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)
Declension
declension of ښکلی
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | ښکلی (x̌kwëlay) |
ښکلي (x̌kwëli) |
ښکلې (x̌kwële) |
ښکلې (x̌kwële) | |
| oblique | ښکلي (x̌kwëli) |
ښکلو (x̌kwëlo) |
ښکلې (x̌kwële) |
ښکلو (x̌kwëlo) | |
| vocative | ښکليه ښکليې (x̌kwëlya x̌kwëlye) |
ښکلو (x̌kwëlo) |
ښکلې (x̌kwële) |
ښکلو (x̌kwëlo) | |
References
- ^ 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.”