What is the meaning of ژ in English?

ژ (že) means "the nineteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet" in English. It functions as a misc in the Pashto language.

How is ژ pronounced in Pashto?

In Southwestern (Kandahari) Pashto, it is pronounced as /že/. In Northeastern (Peshawari) Pashto, it is pronounced as /že/.

What is the Urdu meaning of ژ?

پشتو لفظ ژ کا اردو معنی ہے: حرف، اکشر، پشتو۔

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ژ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

že

Pronunciation:Standard: /že/

miscOrigin: Native Pashto → PashtoVerified sense 1

Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

ژ (že) is a Pashto misc meaning “the nineteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet” 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

the nineteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet

حرف، اکشر، پشتو

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[Classical] ژ j̱ẕey , called the زاي عجمي or زاي فارسي , is the fourteenth letter of the Persian, and being also used in Puś̱ẖto, is the nineteenth of that alphabet. It has no corresponding letter in either Arabic or Sanskrit. Its sound is the same as soft French j , or s in pleasure. The Eastern Afg̠ẖāns change it to ج , and the G̱ẖalzīs to ز .[classical]

Page 561 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Native Pashto

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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 ژ (že) 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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