شيدې
šide/ʃide/feminine
The Pashto word for milk is شيدې (šide).
شيدې is the noun used to refer to the liquid milk.
Meaning: liquid (noun)
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun شيدې is feminine.
How do you pronounce it?
The word is pronounced /ʃide/ (šide).
Did you know?
- The word شيدې is a plural noun in Pashto, even when referring to a single glass of milk.
- In traditional Pashto hospitality, offering milk is often a symbolic gesture of peace and building a bond with a guest.
- Pashto has a much higher degree of specificity for dairy than English does. While an English speaker might simply say 'yogurt', a Pashto speaker uses distinct, precise terms for various fermented milk products.
Examples in context
- زه شيدې غواړم.ze shide ghwaram.I want milk.
- شيدې په یخچال کې دي.shide pa yehkhal ke de.The milk is in the refrigerator.
- دا شيدې ډېرې یخې دي.da shide deray yakhe de.This milk is very cold.
Example conversation
Omar and Zala are preparing breakfast in the kitchen.
- عمر Omarزالا، ایا موږ شيدې لرو؟Zala, aya mung shide laro?Zala, do we have milk?
- زالا Zalaهو، شيدې په میز باندې دي.Ho, shide pa mez bande di.Yes, the milk is on the table.
- عمر Omarډېره مننه، زه به یې وکاروم.Dera manana, ze ba ye wakarum.Thanks a lot, I will use it.
- زالا Zalaښه ده، عمر.Kha da, Omar.That is fine, Omar.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “milk” translations and entries شيدې, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
