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پر — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

par
Pronunciation:Standard: /par/
Noun (Masculine)plural: پرونهOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1
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پر (par) is a Pashto n-m meaning “windmill sail” in English او په اردو کې د «دامن، پردہ» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form پرونه.

Meanings · Entry 110

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
windmill sail
دامن، پردہ
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sail of a windmill, blade of a water-wheel, wing[general_modern]
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3
on, upon[general_modern]
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feather[general_modern]
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on[general_modern]
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6
above[general_modern]
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against[general_modern]
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over[general_modern]
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9
blade or flat board of a water wheel
مصر، تیغ، اچاٹ
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10
fin (of a fish)
ماہی، متسیہ
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Proverbs (Mataloona)4 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«کە تر کړے که پر کړے وزي به د اوکابم ۔»

“Whether you flap or flutter, your feathers are bound to be clipped.”

تم چاہے جتنا پھڑ پھڑاؤ، تمہارے پر تو ہر حال میں کترنے ہیں۔

Cultural context: A warning to someone attempting vain resistance against an inevitable authority or consequence.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«په سلووهلی ښه دی نه په یوۀ پر.»

“Better to be beaten a hundred times than to bear a single permanent blemish.”

سو کوڑے کھانا بہتر ہے لیکن ایک داغ یا بدنامی لگنا نہیں۔

Cultural context: Reflects the Pashtun code of honor (Pashtunwali), where physical pain is preferred over a lifetime of social shame or dishonor.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«پر و به مې ته دروې ، را وا يي يې څوک؟»

“You drop the feathers onto me, but who is going to pick them up?”

پر تم گراؤ گے، مگر انہیں اٹھائے گا کون؟

Cultural context: Warns against reckless actions or starting gossip and mischief that leaves others to deal with the consequences.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«پری پېټ لېڅه اخیست کېږی»

“They are”

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
پرونهpar-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
پرونوpar-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
پرانpar-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
پرانوpar-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
پرهpar-a

Examples from corpora25

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

BBC Pashto

د افغان کرېکټ ستوري لوبغاړي راشد خان د زېمبابوې پر وړاندې د افغانستان له نننۍ یو ورځنۍ لوبې سره په ټولو فارمټونو کې ۲۵۰ نړيوالې لوبې بشپړې کړې

“Attested usage in 'د راشد خان ۲۵۰مه نړیواله لوبه؛ دا افغان ستوری کوم ریکارډونه لري؟' (پر)”

Pashto Wikipedia: فيض آباد (بدخشان)

فيض آباد د افغانستان د شمالي ولايت بدخشان مركز دى ، چې د كوكچه پر سيند ودان دى د افغانستان ښارونه ولايتي پلازمېنې

“Attested usage in 'فيض آباد (بدخشان)' (پر)”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

د مرغۍ پرونه رنګارنګ وو.

“The bird's feathers were colorful.”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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Entry #2 of 4 · preposition

پر (preposition · Entry 2)

pər
Pronunciation:Standard: /pər/
prepositionplural: پرونهOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 213

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
on (to designate location on the surface of an object, the direction of an action, places and spaces)[usually combined with the suffix باندي; feminine nouns in ə (a, á) may not be subject to inflexion]
ستھان، زمین، سطح
Example in context:

پر مېز

“on the table, onto the table”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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2
in (to indicate the location where some action is taking place)
اشارہ کرنا، ستھان، کہاں
Example in context:

پر دکان کښېنستل

“to sit in a shop, to trade”

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at, during, in, while, etc. (for designating time)
میں، اثنا میں، تا
Example in context:

پر نيمه شپه

“at midnight”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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in, into (to convey the general meaning of distribution)
میں، اظہار کرنا، عام
Example in context:

پر درو تقسيمول

“divide by three”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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by (to indicate the route or means of travel)
اشارہ کرنا، اتار، راستہ
Example in context:

د بحر پر لاري

“by sea”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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on (to indicate the direction of an action upon a specific object)
اشارہ کرنا، رخ، پتا
Example in context:

پر سر وهل

“to beat on the head”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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over, above (to indicate the location of someone or something higher than something else, above it)
علی، زبر، فراز
Example in context:

زمونږ پرسر باندي

“above us”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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after (to indicate the sequence of events or objects)
بعد، اشارہ کرنا، سلسلہ
Example in context:

پوښتنه پر پوښتنه

“question after question”

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for, due to, because of (to indicate the reason, cause, or purpose)
کیونکہ، اشارہ کرنا، سبب
Example in context:

پر ناموس

“for the sake of honor”

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at, with (to indicate a person associated with an action)
اشارہ کرنا، آدمی، انسان
Example in context:

پر خياط کالي ګنډل

“to have (clothes) sewn at a tailor’s”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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on (designation of dates)
اسم، رتبہ
Example in context:

۱۵د جون پر

“on the 15th of June”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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on him, on her, on it, on them
ان، اس
Example in context:

هغه چوکۍ واخله او پر کښېنه

“Take this chair and sit on it.”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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about him, about her, about it, about them
تقریبا، کے بغل میں، ان
Example in context:

څه پر وليکئ

“write something about him, etc.”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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Entry #3 of 4 · int

پر (int · Entry 3)

pər
Pronunciation:Standard: /pər/
intplural: پرونهOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 31

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
sound imitative of the flight (take-off) of birds
آواز، صدا، جعلی
Example in context:

پر وهل

“to take wing, to fly up, to take off”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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Entry #4 of 4 · Adjective

پر (adj · Entry 4)

pur
Pronunciation:Standard: /pur/
Adjectiveplural: پرېOrigin: Native Pashto → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 44

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
The first element of compounds with the meaning “full, filled”
اگلا، اول، اصل
Example in context:

د مرغۍ پرونه رنګارنګ وو.

“The bird's feathers were colorful.”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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[Classical] On, upon, over. پرِ pri , or پري pre , On him, her, it, etc. See my Grammar, page 48, paragraph 136, for an explanation of this preposition. ( S पर )[classical]
Page 159 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

باز خپل پرونه وغزول او والوت.

“The eagle spread its wings and flew.”

عقاب نے اپنے پر پھیلائے اور اُڑ گیا۔

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[Classical] The wing of a windmill, a paddle, the broad board of a waterwheel, etc. ( P A feather, a wing)[classical]
Page 160 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

ما د مرغۍ د پر غږ واورېد.

“I heard the sound of the bird's flight.”

میں نے پرندے کے اُڑنے کی آواز سنی۔

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[Classical] Conquered, ruined, beaten, overcome. 2. A gambling house. 3. The losing side. (Fem.) پړه pœṟṟaʿh . See وړ[classical]
Page 171 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

د مرغۍ پرونه رنګارنګ وو.

“The bird's feathers were colorful.”

پرندے کے پر رنگین تھے۔

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword پر (par) 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