پښتو
See also: پشتو
Pashto edit
Etymology edit
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. (Pāṇini) Sanskrit पर्शु (parśu, “a (northwestern) warrior tribe”) and Late Babylonian 𒌓𒍪 (par-sú, “Persian”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Kandahar) IPA(key): /pəʂˈt̪o/
- (Southern Eastern) IPA(key): /pəʃˈt̪o/
- (Central) IPA(key): /paçˈt̪o/
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): /pəxˈt̪o/
- (Peshawar) IPA(key): /pʊxˈt̪o/
Noun edit
پښتو • (pax̌to) f
- Pashto language
References edit
- ^ 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