ې — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
ې (ې) is a Pashto character meaning “The forty-second letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ي and followed by ی.” 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 تعریفونهGrammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېد کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
پښتوې
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword ې (ې) functions as a character 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.