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[Elias]

Yeah of course there is, man. "Sepaas" or "sepaasgozaram" (I am thankful). "Kheile mamnoon" is also used regularly in Iran and the Western provinces of Afghanistan. But most of us say just "tashakur" just like in Turkey "tashakuraat".

In Iran, since many of our fellow cousins across the border are White wannabes they say "merci" which I find extremely embarrassing, ridiculous and hilarious.. all at the same time lol

Kurds also say sepas.
Is sepas the original Persian word to say thanks or is it borrowed from an other language?

[maneatinglizard]

Kurds also say sepas.
Is sepas the original Persian word to say thanks or is it borrowed from an other language?

According to Wiktionary it's from Middle Persian and ultimately derives from PIE, so either it's native Persian or borrowed from another early Iranic language (which were all very similar, so it's practically the same thing as being native):

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[Elias]

According to Wiktionary it's from Middle Persian and ultimately derives from PIE, so either it's native Persian or borrowed from another early Iranic language (which were all very similar, so it's practically the same thing as being native):

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Thanks, I think this word is limited to western Iranic languages.

[salman47]

Thanks, I think this word is limited to western Iranic languages.

Yes and it is related to thanks in Slavic languages as well, e.g. Russian = 'Spaciba'/'Спасибо'
Well at least Our Pashto has a unique way to say Thank You(Manana).

[Elias]

Yes and it is related to thanks in Slavic languages as well, e.g. Russian = 'Spaciba'/'Спасибо'
Well at least Our Pashto has a unique way to say Thank You(Manana).

I know lil bit russian and yes it’s spaciba.
Can you speak russian?

[Iblis_Efreetzai]

Actually guys Dera Manana is not Pure Pashto, Manana comes from the Arabic word Manan, which means benefactor.

[salman47]

I know lil bit russian and yes it’s spaciba.
Can you speak russian?

I tried learning it a few years ago from a Half Russian/Half Pashtun friend of mine, but then he had to go for Russian Military service(sadly, he was a good friend)!
So I don't know really well except a few phrases.

[salman47]

Actually guys Dera Manana is not Pure Pashto, Manana comes from the Arabic word Manan, which means benefactor.

Is there any chance it is a loanword in Arabic?(sounds really disappointing if it's a loanword in Pashto.)

[Charsi Malang]

Yeah of course there is, man. "Sepaas" or "sepaasgozaram" (I am thankful). "Kheile mamnoon" is also used regularly in Iran and the Western provinces of Afghanistan. But most of us say just "tashakur" just like in Turkey "tashakuraat".

In Iran, since many of our fellow cousins across the border are White wannabes they say "merci" which I find extremely embarrassing, ridiculous and hilarious.. all at the same time lol

Isn’t “merci” French?

[maneatinglizard]

Actually guys Dera Manana is not Pure Pashto, Manana comes from the Arabic word Manan, which means benefactor.

Highly doubt that. Pashto has had little direct contact with Arabic, so most (all? I can’t think of an example to the contrary off the top of my head) of its Arabic loanwords come indirectly through Farsi. Additionally, مننه is not a word in Arabic, and if it the word came from منان, the Pashto form would’ve probably been منانونه.

I’m pretty sure متنه actually derives from the Pashto root منل, i.e. to accept.

Any evidence for your claim?

[maneatinglizard]

Isn’t “merci” French?

It is, which is why it’s so embarrassing lol.

Is there any chance it is a loanword in Arabic?(sounds really disappointing if it's a loanword in Pashto.)

No chance. منان is a pure Arabic word, I believe it derives from the root ‘منن', and المنان is one of the names of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى).

But like I explained in me earlier post, in pretty sure Iblis is wrong. I think this is one of those cases where similar words with unrelated origins end up sounding similar, like ardh (ارض)/earth or samaa’ (سماء)/asmaan.

[Iblis_Efreetzai]

I’m pretty sure متنه actually derives from the Pashto root منل, i.e. to accept.

hmmmm that's an interesting hypothesis ...but manal means to accept right? and manana is the infinitive of manal? I know in Farsi they say "tashakuret qabel nest" as "you're welcome" , but not sure how acceptance becomes thank you? The question is whether manal itself is originally a Pashtu word? I'm not a lnguist. and perhaps you're right, it may have nothing to do with manan (the Arabic word). As far as my evidence, I remember reading it in an article. I'll need to find it.

[Iblis_Efreetzai]

(ارض)/earth or samaa’ (سماء)/asmaan.

In this case at least, samaa' and asmaan definitely are related.

[maneatinglizard]

hmmmm that's an interesting hypothesis ...but manal means to accept right? and manana is the infinitive of manal? I know in Farsi they say "tashakuret qabel nest" as "you're welcome" , but not sure how acceptance becomes thank you? The question is whether manal itself is originally a Pashtu word? I'm not a lnguist. and perhaps you're right, it may have nothing to do with manan (the Arabic word). As far as my evidence, I remember reading it in an article. I'll need to find it.

Manana means “acceptance” as well. In fact, I believe that might actually be the original meaning. Qamosona.com doesn't link properly so i can’t provide you a direct link, but if you search the word on that site you’ll see multiple dictionaries mentioning that meaning. It’s probably more commonly seen in the negative (نه مننه), which means “rejection.”

The ل in منل is dropped in some conjugations (like “khabare na manee” or “sta khabara manam”), so مننه coming from منل is definitely possible. I’m not a Pashto expert by any means, but it’s why makes the most sense for me.

As for منل, it is native Pashto. Morgenstierne claims it's derived from Indo-Aryan, but I don’t find his argument strong. Plus, there’s a tendency among linguists to assume Pashto words are borrowings with little evidence simply because East Iranian languages have very little written history, especially compared to Persian or Indic, so I’m always wary to accept a non-obvious etymology coming from Indic.

In this case at least, samaa' and asmaan definitely are related.

They’re not:

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[khushal]

hmmmm that's an interesting hypothesis ...but manal means to accept right? and manana is the infinitive of manal? I know in Farsi they say "tashakuret qabel nest" as "you're welcome" , but not sure how acceptance becomes thank you? The question is whether manal itself is originally a Pashtu word? I'm not a lnguist. and perhaps you're right, it may have nothing to do with manan (the Arabic word). As far as my evidence, I remember reading it in an article. I'll need to find it.

When your thanking someone, your actually accepting their good will or good deed.

nesan de manam.