پشتو

See also: پښتو, بستو, and تستو

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto پښتو (paẍto).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰäʃ.t̪ʰúː], [pʰäʃ.t̪ʰóː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰäʃ.t̪ʰúː], [pʰäʃ.t̪ʰóː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰäʃ.t̪ʰú], [pʰäʃ.t̪ʰʊ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? paštū, paštō
Dari reading? paštū, paštō
Iranian reading? paštu
Tajik reading? paštu, paštü

Noun

Dari پشتو
Iranian Persian
Tajik пашту

پشتو • (paštu)

  1. Pashto (language)
    م. بلد نیست به زبان پشتو حرف بزنه.
    m. balad nist be zabân-e paštu harf bezane.
    M. can't speak Pashto.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto پښتو (paẍto), likely influenced by Persian پشتو (paštu).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pəʃ.t̪oː/
  • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oː
  • Hyphenation: پَشْ‧تو

Proper noun

پَشْتو • (paśto) m (indeclinable, Hindi spelling पश्तो)

  1. Pashto (language)

References

  • “پشتو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “پشتو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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