پښتو

See also: پشتو

Pashto

Etymology

Most likely derived from Old Iranian *Parsuwā, with the basic stem *Parsū-;^[1] closely related to *Parθaʰ (“Parthian”) and Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠Pārsaʰ⁠/, “Persian”),^[2] both from the earlier *Parsūa-, probably meaning "border or borderland"^[3] (in contrast to Media, meaning "central land"); cf. (Pāṇini) Sanskrit पर्शु (parśu, “a (northwestern) warrior tribe”) and Late Babylonian 𒌓𒍪 (par-sú, “Persian”).

Pronunciation

(Kandahar) IPA^(key): /pəʂˈt̪o/
(South Eastern) IPA^(key): /pəʃˈt̪o/
(Central) IPA^(key): /paçˈt̪o/
(Kabul) IPA^(key): /pəxˈt̪o/
(Peshawar) IPA^(key): /pʊxˈt̪o/

Noun

پَښتو • (pax̌to) f

Pashto language

References

^ G. Morgenstierne, “AFGHANISTAN vi. Paṣ̌tō”, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition, 1982
^ Kent, Roland G. (1950) “Parθava-”, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 196
^ I. Gershevitch, W. Bayne Fisher, J. A. Boyle: The Medes And Their Neighbours, in The Cambridge History of Iran, p. 61-62, Vol. II, 1985; Cambridge University Press

[1] G. Morgenstierne, “AFGHANISTAN vi. Paṣ̌tō”, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition, 1982

[OPG-2] Kent, Roland G. (1950) “Parθava-”, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 196

[3] I. Gershevitch, W. Bayne Fisher, J. A. Boyle: The Medes And Their Neighbours, in The Cambridge History of Iran, p. 61-62, Vol. II, 1985; Cambridge University Press

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