وقت — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
وقت (waḳt) is a Pashto n. m. meaning “Time, season, opportunity” in English او په اردو کې د «[کلاسيک / تاريخي]» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form وقتونه, and 4 verified thesaurus relations.
Meanings2
ماناوې او تعریفونهوخت ډېر تېز تېرېږی.
“Time passes very quickly.”
وقت بہت تیزی سے گزرتا ہے۔
د ډوډۍ خوړلو وخت شو.
“It is time to eat dinner.”
کھانا کھانے کا وقت ہو گیا ہے۔
Idioms1
اصطلاحاتوقت په مونږ کښی قدرمن دئ
Time is dear to us
Proverbs (Mataloona)1 unique
ولسي متلونه«چه وقت تیر شی نو هر څه هیر شی.»
“When time passes, everything is forgotten.”
وقت گزرنے پر سب کچھ بھول جاتا ہے۔
Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)
Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Plural (Classical) | وقتونه | وقتونه |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | وقتونو | waḳt-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | وقتان | waḳt-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | وقتانو | waḳt-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | وقته | waḳt-a |
Examples from corpora4
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
وخت ډېر تېز تېرېږی.
“Time passes very quickly.”
وقت بہت تیزی سے گزرتا ہے۔
د ډوډۍ خوړلو وخت شو.
“It is time to eat dinner.”
کھانا کھانے کا وقت ہو گیا ہے۔
زه به په مناسب وخت کې درشم.
“I will come at a suitable time.”
میں مناسب وقت پر آؤں گا۔
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
Arabic
Arabic (Raverty 1860)
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword وقت (waḳt) functions as a n. m. in standard Pashto lexicography. It is categorized under the Masculine nominal class. 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.