منا — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
منا (manā) is a Pashto n. f. meaning “(E.) A raised stage for watching a field from. Sing. and” in English او په اردو کې د «[کلاسيک / تاريخي]» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form مناګانې, and 1 verified thesaurus relations.
Meanings2
ماناوې او تعریفونههغه په ځنګل کې په یوې وړې منا کې ژوند کوی.
“He lives in a small hut in the forest.”
وہ جنگل میں ایک چھوٹی سی جھونپڑی میں رہتا ہے۔
کروندګر د شپې په منا کې د فصل ساتنه کوی.
“The farmer guards the crops from the watch-hut at night.”
کسان رات کے وقت کھیت کے چبوترے سے فصل کی حفاظت کرتا 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 |
|---|---|---|
Plural (Classical) | See منه | See منه |
Dir Plural (-gāne) | مناګانې | manā-gāne |
Obl Plural (-gāno) | مناګانو | manā-gāno |
Examples from corpora3
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
هغه په ځنګل کې په یوې وړې منا کې ژوند کوی.
“He lives in a small hut in the forest.”
وہ جنگل میں ایک چھوٹی سی جھونپڑی میں رہتا ہے۔
کروندګر د شپې په منا کې د فصل ساتنه کوی.
“The farmer guards the crops from the watch-hut at night.”
کسان رات کے وقت کھیت کے چبوترے سے فصل کی حفاظت کرتا ہے۔
ګینګسټر منا بجرنګی د یوپی په زندان کې په ډزو وژل شوی دی
“Gangster Munna Bajrangi shot dead inside UP jail”
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Native Pashto
Native Pashto (Raverty 1860)
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword منا (manā) functions as a n. f. in standard Pashto lexicography. It is categorized under the Feminine nominal class. 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.