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هوس — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

hosə́y
Pronunciation:Standard: /hosə́y/
Noun (Feminine)plural: هوسېOrigin: Arabic → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

هوس (hosə́y) is a Pashto n-f meaning “female gazelle” in English او په اردو کې د «مہر، مؤنث، ہرن» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form هوسې, and 14 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings · Entry 13

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
female gazelle
مہر، مؤنث، ہرن
Example in context:

هغه د لوړو زدهکړو هوس لری.

“He has a strong desire for higher education.”

اسے اعلیٰ تعلیم حاصل کرنے کی خواہش ہے۔

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2
antelope
مرگ، ہرن
Example in context:

دا یوازې د هغه د ذهن یو هوس دی، نور هیڅ نه.

“This is just a whim of his mind, nothing more.”

یہ صرف اس کے ذہن کی ایک لہر ہے، اور کچھ نہیں۔

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3
[Classical] Desire, lust, sensuality, concupiscence. 2. Ambition. 3. Inordinate desire. 4. Curiosity[classical]
Page 1071 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

هغه د لوړو زدهکړو هوس لری.

“He has a strong desire for higher education.”

اسے اعلیٰ تعلیم حاصل کرنے کی خواہش ہے۔

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Idioms1

اصطلاحات
Idiom

هوس کول

a to have

Proverbs (Mataloona)11 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چِه هوس دَے دَغوُنَه بس دَے»

“Whatever desire there is, moderation is enough.”

ہوس کی بھی کوئی حد ہوتی ہے، بس کرنا چاہیے۔

Cultural context: Advises against greed and excess, highlighting the virtue of contentment and moderation in personal desires.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چه هوس د دې غو نه بس د.»

“If there is desire, this much is enough.”

جو ہرنیوں کا شکار کرتے ہیں اُن کتوں کے جبڑے سیاہ ہوتے ہیں ۔

Cultural context: Highlights that a small token or effort is sufficient when genuine willingness and desire are present.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چې هوس دی، دغه هومره بس دی.»

“Whatever the heart desires, that much is enough.”

جتنی تمنا ہو، اتنا ہی کافی ہے۔

Cultural context: Teaches contentment with what one has achieved or received through one's desires.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چي هوس دی، دغومره بس دی.»

“As much as the desire is, that much is enough.”

جتنی خواہش ہو، اتنا ہی کافی ہوتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Teaches contentment (Qana'at) and moderation, suggesting that fulfilling one's basic desires suffices without excess.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چی هوس دی، هغو مړه بس دی.»

“Whatever is your desire, for that the dead are enough (lessons learned from the past).”

جو تمہاری خواہش ہے، اس کے لیے پرانے تجربات اور گزرے ہوئے لوگ کافی عبرت ہیں۔

Cultural context: Advises learning moderation and finding contentment from the examples of those who came before.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چې هوس دی، دغو نه بس دی»

“Whatever is just a desire, this is enough for it.”

جو خواہش ہے، اتنے پر ہی بس کرو۔

Cultural context: Encourages contentment and moderation in one's personal desires and material ambitions.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«که هوس دی دومره بس دي»

“If it is just a whim, this much is enough.”

اگر یہ محض شوق یا ہوس ہے تو اتنا کافی ہے۔

Cultural context: Cautions against excessive greed or chasing fleeting desires, emphasizing contentment with what is sufficient.
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  • • که هوس دی دومره بس دی
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د آبا د مرګه پس په آدی راغی هوس»

“After the death of the father, the desire for play came to the son.”

باپ کے مرنے کے بعد بیٹے کو کھیل کی ہوس سوجھی۔

Cultural context: Criticizes untimely desires or irresponsible behavior that arises only after a tragedy or loss.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«د نوی په هوس زاړه ئي کړه د خس خس»

“In the greed for the new, he turned the old into scattered straw.”

نئی چیز کی ہوس میں پرانی کو تنکا تنکا کر کے برباد کر دیا۔

Cultural context: Warns against abandoning reliable old friends or possessions for fleeting, untested novelties.
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  • • د نوی په هوس زاړه ئی کړه د خس خس
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«یا نر هوسه، یا نر یا»

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  • • یا نر هوسه ، یا نر یا
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چه هوس دی دغونه بس دی»

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 (-e)
هوسېhosə́y-e
Obl Plural (-o)
هوسوhosə́y-o

Examples from corpora15

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

Pashto Wikipedia: اسلامي وټه

او دده په وسوسه دهوا او هوس متابعت مه كوئ

“Attested usage in 'اسلامي وټه' (هوس)”

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه د لوړو زدهکړو هوس لری.

“He has a strong desire for higher education.”

اسے اعلیٰ تعلیم حاصل کرنے کی خواہش ہے۔

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دا یوازې د هغه د ذهن یو هوس دی، نور هیڅ نه.

“This is just a whim of his mind, nothing more.”

یہ صرف اس کے ذہن کی ایک لہر ہے، اور کچھ نہیں۔

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

Arabic (Raverty 1860)

Entry #2 of 2 · Noun (Masculine)

هوس (n-m · Entry 2)

hawás
Pronunciation:Standard: /hawás/
Noun (Masculine)plural: هوسونهVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 25

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
pleasure
دم، آنند
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2
lust, desire, yearning[general_modern]
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3
lust, desire, yearning, enthusiastic ambition, ful[general_modern]
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4
wish, desire
کام، اچھا، طلب
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5
passion, lust
کام، عشق، چاہت
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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword هوس (hosə́y) functions as a n-f 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