بشکال
Pashto
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of Indo-Aryan origin, ultimately from Sanskrit वर्षकाल (varṣakāla, “monsoon”). Compare Persian پشکال (paškâl).[1]
Noun
[edit]بشکال • (bašakāl) m
- monsoon (tropical rainy season)
References
[edit]- ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1927) An Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Skrifter utgitt av det Norske Videnskapsakademi i Oslo; 3), Oslo: J. Dybwad
Further reading
[edit]- Aslanov, M. G. (1985) “بشکال”, in Puštu-russkij slovarʹ [Pashto–Russian Dictionary], 2nd edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk
- Raverty, H. G. (1867) “بشکال”, 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