Peshawar
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu پشاور (piśāvar), a corruption of Classical Persian پَرَشَاوَر (parašāwar), ultimately from Sanskrit पुरूषपुर (purūṣapura).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peshawar
- A city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Alternative forms
- Parashawar, Peshour, Pershawer, Peshawur, Purshawar (all archaic)
Translations
capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Portuguese
Proper noun
Peshawar f
- Peshawar (a city, the provincial capital of North West Frontier, Pakistan)