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خیبر پختونخوا

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Persian

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Regional forms of خیبر پختونخوا
Dari خیبر پختونخوا
Iranian Persian
Tajik Хайбер-Пухтунхво

Etymology

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Borrowed from Urdu خَیبَر پَخْتُونْخْوَا (xaibar paxtūnxvā).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Dari reading? xaybar paxtūnxā
Iranian reading? xeybar paxtunxâ

Proper noun

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خیبر پختونخوا (xaybar paxtūnxwā / xeybar paxtunxâ)

  1. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (a province in northwestern Pakistan)

Urdu

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Etymology

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From خیبر (xaibar, Khyber) +‎ پختونخوا (paxtūnxvā, Land of the Pashtun), literally the Khyber side of the Pashtun heartland. Compare Pashto خېبر پښتونخوا (xēbar paẍtunxwâ).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɛː.bəɾ‿pəx.t̪uːn.xwɑː/, /xɛː.bəɾ‿pəx.t̪uːŋ.xwɑː/
  • Audio (Pakistan):(file)

Proper noun

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خَیْبَر پَخْتُونخْوا (xaibar-paxtūnxvām (Hindi spelling ख़ैबर पख़्तूनख़्वा)

  1. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (a province in northwestern Pakistan)

Descendants

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  • English: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

See also

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provinces and territories of Pakistan: پاکِسْتان کی اِنْتِظامی تَقْسِیمیں (pākistān kī intizāmī taqsīmẽ)edit