ماه — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
ماه (māh) is a Pashto n-m meaning “moon” in English او په اردو کې د «قمر، چندر» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form ماهونه, and 7 verified thesaurus relations.
Meanings3
ماناوې او تعریفونهنه خیر اونه په خیر توبره ماه کړه چه خورو
چه د ماه دې نه منل دغه به دې حال وی
ماه پیکر
“a beautiful b handsome man, good-looking boy c sweetheart, beloved”
Proverbs (Mataloona)2 unique
ولسي متلونه«نه خیر اونه په خیر توبره ماه کړه چه خورو»
“Neither charity nor goodwill, bring the feedbag so we can eat.”
نہ خیر ہے نہ خیرات، بس توڑا لاؤ تاکہ ہم کھائیں۔
«چه د ماه دې نه منل دغه به دې حال وی»
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) | ماهونه | māh-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | ماهونو | māh-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | ماهان | māh-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | ماهانو | māh-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | ماهه | māh-a |
Examples from corpora4
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
نه خیر اونه په خیر توبره ماه کړه چه خورو
چه د ماه دې نه منل دغه به دې حال وی
ماه پیکر
“a beautiful b handsome man, good-looking boy c sweetheart, beloved”
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Persian
Persian (Raverty 1860)
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword ماه (māh) 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.