پښتو
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See also: پشتو
Pashto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Most likely derived from Old Iranian *Parsuwā, with the basic stem *Parsū-[1]; closely related to *Parθaʰ (“Parthian”) and Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsaʰ/, “Persian”)[2], both from the earlier *Parsūa-, probably meaning "border or borderland"[3] (in contrast to Media, meaning "central land"); cf. Sanskrit (Pāṇini) Parśu- “a (northwestern) warrior tribe” and Late Babylonian 𒌓𒍪 (par-sú, “Persian”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Kandahar) IPA(key): /pəʂˈt̪o/
- (Southern Eastern) IPA(key): /pəʃˈt̪o/
- (Central) IPA(key): /paçˈt̪o/
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): /pəxˈt̪o/
- (Peshawar) IPA(key): /pʊxˈt̪o/
Noun[edit]
پښتو • (paẍto) f
- Pashto language
References[edit]
- ^ G. Morgenstierne, “AFGHANISTAN vi. Paṣ̌tō”, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition, 1982
- ^ Kent, Roland G. (1950), “Parθava-”, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 196
- ^ I. Gershevitch, W. Bayne Fisher, J. A. Boyle: The Medes And Their Neighbours, in The Cambridge History of Iran, p. 61-62, Vol. II, 1985; Cambridge University Press