Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

See also: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

English

Provincial flag

Alternative forms

• KP (initialism)
• KPK (initialism)
• Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

Etymology

Transliteration of Urdu خیبر پختونخوا (xaibar paxtūnxvā), from خیبر (xaibar, “Khyber”) +‎ پختونخوا (paxtūnxvā, “Land of the Pashtun”), literally “the Khyber side of the Pashtun heartland”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaɪbər pəkˈtuːŋkwə/

Proper noun

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

2. A province in northwestern Pakistan. Capital: Peshawar.

Synonyms

• North-West Frontier Province (one of the previous regions prior to the merger in 2010)
• Afghania (historical, proposed rename before "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" was chosen in 2010)
• Gandhara (historical, proposed rename before "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" was chosen in 2010, favoured by some due to its lack of ethnic connotations)

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開伯爾-普赫圖赫瓦 / 开伯尔-普赫图赫瓦 (Kāibó'ěr-pǔhètúhèwǎ), 開伯爾-普什圖 / 开伯尔-普什图

• Hindustani: (xaibar paxtūnxvā)

  Hindi: ख़ैबर पख़्तूनख़्वा

  Urdu: خیبر پختونخوا

• Pashto: خېبر پښتونخوا (xebar paẍtunxwâ)
• Persian: خیبر پختونخوا
• Punjabi: (xaibar paxtūnxvā)

  Gurmukhi: ਖ਼ੈਬਰ ਪਖ਼ਤੂਨਖ਼ਵਾ

  Shahmukhi: خَیبَر پَخْتُونْخْوا

• Sindhi: خيبر پختونخوا
• Tajik: Хайбер-Пухтунхво (Xayber-Puxtunxvo)

See also

provinces and territories of Pakistanedit

• Azad Kashmir
• Balochistan
• Gilgit-Baltistan
• Islamabad Capital Territory
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Punjab
• Sindh

• Bab-e-Khyber