پوځ

Pashto

Alternative forms

• فوځ (fawź)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian pdk'bor.

Arabic فَيْج (fayj)

Arabic فَوْج (fawj)bor.

Classical Persian فَوج (fawj)bor.

Pashto پوځ

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَوج (fawj).

Pronunciation

• (Peshawar) IPA^(key): /pawz/
• (Kandahar) IPA^(key): /pawd͡z/

Noun

پَوځ • (pawź) m

1. army, military

Declension

Declension of پَوځ

	singular	plural
direct	پَوځ (pawź)	پَوځونه (pawźuna)
oblique	پَوځ (pawź)	پَوځونو (pawźuno)
vocative	پَوځه (pawźa)	پَوځونو (pawźuno)

Further reading

• “پوځ”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.