Peshawar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu پشاور (piśāvar), a corruption of Classical Persian پَرَشَاوَر (parašāwar), ultimately from Sanskrit पुरूषपुर (purūṣapura).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɛˈʃəˌwɑːr/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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Proper noun

Peshawar

2. A city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Alternative forms

• Parashawar, Peshour, Pershawer, Peshawur, Purshawar (all archaic)

Translations

capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Arabic: بِيشَاوَر m (bišāwar)
• Bengali: পেশওয়ার (peśōẇar), পেশাওয়ার (peśaōẇar)
• Bulgarian: Пешава́р m (Pešavár)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白沙瓦 (zh) (Báishāwǎ)

• Czech: Péšávar m
• Finnish: Peshawar
• French: Peshawar (fr) m
• Georgian: პეშავარი (ṗešavari)
• German: Peschawar (de) n
• Greek: Πεσαβάρ (el) (Pesavár)
• Hindi: पेशावर (hi) (peśāvar)
• Hungarian: Pesavar (hu)
• Japanese: ペシャーワル (Peshāwaru)
• Korean: 페샤와르 (ko) (Pesyawareu)
• Macedonian: Пешавар m (Pešavar)
• Marathi: पेशावर (peśāvar)
• Pashto: پېښور (ps) (pex̌awar)
• Persian:

  Dari: پیشَاوَر (pēšāwar)

  Iranian Persian: پیشاور (pišâvar)

• Polish: Peszawar (pl) m
• Portuguese: Peshawar f
• Punjabi: پِشَور (piśaur)
• Russian: Пешава́р (ru) m (Pešavár)
• Serbo-Croatian: Пешавар m, Pešavar m
• Southern Hindko: پشور (pišaur)
• Tajik: Пешовар (Pešovar)
• Turkish: Peşaver
• Urdu: پشاور (piśāvar)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Peshawar f

1. Peshawar (a city, the provincial capital of North West Frontier, Pakistan)