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ډار — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

ḍār
Pronunciation:Standard: /ḍār/
Noun (Masculine)plural: ډارونهOrigin: Native Pashto → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

ډار (ḍār) is a Pashto n-m meaning “fear, anxiety; worry” in English او په اردو کې د «آسنکا، خوف، اندیشہ» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form ډارونه, and 10 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings5

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
fear, anxiety; worry
آسنکا، خوف، اندیشہ
Example in context:

ډار په زړه کې لرل

“to be frightened, to be afraid of; to worry”

زلزلے کے وقت لوگوں میں خوف پھیل گیا۔

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2
fear, terror[general_modern]
Example in context:

هغه د تیارې له ډاره یوازې نه شی پاتې کېدای.

“He cannot stay alone for fear of the dark.”

وہ اندھیرے کے ڈر سے اکیلا نہیں رہ سکتا۔

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3
threat
ڈراوا
Example in context:

پېریان، دېبان، شیشکې او نور

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4
[Classical] Fear, dread, awe, fright, alarm, disquietude, anxiety[classical]
Page 483 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

آبا کور نشته له ادې ډار نشته

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5
[Classical] 2. Threat, menace, intimidation[classical]
Page 1130 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
Example in context:

خوار چې له ژورې تیر شی بیا یی څه ډار دی

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Proverbs (Mataloona)5 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ډ شپې هر سپږه ډارېږی خو څوک حال وائى او څوک نه وائى ۔»

“Everyone fears the night, but some speak of their fear and some do not.”

رات کے وقت ہر کوئی ڈرتا ہے مگر کوئی بتاتا ہے اور کوئی نہیں ۔

Cultural context: Acknowledges universal human vulnerability and fear, contrasting those who openly express it with those who maintain a brave facade.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ډار و شرم ځوئ او پالر دي»

“Fear and shame are father and son.”

ڈر اور شرم باپ بیٹے ہیں۔

Cultural context: Asserts that cowardice inevitably breeds disgrace, as fear prevents a person from defending their honor.
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«ډار د مرګي ورور دي»

“Fear is the brother of death.”

ڈر موت کا بھائی ہے۔

Cultural context: Highlights how cowardice and constant dread paralyze a person, making them suffer the psychological torment of death before it actually arrives.
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  • • ډار د مرګی ورور دی
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«آبا کور نشته له ادې ډار نشته»

ولسي متل (Proverb)

«خوار چې له ژورې تیر شی بیا یی څه ډار دی»

Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-ūnah)
ډارونهḍār-ūnah
Obl Plural (-ūno)
ډارونوḍār-ūno
Animate Plural (-ān)
ډارانḍār-ān
Animate Obl Plural (-āno)
ډارانوḍār-āno
Vocative Singular (-a)
ډارهḍār-a

Examples from corpora7

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

PashDict Unified Lexicon

د زلزلې په وخت کې په خلکو کې ډار خپور شو.

“Fear spread among the people during the earthquake.”

زلزلے کے وقت لوگوں میں خوف پھیل گیا۔

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هغه د تیارې له ډاره یوازې نه شی پاتې کېدای.

“He cannot stay alone for fear of the dark.”

وہ اندھیرے کے ڈر سے اکیلا نہیں رہ سکتا۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

د امتحان د پایلو په اړه په زدهکوونکو کې ډار لیدل کېده.

“Apprehension was visible among the students regarding the exam results.”

امتحان کے نتائج کے حوالے سے طلباء میں تشویش دیکھی جا سکتی تھی۔

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
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Native Pashto

Native Pashto (Raverty 1860)

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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword ډار (ḍār) 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