پښتون
Pashto
Etymology
Most likely derived from *Parstāna- (compare Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀦 (*paṭṭhāna) < *𑀧𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀦 (*paṣṭāna)), from Old Iranian *Parswāna-, 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. Sanskrit (Pāṇini) Parśu- “a (northwestern) warrior tribe” and Late Babylonian 𒌓𒍪 (par-sú, “Persian”).
Other theories connect the name to the Northern Indian words for "mound, embankment;" compare Urdu پشتہ (“embankment, mound of stone or earth”), Persian (pushta, “mountain”), and Proto-Iranian *pr̥štáh (“back, spine”).[4]
Pronunciation
- (Kandahar) IPA(key): /paʂ.t̪un/
- (South Eastern) IPA(key): /paʃ.t̪un/
- (Kabul) IPA(key): /pax.t̪un/
- (Central) IPA(key): /paç.t̪un/
- (Northeastern) IPA(key): /pʊx.t̪un/
Noun
پښتون • (pax̌tun) m (plural پښتانه (pax̌tāna))
- Pashtun
- دا پښتون دی
- He is a Pashtun.
Declension
Related terms
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
- ^ Rashid, H. (2002). History of the Pathans: The Sarabani Pathans. Pakistan: Haroon Rashid, p. 73