پوهنتون

Pashto

FWOTD – 12 January 2016

Etymology

From پوهنه (pohëna, “knowledge, science”, noun) +‎ تون (tún, “place of”, suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.hanˈt̪un/

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Noun

پوهنتون • (pohantún) m

1. university

Declension

declension of پوهنتون

	singular		plural
direct	پوهنتون (pohantun)		پوهنتانۀ (pohantânë)
oblique	پوهنتانۀ (pohantânë)		پوهنتنو (pohantëno)
vocative	پوهنتونه (pohantuna)		پوهنتنو (pohantëno)

Related terms

• پوهاند (pohãnd, “professor”)
• پوهندوی (pohanduy, “lecturer”)
• پوهنمل (“assistant professor”)
• پوهنپال (pohanpãl, “university student”)
• پوهنځی (pohandzē, “college”)
• پوهنیار (pohanyãr, “assistant professor”)

 

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto پوهنتون (pohantún).

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰoː.ɦän̪.t̪ʰúːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰoː.ɦän̪.t̪ʰúːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰoː.wän̪.t̪ʰúːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰʊː.wän̪.t̪ʰún]

Readings
Dari reading?	pōhantūn

Noun

Dari	پوهنتون / دانشگاه
Iranian Persian	دانشگاه
Tajik	донишгоҳ

پوهنتون • (pōhantūn)

1. (Dari) university

   پوهنتون کابل (Dari) ― pōhantūn-i kābul ― Kabul University

Usage notes

• 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.