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ودان — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

wadā́n
Pronunciation:Standard: /wadā́n/
Adjectiveplural: ودانېOrigin: Native Pashto → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

ودان (wadā́n) is a Pashto adj meaning “built, equipped” in English او په اردو کې د «ودان» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form ودانې, and 5 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings11

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
built, equipped
ودان
Example in context:

زموږ کلی ډېر ودان دی.

“Our village is very prosperous.”

ہمارا گاؤں بہت آباد ہے۔

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2
prosperous, built, established, populated (کور دې ودان)[general_modern]
Example in context:

دغه کور په نوې بڼه ودان شوی دی.

“This house has been built in a new style.”

یہ گھر نئے انداز میں تعمیر کیا گیا ہے۔

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3
constructed[general_modern]
Example in context:

د کونډی کوړتون اسان دی چې د پلار کور ئی ودان وی

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4
rich[general_modern]
Example in context:

غل سل کوره به وران کړی یو خپل به ودان نه کړی

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5
comfortable
Example in context:

زموږ کلی ډېر ودان دی.

“Our village is very prosperous.”

ہمارا گاؤں بہت آباد ہے۔

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6
flourishing, thriving, prosperous (of a country, etc.); rich
نہال، خوش حال، سپھل
Example in context:

زموږ کلی ډېر ودان دی.

“Our village is very prosperous.”

ہمارا گاؤں بہت آباد ہے۔

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7
inhabited, peopled
آباد
Example in context:

زموږ کلی ډېر ودان دی.

“Our village is very prosperous.”

ہمارا گاؤں بہت آباد ہے۔

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8
cultivated, processed
آباد
Example in context:

زموږ کلی ډېر ودان دی.

“Our village is very prosperous.”

ہمارا گاؤں بہت آباد ہے۔

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9
living somewhere (of a tribe)
علاقہ، معاش، دودمان
Example in context:

زموږ کلی ډېر ودان دی.

“Our village is very prosperous.”

ہمارا گاؤں بہت آباد ہے۔

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10
[Classical] Cultivated, peopled, inhabited, populous, prosperous; (Fem.) ودانه wadānaʿh [classical]
Page 1013 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

زموږ کلی ډېر ودان دی.

“Our village is very prosperous.”

ہمارا گاؤں بہت آباد ہے۔

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11
[Classical] 2. Saved, preserved, flourishing; (Fem.) ودانه wadānaʿh [classical]
Page 1163 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

زموږ کلی ډېر ودان دی.

“Our village is very prosperous.”

ہمارا گاؤں بہت آباد ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: classicalStatus: verified

Proverbs (Mataloona)4 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ودان کړې وو»

“They had built it up / populated it.”

انہیں آباد کیا گیا تھا (یا انہوں نے اسے آباد کیا تھا)۔

Cultural context: Refers to the collective effort of settling, building, and bringing life to a community or homeland.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ښار چې وران شی لاښه ودان شی»

“When a city is ruined, it is rebuilt even better.”

شہر جب اجڑتا ہے تو اور بھی بہتر آباد ہوتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Reflects resilience and optimism in the face of destruction or loss, believing that a new beginning often brings greater prosperity.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د کونډی کوړتون اسان دی چې د پلار کور ئی ودان وی»

ولسي متل (Proverb)

«غل سل کوره به وران کړی یو خپل به ودان نه کړی»

Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Synonyms (هم‌مانا / مترادف لغتونه)5 synonyms
Antonyms (متضادات / ضد لغتونه)2 antonyms

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Fem Singular (-a)
ودانهwadā́n-a
Fem Plural (-e)
ودانېwadā́n-e
Plural Oblique (-o)
ودانوwadā́n-o
Abstract Noun (-wālay)
ودانوالیwadā́n-wālay
State / Quality (-tob)
ودانتوبwadā́n-tob
Comparative (-tar)
ودانترwadā́n-tar
Superlative (-tarīn)
ودانترینwadā́n-tarīn
Factitive Verb (To make ...)
ودان کولwadā́n kawəl
Inchoative Verb (To become ...)
ودان کېدلwadā́n kedəl

Examples from corpora5

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

Pashto Wikipedia: فيض آباد (بدخشان)

فيض آباد د افغانستان د شمالي ولايت بدخشان مركز دى ، چې د كوكچه پر سيند ودان دى د افغانستان ښارونه ولايتي پلازمېنې

“Attested usage in 'فيض آباد (بدخشان)' (ودان)”

ہمارا گاؤں بہت آباد ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

زموږ کلی ډېر ودان دی.

“Our village is very prosperous.”

ہمارا گاؤں بہت آباد ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

دغه کور په نوې بڼه ودان شوی دی.

“This house has been built in a new style.”

یہ گھر نئے انداز میں تعمیر کیا گیا ہے۔

Derived Forms2

اشتقاقي بڼې
ودانوالی
ودانتوب
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
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Native Pashto

Native Pashto (Raverty 1860)

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 ودان (wadā́n) 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.

Peer-reviewed lexicographical standard · Open Pashto Corpus Edition

Nearby words

نږدې او ورته لغتونه