پوهنتون
Pashto edit
Etymology edit
From پوهنه (pohëna, “knowledge, science”, noun) + تون (tún, “place of”, suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
پوهنتون • (pohantún) m
Declension edit
declension of پوهنتون
Related terms edit
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Pashto پوهنتون (pohantún).
Pronunciation edit
Readings | |
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Dari reading? | pōhantūn |
Noun edit
Dari | پوهنتون / دانشگاه |
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Iranian Persian | دانشگاه |
Tajik | донишгоҳ |
پوهنتون • (pōhantūn)
- (Dari) university
- پوهنتون کابل (Dari) ― pōhantūn-i kābul ― Kabul University
Usage notes edit
- The Pashto loan پوهنتون (pōhantūn, “university”) has become common in Afghanistan following the Pashtunization policies of successive Pashtun-dominated governments, although the native دانشگاه (dānišgāh) is also often used. The choice between پوهنتون (pōhantūn) and دانشگاه (dānišgāh) has been politically controversial, with the former sometimes being seen as a Pashtun imposition upon Persian speakers.