Pashto
English
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈpæʃtəʊ/, /ˈpʌʃtəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
Pashto (uncountable)
- The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan.
- 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 131:
- Tariq clenched his teeth and muttered something to himself in Pashto that Laila didn’t catch.
Related terms
Translations
official language of Afghanistan
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See also
References
- 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
Further reading
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Pashto terms
- ISO 639-1 code ps, ISO 639-3 code pus (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Pashto, pus
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