بشکال
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Pashto
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of Indo-Aryan origin. Compare Persian پشکال (paškâl).[1]
Noun
[edit]بشکال • (bašakāl) m
- monsoon (tropical rainy season)
References
[edit]- ^ Georg Morgenstierne (1927) An Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto, J. Dybwad, page 60
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