وډ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
وډ (waḏḏ) is a Pashto n. m. meaning “Land lying fallow, or from which the crop has been cut” 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 وډونه.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونهدهقان په وډ کې د غنمو پاتې شونی ټولوی.
“The farmer is gathering the wheat stubble in the harvested field.”
کسان کھیت میں گندم کی باقیات اکٹھی کر رہا ہے۔
Proverbs (Mataloona)2 unique
ولسي متلونه«وډ بی وږو نه وي»
“The forest is never without the hungry.”
جنگل بھوکے لوگوں سے خالی نہیں ہوتا۔
«وډ د وږو خالې نه وي»
“The woods are never empty of the hungry.”
جنگل کبھی بھوکوں سے خالی نہیں ہوتا۔
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Plural (Classical) | وډونه | وډونه |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | وډونو | waḏḏ-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | وډان | waḏḏ-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | وډانو | waḏḏ-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | وډه | waḏḏ-a |
Examples from corpora4
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
دهقان په وډ کې د غنمو پاتې شونی ټولوی.
“The farmer is gathering the wheat stubble in the harvested field.”
کسان کھیت میں گندم کی باقیات اکٹھی کر رہا ہے۔
د کلی خلکو په ګډه د وډ یوه برخه د باغ لپاره ځانګړې کړه.
“The villagers collectively designated a portion of the land for an orchard.”
گاؤں والوں نے مشترکہ طور پر زمین کا ایک حصہ باغ کے لیے مختص کیا۔
وډ بی وږو نه وي
“The forest is never without the hungry. — Points to the reality of poverty and hardship in society, noting that deprivation is a constant feature of life.”
جنگل بھوکے لوگوں سے خالی نہیں ہوتا۔
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Native Pashto
Native Pashto (Raverty 1860)
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword وډ (waḏḏ) 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.