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هدف — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

hadáf
Pronunciation:Standard: /hadáf/
Noun (Masculine)plural: هدفونهOrigin: Arabic → Classical Persian → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

هدف (hadáf) is a Pashto n-m meaning “target” in English او په اردو کې د «ہدف، نشانہ» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form هدفونه, and 19 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings8

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
target
ہدف، نشانہ
Example in context:

زما هدف په ژوند کې د یو ښه انسان جوړېدل دی.

“My goal in life is to become a good human being.”

میری زندگی کا مقصد ایک اچھا انسان بننا ہے۔

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2
goal[general_modern]
Example in context:

ښکاری خپل هدف په نښه کړ.

“The hunter aimed at his target.”

شکاری نے اپنے نشانے پر تاک لگائی۔

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3
target, goal, aim[general_modern]
Example in context:

زما هدف په ژوند کې د یو ښه انسان جوړېدل دی.

“My goal in life is to become a good human being.”

میری زندگی کا مقصد ایک اچھا انسان بننا ہے۔

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4
OBJ (Objective)[general_modern]
Example in context:

هدف په ک مرد ونښت

“The bullet struck the target”

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5
purpose[general_modern]
Example in context:

زما هدف په ژوند کې د یو ښه انسان جوړېدل دی.

“My goal in life is to become a good human being.”

میری زندگی کا مقصد ایک اچھا انسان بننا ہے۔

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6
Motive/motives[general_modern]
Example in context:

زما هدف په ژوند کې د یو ښه انسان جوړېدل دی.

“My goal in life is to become a good human being.”

میری زندگی کا مقصد ایک اچھا انسان بننا ہے۔

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7
object
ارتھ، وستو
Example in context:

زما هدف په ژوند کې د یو ښه انسان جوړېدل دی.

“My goal in life is to become a good human being.”

میری زندگی کا مقصد ایک اچھا انسان بننا ہے۔

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8
determination
تصمیم، استقلال
Example in context:

زما هدف په ژوند کې د یو ښه انسان جوړېدل دی.

“My goal in life is to become a good human being.”

میری زندگی کا مقصد ایک اچھا انسان بننا ہے۔

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Idioms2

اصطلاحات
Idiom

هدف په کمرد ونښت

The bullet struck the

Idiom

هدف خپل ګ رځول

to establish one's goal

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)
هدفونهhadáf-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
هدفونوhadáf-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
هدفانhadáf-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
هدفانوhadáf-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
هدفهhadáf-a

Examples from corpora8

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

Pashto Wikipedia: اشرف غني

یا آیا هدف دا و چې افغانستان څخه وتلو لپاره یوه لاره پیدا کول و

“Attested usage in 'اشرف غني' (هدف)”

PashDict Unified Lexicon

زما هدف په ژوند کې د یو ښه انسان جوړېدل دی.

“My goal in life is to become a good human being.”

میری زندگی کا مقصد ایک اچھا انسان بننا ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

ښکاری خپل هدف په نښه کړ.

“The hunter aimed at his target.”

شکاری نے اپنے نشانے پر تاک لگائی۔

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

Borrowed from Classical Persian هدف (hadaf), from Arabic هَدَف (hadaf). [Wiktionary]

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword هدف (hadáf) 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