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منځ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

manj
Pronunciation:Standard: /manj/
Noun (Masculine)plural: منځونهOrigin: Sanskrit / Indic → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

منځ (manj) is a Pashto n-m meaning “middle, centre” in English او په اردو کې د «کمر، بین، مصر» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form منځونه, and 8 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings4

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
middle, centre
کمر، بین، مصر
Example in context:

هغه د کوټې په منځ کې ولاړ و.

“He was standing in the middle of the room.”

وہ کمرے کے درمیان میں کھڑا تھا۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: generalStatus: verified
2
A bed, bedstead, s. ( manjd ),[classical]
Example in context:

د دوی ترمنځ اړیکې ډېرې ښې دی.

“The relationship between them is very good.”

ان کے درمیان تعلقات بہت اچھے ہیں۔

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3
middle, center, among, between[general_modern]
Example in context:

یو شی په منځ کښی پرېکو ل

“display a cross section of something”

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4
amongst[general_modern]
Example in context:

د دواړو هیوادونو تر منځ پل

“Bridge between the two countries”

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Idioms1

اصطلاحات
Idiom

منځ خپل په کښی ېدل ګ جن

to engage in dissention with someone

Proverbs (Mataloona)2 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«تر منځ مودی سره د یوال وی»

“Between them, there should be a wall of distance (Keep your distance from such people).”

ان کے درمیان دیوار حائل ہونی چاہیے (یعنی فاصلہ رکھنا بہتر ہے)۔

Cultural context: Advises maintaining boundaries and keeping a safe distance from untrustworthy or troublesome individuals.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«تماشا بین د نښې منځ ولی»

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)
منځونهmanj-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
منځونوmanj-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
منځانmanj-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
منځانوmanj-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
منځهmanj-a

Examples from corpora20

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

Pashto Wikipedia: کانګو دموکراتیک جمهوریت

د کانگو جمهوریت د افریقا په منځ کې پروت یو هیواد دی د افریقایي اتحادیه غړي هیوادونه د کانگو جمهوریت

“Attested usage in 'کانګو دموکراتیک جمهوریت' (منځ)”

Pashto Wikipedia: ساباوري

ساباوري یا انیمیزم د باورنې یا عقیدې یو غونډال دی په کوم کې چې د بدن او سا تر منځ بېلتون نه مني او دا بېلتون نه یوازې په انسانانو کې بلکې په ژویو ، بوټو او نور ساباوري

“Attested usage in 'ساباوري' (منځ)”

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه د کوټې په منځ کې ولاړ و.

“He was standing in the middle of the room.”

وہ کمرے کے درمیان میں کھڑا تھا۔

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
کتل ▼

Sanskrit / Indic

Sanskrit / Indic (Bellew 1867)

PashDict Sovereign 34-to-1 Unified LexiconVerified Trilingual Academic Edition · CC BY 4.0

Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword منځ (manj) 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