Peshawar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu پشاور (piśāvar), a corruption of Classical Persian (parašāwar), ultimately from Sanskrit पुरूषपुर (purūṣapura).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /pɛˈʃəˌwɑːr/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)

Proper noun

Peshawar

A city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Alternative forms

Parashawar, Peshour, Pershawer, Peshawur, Purshawar (all archaic)

Translations

capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Arabic: بِيشَاوَر m (bišāwar)
Bengali: পেশওয়ার (peśōẇar), পেশাওয়ার (peśaōẇar)
Bulgarian: Пешава́р m (Pešavár)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白沙瓦 (zh) (Báishāwǎ)
Czech: Péšávar m
Finnish: Peshawar
French: Peshawar (fr) m
Georgian: პეშავარი (ṗešavari)
German: Peschawar (de) n
Greek: Πεσαβάρ (el) (Pesavár)
Hindi: पेशावर (hi) (peśāvar)
Hungarian: Pesavar (hu)
Japanese: ペシャーワル (Peshāwaru)
Korean: 페샤와르 (ko) (Pesyawareu)
Macedonian: Пешавар m (Pešavar)
Marathi: पेशावर (peśāvar)
Pashto: پېښور (ps) (pex̌awar)
Persian:
Dari: پیشَاوَر (pēšāwar)

Iranian Persian: پیشاور (pišâvar)
Polish: Peszawar (pl) m
Portuguese: Peshawar f
Punjabi: پِشَور (piśaur)
Russian: Пешава́р (ru) m (Pešavár)
Serbo-Croatian: Пешавар m, Pešavar m
Southern Hindko: پشور (pišaur)
Tajik: Пешовар (Pešovar)
Turkish: Peşaver
Urdu: پشاور (piśāvar)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Peshawar f

Peshawar (a city, the provincial capital of North West Frontier, Pakistan)