ڼ — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
ڼ (ṇun) is a Pashto misc meaning “thirty-seventh letter of the Pashto alphabet; it is not used at the beginning of words, and is pronounced as the retroflex “n”” 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.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونهIdioms2
اصطلاحاتڼ ګا ه ایښودل
to mortgage (real
ڼ ګا ه کېدل
to be mortgaged (of property)
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېد کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
پښتوڼ
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword ڼ (ṇun) 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.