پشاور

Urdu

Etymology

Corrupted from Classical Persian پَرَشَاوَر (parašāvar), ultimately from Sanskrit पुरूषपुर (purūṣapura). Cognates Pashto پېښور (pex̌awar) and Punjabi پِشَور (piśaur).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

پِشاوَر • (piśāvar) m (Hindi spelling पेशावर)

  1. Peshawar (a city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
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