ښکلی

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَکْل (šakl), from Arabic شَكْل (šakl, likeness, form).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (southern) IPA(key): /ʂkwəˈlai/
  • (northern) IPA(key): /xkwəˈlai/

Adjective

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ښکلی • (x̌kulay, x̌kwëlay)

  1. beautiful
  2. pretty

Declension

References

  1. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) “x̌kulay”, in Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 98:x̌kulay 'beautiful'. — Prob. to Ar/Prs šakl 'likeness, form', semantically through 'lovely form', etc.