Pashto

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga) or Persian بنگ (bang).[1][2]

Noun

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بنګ (bangm

  1. cannabis

References

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  1. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1927) An Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Skrifter utgitt av det Norske Videnskapsakademi i Oslo; 3), Oslo: J. Dybwad
  2. ^ Raverty, H. G. (1867) “بنګ”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate

Further reading

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  • بنګ”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
  • Aslanov, M. G. (1985) “بنګ”, in Puštu-russkij slovarʹ [Pashto–Russian Dictionary], 2nd edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk
  • Raverty, H. G. (1867) “بنګ”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate
  • Henry Walter Bellew (1867) A Grammar of the Puḵḵẖto Or Pukshto Language, W.H. Allen&Company