Panjshir

English

Alternative forms

• Panjsher, Panjsheer

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian پنجشیر (panjšir), from Classical Persian پنجشیر (panjšēr, literally “five lions”).

Proper noun

Panjshir

1. A place in Afghanistan
   1. Ellipsis of Panjshir Valley.; A region of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan
      • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 108:

        The valley Mammy referred to was the Panjshir, the Farsi-speaking Tajik region one hundred kilometers northeast of Kabul.

   2. A river in Panjshir Valley, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan
   3. (historical) A former district of Parwan, Afghanistan
   4. A province of Afghanistan

Derived terms

• Panjshiri
• Panjshir Valley

Translations

a province of Afghanistan

• Marathi: पंजशीर m (pañjśīr)
• Pashto: پنجشېر (panjšer)
• Persian:

  Dari Persian: پنجشیر (fa) (panjšēr)

  Iranian Persian: پنجشیر (fa) (panjšir)

• Tajik: Панҷшер (Panjšer)
• Urdu: پنج شیر m (panj śer), پنجشیر m (panjśer)