پاسبان — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
پاسبان (pāsbā́n) is a Pashto n-m meaning “sentry, guard” in English او په اردو کې د «پاسبان، محافظ» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form پاسبانونه.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونهGrammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | پاسبانونه | pāsbā́n-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | پاسبانونو | pāsbā́n-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | پاسبانان | pāsbā́n-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | پاسبانانو | pāsbā́n-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | پاسبانه | pāsbā́n-a |
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پښتوپاسبان
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword پاسبان (pāsbā́n) 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.