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مزد — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

məzd
Pronunciation:Standard: /məzd/
Noun (Masculine)plural: مزدونهOrigin: Persian → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

مزد (məzd) is a Pashto n-m meaning “salary, wage, pay” in English او په اردو کې د «اجر، اجرت، شرط» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form مزدونه, and 5 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings2

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
salary, wage, pay
اجر، اجرت، شرط
Example in context:

هغه د خپل کار مزد په وخت واخیست.

“He received the wages for his work on time.”

اس نے اپنے کام کی اجرت وقت پر وصول کی۔

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2
[Classical] Wages, hire, reward, salary, premium. 2. The corn taken by a miller as price for grinding corn at the rate of so many pounds per load[classical]
Page 917 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Persian
Example in context:

تر مزد یې شکردانه ډیره سوه

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Proverbs (Mataloona)7 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چِه سِپرَه وِړِے نُو رِبیچَه کِے مَزد اَخلِے ۔»

“You inflict the wound and then ask for the wages of a healer.”

زخم تم لگاتے ہو اور پھر معاوضہ بھی مانگتے ہو۔

Cultural context: Critiques hypocrisy and injustice where someone causes harm and then deceitfully expects reward or sympathy.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«کار چه په مزد ورشي نو بحب نشه کګه په نورشی .»

“When work is done merely for wages, it lacks true devotion.”

جو کام مزدوری کے لیے کروایا جائے وہ دل سے نہیں ہوتا۔

Cultural context: Reflects the cultural skepticism toward hired labor compared to personal dedication or communal cooperation (Hashar).
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«بې مزده‌كار مې نه زدد، چې مزد راكې كار مې بنه زدد.»

“Unpaid work I do not know, and if you pay me, I won't know how to work either.”

بغیر اجرت کے کام آتا نہیں، اور اگر اجرت دو تو کام کرنا آتا نہیں۔

Cultural context: Humorously highlights laziness and the attitude of someone who avoids labor under various excuses.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«بى مزده کار می نه زده چی مزد راکی کار می ښه زده.»

“I don't know how to work without pay, but once paid, I know the work very well.”

بغیر اجرت کام کرنا نہیں آتا، معاوضہ ملے تو کام خوب آتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Highlights the practical reality that labor and effort require fair compensation to be valued properly.
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  • • بی مزده کار می نه زده چې مزد راکی کار می ښه زده
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«سرمست خیلو له خواری ژرندی جوړی کړی له کبره مزد نه اخسته»

“Sarmast Khel made watermills through hard work, but out of pride took no wages.”

سرمست خیل نے محنت سے چکیاں بنائیں مگر تکبر کی وجہ سے مزدوری نہیں لی۔

Cultural context: A satirical local proverb mocking false pride and foolish behavior where someone labors hard only to ruin the reward through arrogance.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«له مزد نه ئی شکرانه زیاته شوه»

“The expression of gratitude became more than the wage itself.”

مزدوری سے زیادہ تو شکریہ اور نذرانہ بڑھ گیا۔

Cultural context: Used when a small favor or payment is met with disproportionately excessive praise or showy gratitude.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«تر مزد يې شکردانه ډيره سوه»

“The sugar-box became more than the wage itself.”

مزدوری سے زیادہ شکر دانی کی لاگت بڑھ گئی۔

Cultural context: Used when the overhead cost, perks, or auxiliary expenses exceed the actual value or reward of the task.
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  • • تر مزد یې شکردانه ډیره سوه

Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
مزدونهməzd-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
مزدونوməzd-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
مزدانməzd-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
مزدانوməzd-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
مزدهməzd-a

Examples from corpora7

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه د خپل کار مزد په وخت واخیست.

“He received the wages for his work on time.”

اس نے اپنے کام کی اجرت وقت پر وصول کی۔

Atiq Classical Pashto Mataluna

تر مزد یې شکردانه ډیره سوه

د پښتو متلونه (Justice / انصاف)

چِه سِپرَه وِړِے نُو رِبیچَه کِے مَزد اَخلِے ۔

“You inflict the wound and then ask for the wages of a healer. — Critiques hypocrisy and injustice where someone causes harm and then deceitfully expects reward or sympathy.”

زخم تم لگاتے ہو اور پھر معاوضہ بھی مانگتے ہو۔

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
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Persian

Persian (Raverty 1860)

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword مزد (məzd) 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