پېښور
Pashto edit
Etymology edit
Corrupted from Classical Persian پرشاور (parašāwar), ultimately from Sanskrit पुरुषपुर (puruṣapura, “city of men”). Cognates Punjabi پِشَور (piśaur) and Urdu پشاور (piśāvar).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
پېښَوَر • (pex̌awar) m.
- Peshawar (a city, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
References edit
- “پېښور”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.