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ړ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

ṛā
Pronunciation:Standard: /ṛā/
miscOrigin: Native Pashto → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

ړ (ṛā) is a Pashto misc meaning “the seventeenth letter of the Pashto alphabet; the retroflex (cerebral) ṛ” in English او په اردو کې د «حرف، اکشر، پشتو» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards.

Meanings2

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
the seventeenth letter of the Pashto alphabet; the retroflex (cerebral) ṛ
حرف، اکشر، پشتو
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2
[Classical] ړ ṟṟey , is the sixteenth letter of the Puś̱ẖ to alphabet, and has no equivalent in either Arabic, Persian, or Sanskrit. Some parties unacquainted with the language have considered it similar in sound to the Sanskrit lingual ड , which is the same in sound as Puś̱ẖto ډ ḏḏ ; but it is merely necessary to hear it pronounced by an Afg̠ẖān mountaineer to be convinced to the contrary. It is hardly possible to give the exact pronunciation in writing, and the broad Northumbrian r is the nearest approach to it. With, perhaps, the harsh rh or rr of the Armenian, there is no equivalent to be found for it in any alphabet of the Old World.[classical]
Page 525 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto
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Idioms1

اصطلاحات
Idiom

ړ ها د غرمه

sultriness, extreme heat

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
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 ړ (ṛā) functions as a misc 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.

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Nearby words

نږدې او ورته لغتونه
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