہے۔
د هغه لسان ډېر خوږ او ادبی دی.
“His style of speech is very sweet and literary.”
اس کا اندازِ بیان بہت شیریں اور ادبی ہے۔
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
پښتولسان
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword لسان (lisā́n) 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.