څوکيدار — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
څوکيدار (cokidā́r) is a Pashto n-m meaning “watchman, guard, sentry, sentinel” in English او په اردو کې د «پاسبان، چوکیدار، محافظ» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form څوکيدارونه, and 5 verified thesaurus relations.
Meanings2
ماناوې او تعریفونهچې غلا ئی وشوه نو څوکیدار ئی ونیو
چې غلا ئی وشوه نو څوکیدار ئی ونیو
Proverbs (Mataloona)1 unique
ولسي متلونه«چې غلا ئی وشوه نو څوکیدار ئی ونیو»
“When the theft took place, the watchman himself was caught.”
جب چوری ہو گئی تو چوکیدار کو ہی پکڑ لیا گیا۔
Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)
Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | څوکيدارونه | cokidā́r-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | څوکيدارونو | cokidā́r-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | څوکيداران | cokidā́r-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | څوکيدارانو | cokidā́r-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | څوکيداره | cokidā́r-a |
Examples from corpora3
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
چې غلا ئی وشوه نو څوکیدار ئی ونیو
څوکیدار د شپې له خوا د ودانۍ دروازه ساتی.
“The watchman guards the building door at night.”
پہرہ دار رات کے وقت عمارت کا دروازہ پہرہ دیتا ہے۔
زموږ د کور څوکیدار ډېر وفادار سړی دی.
“The watchman of our house is a very loyal man.”
ہمارے گھر کا پہرہ دار بہت وفادار آدمی ہے۔
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پښتوڅوکيدار
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword څوکيدار (cokidā́r) 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.