پښتو

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Pashto

Etymology

Most likely derived from Old Iranian *Parsuwā, 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. (Pāṇini) Sanskrit पर्शु (parśu, “a (northwestern) warrior tribe”) and Late Babylonian 𒌓𒍪 (par-sú, “Persian”).

Pronunciation

Noun

پښتو • (pax̌to) f

  1. Pashto language

References

  1. ^ G. Morgenstierne, “AFGHANISTAN vi. Paṣ̌tō”, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition, 1982
  2. ^ Kent, Roland G. (1950) “Parθava-”, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 196
  3. ^ 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
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