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پښ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

pəṣ̌
Pronunciation:Standard: /pəṣ̌/
Noun (Masculine)plural: پښونهOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

پښ (pəṣ̌) is a Pashto n-m meaning “blacksmith” in English او په اردو کې د «بقار، لوہار» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form پښونه.

Meanings · Entry 12

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
blacksmith[Western]
بقار، لوہار
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2
smith’s bellows
پښ
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Proverbs (Mataloona)5 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«پښ مور شو، چی پاته یی کور شو.»

“Foot became the mother, when the rest of the house was left behind.”

پاؤں ماں بن گیا جب گھر خالی رہ گیا۔

Cultural context: Used when secondary or lesser things are forced to take primary responsibility due to the absence of key members.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د پښ په دکان که ونه سوزیږی بڅرکی خو به در الوزی»

“Even if you don't get burned in the baker's shop, a spark will still fly onto you.”

اگر تندور کی دکان میں نہیں بھی جلیں گے، تو بھی کوئی نہ کوئی چنگاری اڑ کر لگ ہی جائے گی۔

Cultural context: Warns against keeping bad company or visiting harmful places, as proximity to trouble invariably brings some negative consequence.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د پښ کره چاړه نه وی، د ترکاڼ کره چینچه»

“At the baker's house there is no knife, at the carpenter's house there is a worm (defect).”

نان بائی کے پاس چھری نہیں ہوتی اور ترکھان کے گھر میں دیمک لگی ہوتی ہے۔

Cultural context: Highlights the irony that tradespeople often lack the very tools or benefits of their own profession at home.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«خره را لاندې ډیتی کړی، ما پښ پی ټینګی کړی»

“The donkey slipped down the slope, and I tightened my stance.”

گدھے کو نیچے گرتے دیکھ کر میں نے اپنے پیر مضبوط کر لیے۔

Cultural context: Used humorously when someone takes defensive measures too late, or boasts of strength after a disaster has already struck.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«د مور نس د پښ بنۍ ده»

“A mother's womb is like a basket of mixed goods.”

ماں کا پیٹ مختلف چیزوں کی ٹوکری کی طرح ہے۔

Cultural context: Used to describe how siblings vary greatly in appearance, temperament, and luck despite having the same parents.

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
پښونهpəṣ̌-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
پښونوpəṣ̌-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
پښانpəṣ̌-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
پښانوpəṣ̌-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
پښهpəṣ̌-a

Examples from corpora7

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

پښ د کلی په سر کې خپل دکان لری.

“The blacksmith has his shop at the edge of the village.”

لوہار کی دکان گاؤں کے کنارے پر ہے۔

Dunwoody Press (Zeeya A. Pashtoon)

پښ د وسو چه کور ، هومری شو ښه

“saying literal Once burned down, the smith's house is rebuilt better. figurative Good can come out of evil”

د پښتو متلونه (Family / کورنۍ)

پښ مور شو، چی پاته یی کور شو.

“Foot became the mother, when the rest of the house was left behind. — Used when secondary or lesser things are forced to take primary responsibility due to the absence of key members.”

پاؤں ماں بن گیا جب گھر خالی رہ گیا۔

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

Homograph 1; Flagged: origin unknown

Entry #2 of 2 · Noun (Masculine)

پښ (n-m · Entry 2)

puṣ̌
Pronunciation:Standard: /puṣ̌/
Noun (Masculine)plural: پښونهOrigin: Origin Unknown → PashtoVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 21

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
hissing (i.e., of a snake); rustling (of leaves); the noise of the wind
سرپ، سانپ، آواز
Example in context:

پښ د کلی په سر کې خپل دکان لری.

“The blacksmith has his shop at the edge of the village.”

لوہار کی دکان گاؤں کے کنارے پر ہے۔

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword پښ (pəṣ̌) 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