قندهار

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qan.da.haːr/

Proper noun

قَنْدَهَار • (qandahār) f

1. Kandahar (the capital city of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan)
2. Kandahar (a province of Afghanistan)

Declension

Declension of noun قَنْدَهَار (qandahār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	قَنْدَهَار qandahār	—
Nominative	—	قَنْدَهَارٌ qandahārun	—
Accusative	—	قَنْدَهَارًا qandahāran	—
Genitive	—	قَنْدَهَارٍ qandahārin	—

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

قندهار

1. Arabic spelling of Qəndəhar

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian قندهار (qandahâr).

Proper noun

قَندَهار • (Kandehar)

1. Kandahar

Descendants

• Turkish: Kandehar

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto کندهار (Kandahâr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qan.da.ˈhɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qän̪.d̪ä.ɦɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qän̪.d̪ä.ɦɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qän̪.d̪ɑːɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qän̪.d̪ɔːɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæn̪.d̪æ.ɦɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qän̪.d̪ä.ɦɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qandahār
Dari reading?	qandahār
Iranian reading?	ğandahâr
Tajik reading?	qandahor

Proper noun

Dari	قندهار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Қандаҳор

قندهار • (qandahâr)

1. Kandahar (the capital city of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan)
2. Kandahar (a province of Afghanistan)

   ولایت قندهار ― wilāyat-i qandahār ― the province of Kandahar

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Qəndəhar
• → Chagatai: قَندَهار
  • Uzbek: Qandahor
• → Ottoman Turkish: قَندَهار
  • Turkish: Kandehar