هاندي — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
هاندي (hāndí) is a Pashto adj meaning “diligent, zealous” in English او په اردو کې د «هاندي» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form هانديې.
Meanings2
ماناوې او تعریفونهGrammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Fem Singular (-a) | هانديه | hāndí-a |
Fem Plural (-e) | هانديې | hāndí-e |
Plural Oblique (-o) | هانديو | hāndí-o |
Abstract Noun (-wālay) | هانديوالی | hāndí-wālay |
State / Quality (-tob) | هانديتوب | hāndí-tob |
Comparative (-tar) | هانديتر | hāndí-tar |
Superlative (-tarīn) | هانديترین | hāndí-tarīn |
Factitive Verb (To make ...) | هاندي کول | hāndí kawəl |
Inchoative Verb (To become ...) | هاندي کېدل | hāndí kedəl |
Derived Forms2
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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword هاندي (hāndí) functions as a adj 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.