پېښور
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Pashto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Corrupted from Classical Persian پرشاور (parašāwar), ultimately from Sanskrit पुरुषपुर (puruṣapura, “city of men”). Cognates Punjabi پِشَور (piśaur) and Urdu پشاور (piśāvar).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
پېښَوَر • (pex̌awar) m.
- Peshawar (a city, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
References[edit]
- “پېښور”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.