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وهم — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

wahm
Pronunciation:Standard: /wahm/
Noun (Masculine)plural: وهمونهOrigin: Arabic → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

وهم (wahm) is a Pashto n-m meaning “apprehension, anxiety, concern; suspicion” in English او په اردو کې د «اندیشہ، ڈر، چنتا» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form وهمونه, and 13 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings7

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
apprehension, anxiety, concern; suspicion
اندیشہ، ڈر، چنتا
Example in context:

هغه د راتلونکی په اړه په وهم کې دی.

“He is apprehensive about the future.”

وہ مستقبل کے بارے میں وہم میں ہے۔

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2
An avenue; flower bed. p[classical]
Example in context:

دا یوازې یو وهم دی، حقیقت نه لری.

“This is just a delusion, it has no reality.”

یہ صرف ایک وہم ہے، حقیقت نہیں رکھتا۔

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3
Idea, fancy, conjecture ; anxiety, dread, a. wakml, a. Fanciful, flighty, etc. XjSj ?vahwah, in. Bravo! well done![classical]
Example in context:

هغه په دې وهم کې دی چې څوک یې تعقیبوی.

“He is under the delusion that someone is following him.”

وہ اس وہم میں ہے کہ کوئی اس کا پیچھا کر رہا ہے۔

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4
apprehension, anxiety, suspicion; imagination, whims, some problem made up in someone’s head[general_modern]
Example in context:

ته می بزې وهه، زه به دی روژې وهم

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5
fear[general_modern]
Example in context:

خدایه ! ته مې بزې وهه، زه به دی روژې وهم

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6
delusion
مایا، دغا
Example in context:

یو وهم سل شړنګوم

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7
[Classical] Fancy, idea, imagination, conjecture, apprehension, anxiety, opinion, dread[classical]
Page 1043 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

هغه د راتلونکی په اړه په وهم کې دی.

“He is apprehensive about the future.”

وہ مستقبل کے بارے میں وہم میں ہے۔

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Idioms1

اصطلاحات
Idiom

وهم بېری له ېب وام او

without caution, fearlessly

Proverbs (Mataloona)10 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«وهم د نه غول د باسم ۔»

“Doubt leads me astray from reality.”

وہم انسان کو غلط راہ پر ڈال دیتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Highlights how groundless doubt and suspicion can destroy relationships and lead one away from the truth.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«وهم دی چېړی، ډب دی چېړی خپړی.»

“Doubt is a disease, and a blow is its remedy.”

وہم بیماری ہے اور اس کا علاج سخت عمل ہے۔

Cultural context: Addresses psychological suspicion and mistrust, implying that firm clarity or confrontation clears up doubts.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چی یو وهم بل په رنګکبری.»

“One is distressed by fears while another suffers in pride.”

ایک خوف میں مبتلا ہے تو دوسرا غرور میں۔

Cultural context: Reflects human diversity in emotional responses and the contrasting attitudes of fear and arrogance during difficult times.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«وهم د چپری ډبادی چپری خپړی.»

“Imagination is like the pounding of a wooden mallet on wooden paws.”

وہم چپر کی دھمک اور چپر کی تھاپ کی طرح ہے۔

Cultural context: Highlights how groundless fears and delusions torment a person internally without any real external danger.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«وهم دی چیری ډب دی چیری خيژی.»

“Doubt is a drumbeat in one place and climbs up somewhere else.”

وہم کہیں اور ڈھول بجاتا ہے اور ظاہر کہیں اور ہوتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Describes how groundless suspicions distort reality and create confusion from imaginary causes.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«چه یو وهم بل ړنګیږی»

“As I build one, another crumbles.”

ایک بناتا ہوں تو دوسرا گر جاتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Describes a perpetual state of financial or personal struggle where solving one problem creates another.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«وهم د کوم ځای غږیږی د کوم ځای»

“Delusion speaks of one place, while reality is elsewhere.”

وہم کہاں کی بات کرتا ہے اور حقیقت کہاں کی۔

Cultural context: Highlights how groundless fears or baseless rumors can mislead a person far away from the truth.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«یو وهم سل شړنګوم»

“I strike one and make a hundred ring.”

ایک مارتا ہوں اور سو کی آواز گونجتی ہے۔

Cultural context: Used to describe someone who exaggerates their actions or claims far-reaching impact from a single small effort.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ته می بزې وهه، زه به دی روژې وهم»

ولسي متل (Proverb)

«خدایه ! ته مې بزې وهه، زه به دی روژې وهم»

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)
وهمونهwahm-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
وهمونوwahm-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
وهمانwahm-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
وهمانوwahm-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
وهمهwahm-a

Examples from corpora8

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه د راتلونکی په اړه په وهم کې دی.

“He is apprehensive about the future.”

وہ مستقبل کے بارے میں وہم میں ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

دا یوازې یو وهم دی، حقیقت نه لری.

“This is just a delusion, it has no reality.”

یہ صرف ایک وہم ہے، حقیقت نہیں رکھتا۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه په دې وهم کې دی چې څوک یې تعقیبوی.

“He is under the delusion that someone is following him.”

وہ اس وہم میں ہے کہ کوئی اس کا پیچھا کر رہا ہے۔

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

Arabic (Raverty 1860)

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword وهم (wahm) 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