Pashto Adjectives

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Pashto Adjectives

Learning the Pashto Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Pashto language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Pashto.
Pashto Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:

English Adjectives	Pashto Adjectives
adjectives	seftewnh - صفتونه
a green tree	yewh shenh wenh - يوه شنه ونه
a tall building	yewh lewṛh wedanəi - يوه لوړه ودانۍ
a very old man	yew ḍer zewṛ sṛy - يو ډېر زوړ سړي
the old red house	heghh zewṛ sewr kewr - هغه زوړ سور کور
a very nice friend	yew ḍyer ṣ̌h dewset - يو ډير ښه دوست

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Pashto has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Pashtu.

List of Adjectives in Pashto

Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Pashto placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Pashto vocabulary.

English Adjectives	Pashto Adjectives
colors	rengewnh - رنگونه
black	tewr - تور
blue	asemaney sheyn - اسماني شين
brown	neswarey - نسواري
gray	khakey - خاكي
green	sheyn - شين
orange	na renj - نا رنجې
purple	areghewaney - ارغواني
red	sewr - سور
white	sepyen - سپين
yellow	jeṛ - ژېړ
sizes	anedazh - اندازه
big	lewa (ghṭ) - لوی (غټ)
deep	jewr - ژور
long	awẓ̌d - اوږد
narrow	teng (nera) - تنگ (نری)
short	lenḍ - لنډ
small	wṛweka - وړوکی
tall	jeg (deng) - جګ (دنګ)
thick	ḍbel (penḍ) - ډبل (پنډ)
thin	nera - نری
wide	peln (perakh) - پلن (پراخ)
shapes	sheklewnh - شکلونه
circular	gerd (daarh sheklh) - ګرد (دایره شکله)
straight	mekhamekh - مخامخ
square	merb' - مربع
triangular	methelth - مثلث
tastes	khewnedwenh - خوندونه
bitter	terakh - تریخ
fresh	tazh - تازه
salty	malegyen - مالگين
sour	terwesh - تروش
spicy	mesa lh dar - مسا له دار
sweet	khewẓ̌ - خوږ
qualities	khasatewnh - خاصیتونه
bad	bed - بد
clean	sefa (pak) - صفا (پاک)
dark	taarh - تیاره
difficult	sekhet (meshekl) - سخت (مشکل)
dirty	kharen (chṭl) - خیرن (چټل)
dry	wech - وچ
easy	asan - اسان
empty	khaley (tesh) - خالي (تش)
expensive	qamet(geran) - قیمت(ګران)
fast	taz - تیز
foreign	kharaja (bherna) - خاریجی (بهرنی)
full	pewrh (ḍk) - پوره (ډک)
good	ṣ̌h - ښه
hard	sekhet - سخت
heavy	derwend - دروند
inexpensive	arezanh - ارزانه
light	rewṣ̌an - روښان
local	seymh ayeyz (mhela) - سيمه اييز (محلی)
new	newy - نوي
noisy	deshewrh aw zewag cekhh ḍk - دشوره او زواګ څخه ډک
old	zewṛ - زوړ
powerful	qewa (zewakemn) - قوی (ځواکمن)
quiet	aramh (ghela) - ارامه (غلی)
correct	derset (derset kewl) - درست (درست کول)
slow	sest (werw) - سست (ورو)
soft	nerm (pewset) - نرم (پوست)
very	ḍer - ډېر
weak	kemzewr - كمزور
wet	nemjen (lewned) - نمجن (لوند)
wrong	naderset (ghelt) - نادرست (غلط)
young	zewan - ځوان
quantities	kemyetwenh - كميتونه
few	cew - څو
little	kem - كم
many	zeyat shemer - زيات شمېر
much	ḍar - ډیر
part	berkhh - برخه
some	b'eda - بعضی
a few	yew cew - يو څو
whole	ṭwel - ټول

Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Pashto, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Pashtu Adjectives,