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Homographs (2 distinct entries for “ګرۍ”):
Entry #1 of 2 · Noun (Feminine)

ګرۍ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

gərə́y
Pronunciation:Standard: /gərə́y/
Noun (Feminine)Verified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

ګرۍ (gərə́y) is a Pashto n-f. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards.

Meanings · Entry 10

ماناوې او تعریفونه

Proverbs (Mataloona)2 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)· 1 variant grouped

«د لو ګرى لو ته زړه نه کيږى لور په لو ټه تيروى»

“When the heart is not in the harvest, you pass the sickle back and forth.”

جب کٹائی کا دل نہ ہو تو انسان درانتی کو یونہی پھراتا ہے۔

Cultural context: Reflects how reluctance and lack of motivation lead to inefficient or superficial work during tough manual labor like harvesting.
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  • • د لو ګری لو ته زړه نه کیږی لور په لو ټه تیروی
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«ادی چې د زړه کوی، او ګرې ته هم تبی کوی»

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Dir Plural (-əy gāne)
ګرۍ ګانېgərə́y-gāne
Obl Plural (-yo)
ګریوgərə́y-yo
Obl Plural (-o)
ګروgərə́y-o
Direct Singular (-əy)
ګرۍgərə́y

Examples from corpora7

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

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

OALD Master Corpus

ادی چې د زړه کوی، او ګرې ته هم تبی کوی

OALD Master Corpus

د لو ګری لو ته زړه نه کیږی لور په لو ټه تیروی

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه ګری دی خو خندا یې ډېره خوندوره ده.

“He has crooked teeth, but his smile is very pleasant.”

وہ ٹیڑھے دانتوں والا ہے لیکن اس کی مسکراہٹ بہت پیاری ہے۔

د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
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پښتوګرۍ

Entry #2 of 2 · noun_f

گرۍ (noun_f · Entry 2)

2
Pronunciation:Standard: /2/
noun_ffeminineVerified sense 1

Meanings · Entry 21

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
girə́j, peg, pin (of a door) گرۍgərə́j f.  گروه1
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Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword ګرۍ (gərə́y) functions as a n-f 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
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