ځنګ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
ځنګ (jang) is a Pashto n-m meaning “Battle, combat, fight, -war. p. jung, a. Collected, gathered, crumpled,” in English. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form ځنګونه.
Meanings3
ماناوې او تعریفونهGrammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | ځنګونه | jang-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | ځنګونو | jang-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | ځنګان | jang-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | ځنګانو | jang-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | ځنګه | jang-a |
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Arabic
Arabic (Bellew 1867)
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword ځنګ (jang) 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.