Panjshir

English

Alternative forms

  • Panjsher, Panjsheer

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian پنجشیر (panjšir), from Classical Persian پنجشیر (panjšēr, literally “five lions”).

Proper noun

Panjshir

  1. A place in Afghanistan.
    1. Ellipsis of Panjshir Valley: a region of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan.
      • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 108:
        The valley Mammy referred to was the Panjshir, the Farsi-speaking Tajik region one hundred kilometers northeast of Kabul.
    2. A river in Panjshir Valley, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan.
    3. (historical) A former district of Parwan, Afghanistan.
    4. A province of Afghanistan.

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