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Pashto
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *stríH-čī, derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH (“woman”).[1] Compare Sanskrit स्त्री (strī́).
Pronunciation
Noun
ښځه • (x̌əźa) f (plural ښځې (x̌əźe))
- woman
Declension
Declension of ښځه
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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ښځه (x̌əźa)
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ښځې (x̌əźe)
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| oblique I
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ښځې (x̌əźe)
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ښځو (x̌əźo)
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| oblique II
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ښځې (x̌əźe)
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ښځو (x̌əźo)
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| vocative
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ښځې (x̌əźe)
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ښځو (x̌əźo)
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References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2011) Selected Pashto Problems II. Historical Phonology 1: On Vocalism and Etyma (Iran and the Caucasus), volume 15, numbers 1-2, Brill Academic Publishers, page 183