چابي — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
چابي (chaabée) is a Pashto noun meaning “key (Urdu)” in English. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, and 4 verified thesaurus relations.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونهما د کور چابی په مېز باندې هېره کړه.
“I forgot the house key on the table.”
میں گھر کی چابی میز پر بھول گیا۔
Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)
Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېExamples from corpora2
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
ما د کور چابی په مېز باندې هېره کړه.
“I forgot the house key on the table.”
میں گھر کی چابی میز پر بھول گیا۔
د دې ساعت چابی ماته شوې ده.
“The key of this clock is broken.”
اس گھڑی کی چابی ٹوٹ گئی ہے۔
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پښتوچابي
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword چابي (chaabée) functions as a noun 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.