Panjshir

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Etymology

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

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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. Ellipsis of Panjshir River.; A river in Panjshir Valley, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan
    3. (historical) Ellipsis of Panjshir District.; A former district of Parwan Province, Afghanistan; Former name of Panjshir Province.
    4. Ellipsis of Panjshir Province.; A province of Afghanistan

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