کيشک — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
کيشک (kišə́k) is a Pashto n-m meaning “sentry” in English او په اردو کې د «کيشک» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form کيشکونه.
Meanings2
ماناوې او تعریفونهGrammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېGrammatical Formحالت او بڼه | پښتو بڼهPashto Form | Phoneticتلفظ |
|---|---|---|
Dir Plural (-ūnah) | کيشکونه | kišə́k-ūnah |
Obl Plural (-ūno) | کيشکونو | kišə́k-ūno |
Animate Plural (-ān) | کيشکان | kišə́k-ān |
Animate Obl Plural (-āno) | کيشکانو | kišə́k-āno |
Vocative Singular (-a) | کيشکه | kišə́k-a |
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پښتوکيشک
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword کيشک (kišə́k) 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.