ژانی — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
ژانی (žānáy) is a Pashto n-m meaning “flatterer” in English او په اردو کې د «چفتی» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form ژانیو.
Meanings2
ماناوې او تعریفونههغه ژانی دی، تل د رئیس خوشامد کوی.
“He is a flatterer; he is always flattering the boss.”
وہ ایک خوشامدی ہے، ہمیشہ باس کی چاپلوسی کرتا ہے۔
هغه ژانی دی، تل د رئیس خوشامد کوی.
“He is a flatterer; he is always flattering the boss.”
وہ ایک خوشامدی ہے، ہمیشہ باس کی چاپلوسی کرتا ہے۔
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir/Obl Plural (-i) | ژاني | žānáyī |
Obl Plural (-o) | ژانو | žānáyo |
Vocative Singular (-ya) | ژانیه | žānáyya |
Vocative Plural (-yo) | ژانیو | žānáyyo |
Examples from corpora1
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
هغه ژانی دی، تل د رئیس خوشامد کوی.
“He is a flatterer; he is always flattering the boss.”
وہ ایک خوشامدی ہے، ہمیشہ باس کی چاپلوسی کرتا ہے۔
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پښتوژانی
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword ژانی (žānáy) 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.