Afghan girl

[randolph85]

I usually hate these cute videos but this one is good.

A chance conversation with a little Afghan girl - YouTube

[Traveller]

Lol I thought this post would be about trying to find a wife

[Traveller]

Why is she wearing boys' kamees partoog? Does it have to do with "bacha posh"?

Also I didn't know farsibans had the name zarghoona. Do they also use that as a word for green in Dari?

[Insight]

Lol I thought this post would be about trying to find a wife

About your signature- you do know that is one of Killzai's many profiles.

The guy is kind of mental. He has been doing this for years lol

[Iblis_Efreetzai]

Why is she wearing boys' kamees partoog? Does it have to do with "bacha posh"?

Also I didn't know farsibans had the name zarghoona. Do they also use that as a word for green in Dari?

Many Farsiwans have Pashtun names. I'm pretty sure it has the same meaning. Zarghoona actially comes from Arabic word "Zarq" or "Zarqun" referring to the color blue. Or maybe one of the parents are Pashtun or their grandfather or grandmother is Pashtun.


And often girls have their hair cut short and dress like boys in Afghanistan ...thought they did that too in Sarhad/Pakistan side ...I saw rural girls with a similar look until they're like 9 or 10.

[Iblis_Efreetzai]

I usually hate these cute videos but this one is good.

A chance conversation with a little Afghan girl - YouTube

if she was in first grade then she's a sophmore in high school now by the U.S. system.

[maneatinglizard]

This is very cute Mashallah. I hate how Afghans dress girls up like boys though.

Also, why is the guy asking her about her sisters lol?

Why is she wearing boys' kamees partoog? Does it have to do with "bacha posh"?

lol I had never heard of bacha posh until your post. I wonder how common it is (I suspect not at all).

But anyway Pashtuns in Afghanistan sometimes dress their young daughters up like boys, and give them boyish haircuts, too. It's pretty weird and I don't like it lol. That doesn't happen in Pakistan?

Also I didn't know farsibans had the name zarghoona. Do they also use that as a word for green in Dari?

It's not native to Farsi, I don't think it's used in Dari but I'm not 100% sure.

Pashto names are pretty common among non-Pashtuns in Afghanistan. Meena, for example, is a really common girl's name. Like how Pashtuns use Persian names (my own name is Persian), non-Pashtuns use Pashtun names occasionally.

Many Farsiwans have Pashtun names. I'm pretty sure it has the same meaning. Zarghoona actially comes from Arabic word "Zarq" or "Zarqun" referring to the color blue.

I'm pretty sure it actually comes from the same Iranian root as Avestan zairi, which meant golden/greenish. I suspect it's related to the Persian word zargoon (golden).

I don't think an etymology from azraq/zarqaa makes sense, as the qaf in Arabic words that enter Pashto is usually retained, or might shift to kha (like waqt->wakht). I don't think q->gh happens.

And zarqoon is actually originally from Persian, and means bright red (it also comes from the same root as Avestan zairi).

Or maybe one of the parents are Pashtun or their grandfather or grandmother is Pashtun.

I was thinking this too, but the girl is most likely Hazara (they're in Bamyan), so I'd say that's probably not the case.

[Samandri]

And often girls have their hair cut short and dress like boys in Afghanistan ...thought they did that too in Sarhad/Pakistan side ...I saw rural girls with a similar look until they're like 9 or 10.

It does not often happen in Pakistan/Pakhttunkhwa. The young girls here always wear female dress. Girl wearing boys dress with boyish haircut, is rare anomaly. I remember a girl (around eight years old i think) in my village used to wear boyish dress with boyish haircut and came to madrassa like that. It was her mother's desire to see her as a boy as she had no son. She used to play with boys. The Mullah was not ok with it and met her father and convinced him not to make his daughter a boy.

[Traveller]

[MENTION=19985]maneatinglizard[/MENTION] @iblees_Efreetzai I’ve never heard of it happening in Pakistani Pakhtunkhwa except in some parts of what used to be FATA(see Maria Torpeekai Wazir’s stories about having to dress up as a boy during her childhood in Waziristan). In the Peshawar valley, young girls are always in female dress. The practice might have existed in the past but it doesn’t anymore to the best of my knowledge.

[jama0112]

Aww, she's adorable! And very productive too.

Her parents must be proud.

[Firdousi]

Many Farsiwans have Pashtun names. I'm pretty sure it has the same meaning. Zarghoona actially comes from Arabic word "Zarq" or "Zarqun" referring to the color blue. Or maybe one of the parents are Pashtun or their grandfather or grandmother is Pashtun.


And often girls have their hair cut short and dress like boys in Afghanistan ...thought they did that too in Sarhad/Pakistan side ...I saw rural girls with a similar look until they're like 9 or 10.

lol people living abroad have such a simplistic opinion about Afghanistan and Afghans, bro. They truly believe ethnic communities are all living separated from each other, with no contact nor friendship when its pretty obvious that most of Afghans get along. Of course Pashtun names are popular in Afghanistan. I have plenty of relatives with Pashtun names such as Zalmay, Ezmeray, Rookay or Zarlasht. One of my best friends is a Pashtun from Farah and his name is "Jamshid", an old Persian name.

[maneatinglizard]

lol people living abroad have such a simplistic opinion about Afghanistan and Afghans, bro. They truly believe ethnic communities are all living separated from each other, with no contact nor friendship when its pretty obvious that most of Afghans get along. Of course Pashtun names are popular in Afghanistan. I have plenty of relatives with Pashtun names such as Zalmay, Ezmeray, Rookay or Zarlasht. One of my best friends is a Pashtun from Farah and his name is "Jamshid", an old Persian name.

You can't blame them when Western and Paki media constantly talks about ethnicity in Afghanistan as if we we're all just living in our own ethnic enclaves fantasizing about murdering each other and creating separate states.

And some Afghans over here do it too. It's hilarious to see Afghans bashing other Afghans over ethnicity on Twitter when they attend Afghan gatherings as Afghans, not specifically Pashtuns, Tajiks, Uzbeks, etc., and probably have family members from other ethnicities themselves.

[khushal]

Little girls dressing as boys isn't common but I have seen it. The parents just wish for a boy is why they do it. I don't think its good. I've seen some girls later on act like boys because that is how they were treated most of their lives.

In the case above, the little girl does say she has no brothers which makes their parents wish for a boy. She says that her brothers die when they are born which makes me think that maybe both parents probably have a recessive trait that is causing males to die.

[Iblis_Efreetzai]

Little girls dressing as boys isn't as common as girl's hair being cut really short until puberty. but it'ss not unheard of to see girl's dress in partog and kamees. I mean I clearly saw a few

As for this girl looking Hazara ....I know a Pashtun family in Connecticut from Wardak who have Asian/Oriental-esque eyes. Not sure where this was but if you said Logar, Wardak or even Ghazni, I would not be surprised.

[khushal]

Little girls dressing as boys isn't as common as girl's hair being cut really short until puberty. but it'ss not unheard of to see girl's dress in partog and kamees. I mean I clearly saw a few

As for this girl looking Hazara ....I know a Pashtun family in Connecticut from Wardak who have Asian/Oriental-esque eyes. Not sure where this was but if you said Logar, Wardak or even Ghazni, I would not be surprised.

Most pashtuns dont keep track of the maternal ancestry but Im pretty some have married hazara women.

Short hair for kids is just low maintenance. Many shave it to prevent lice. They don't have the luxury of hot water when they want it.