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ورو — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

wro
Pronunciation:Standard: /wro/
Adverbplural: وروونهOrigin: Native Pashto → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

ورو (wro) is a Pashto adv meaning “slowly” in English او په اردو کې د «آہستہ، خراماں خراماں» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form وروونه, and 7 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings5

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
slowly
آہستہ، خراماں خراماں
Example in context:

موټر ورو روان و.

“The car was moving slowly.”

گاڑی آہستہ چل رہی تھی۔

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2
silent[general_modern]
Example in context:

موټر ورو روان و.

“The car was moving slowly.”

گاڑی آہستہ چل رہی تھی۔

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3
quietly
آہستہ
Example in context:

موټر ورو روان و.

“The car was moving slowly.”

گاڑی آہستہ چل رہی تھی۔

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4
slow
آہستہ، کند
Example in context:

د زخمونو ورو درملنه

“Slow healing of wounds”

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[Classical] Slowly, gently, gradually, leisurely, deliberately. په ورو ورو pah wʿro-wʿro , By degrees, gradually. See رو and رورو[classical]
Page 1023 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

د پاخه استاذ دیګ ورو ورو پخیږی

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Idioms2

اصطلاحات
Idiom

بابېړ ورو ګ ان دی وکئ پر یې

He raised the price of grapes

Idiom

ورو ګ ان غوره

green grapes, unripe grapes

Proverbs (Mataloona)5 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چرګ چه ځوان شی په بام ورو ورو ځیچه بام ورلاندی ونه لویږی»

“When a rooster grows up and goes onto the roof, it goes slowly so the roof doesn't collapse under it.”

جب مرغ جوان ہو کر بام پر جاتا ہے تو آہستہ چلتا ہے تاکہ بام اس کے نیچے نہ گر پڑے۔

Cultural context: Advises caution and gradual maturity when stepping into new responsibilities or positions of authority.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د پاخه استاذ دیګ ورو ورو پخیږی»

“The pot of an experienced master cooks slowly.”

تجربہ کار استاد کی ہانڈی آہستہ آہستہ پکتی ہے۔

Cultural context: Highlights that wisdom, maturity, and mastery are achieved through patience and gradual experience rather than haste.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د هوشیار سړی دیګ ورو ورو پخیږی»

“The pot of a wise man cooks slowly.”

سمجھدار انسان کی ہنڈیا دیر سے پکتی ہے (عقلمند ہر کام سوچ سمجھ کر اور تحمل سے کرتا ہے)۔

Cultural context: Encourages patience, deliberation, and careful planning in life's affairs rather than rushing into hasty decisions.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«نور ئي به ورو کوی خره یی په نارو کوی»

“Others he does quietly, but his donkey he manages with shouts.”

دوسرے کام آہستہ کرتا ہے پر گدھے کو شور سے چلاتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Critiques hypocritical behavior where someone hides their major flaws while making a fuss over trivial matters.
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  • • نور ئی به ورو کوی خره یی په نارو کوی
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«څوک چې ورو ځي، ډېر ځي»

“He who walks steadily and slowly covers the greatest distance.”

جو آہستہ اور سنبھل کر چلتا ہے، وہ بہت دور تک جاتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Spoken by mountain travelers when traversing steep passes. Rushing leads to exhaustion or fatal slips; deliberate pacing reaches the destination safely.

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)
وروونهwro-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
وروونوwro-ūno

Examples from corpora8

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

موټر ورو روان و.

“The car was moving slowly.”

گاڑی آہستہ چل رہی تھی۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

خبرې ورو کوه.

“Speak slowly.”

آہستہ بولو۔

Dunwoody Press (Zeeya A. Pashtoon)

ېدل ک ورو

“a to slow down b to be low, be soft”

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
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Native Pashto

Native Pashto (Raverty 1860)

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword ورو (wro) functions as a adv 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