A Look at the Karlani Dialects of Paktia and Wardak - For Haris

[Hakim Khan Urgonai]

how do you call pharmacy?

Pharmacy = darukhana/dawakhana.

[Haris]

I always got confused as a kid between gungata and tsingaha.
One is a ladybird, the other is a frog.

[Hakim Khan Urgonai]

I always got confused as a kid between gungata and tsingaha.
One is a ladybird, the other is a frog.

Chindasha/chindakha is frog in our dialect.

We call owl "gungai".

[Hakim Khan Urgonai]

the pashto word is Darmaltoon
darmaltoon is actually also used by parsiwans.

pashtuns also use the word dawakhana often.

Darmaltoon - what a nice word! I'm going to use it from now on.

Manana.

[Hakim Khan Urgonai]

how do you call hospital?

Roghtoon.

[Hakim Khan Urgonai]

do you know these words?lol

nengolay
peeteelay
churlandoo

I don't know the others, but charlando is the donkey from Shrek in Pashto.

[Hakim Khan Urgonai]

correct

the other two are nengolay dish/prepared food(in kunari dilect)
peteelay is the pan

Oh, pateelai I know. We also use it.

[pashtun_rise]

We use it for bat. Lizard is charmashkai is our Pashto.

I am a Kuchai but Kuchi is not a tribe, there are Kuchis of different tribes.
Most are Ghilaji, especially from the Kharoti or Ahmadzai subtribes.

Insha`Allah I will send much money back to watan when I earn enough.

Sorry brother we also use it for bait...i was a bit flooded with mesz yesterday.N for lizards there are many names....but we usually use randa meegi too.The rest khushal knows alot about our lang quite well...m happy people take interest in our dialects.InshAllah a time is not far when we ll have dialects books.

[R3SISTANC3]

From what I understand Resistance, you are kharoti. the kharoti I know speak much differntly from us. you seam to speak more like karlani pashto. They use maar for snake, while we use mongor.

Not Kharoti bro, we are Karlani. Family is a mixture of Orakzai and Bayzai Bangash.

[R3SISTANC3]

Kunikabar = crab/lobster

Haha, excellent you son of gun, first time some one from the net that got it!

We use it for crab.

[R3SISTANC3]

gangata is a bug, I dont the english word for it, I think it might be cockroach.
rabbit is su-ya

What is guthmatan?

Guthmatun is a mantis, gangata is a large beetle, dung beetle is called ghwalo gangata. lol

Yes, rabbit is soya!

[khushal]

Guthmatun is a mantis, gangata is a large beetle, dung beetle is called ghwalo gangata. lol

Yes, rabbit is soya!

haha. we just call them gangata wheather they are ghwalo or not. What is cockroach in pashto?

do you know what sho-pa-rock is?

[R3SISTANC3]

haha. we just call them gangata wheather they are ghwalo or not. What is cockroach in pashto?

do you know what sho-pa-rock is?

Sounds a lot like khaparak which is bat.

I forgot cockroach will ask the parents. Although they'll just say Sra Gangata hahahahaha

[RevolutionThroughReason]

Not Kharoti bro, we are Karlani. Family is a mixture of Orakzai and Bayzai Bangash.

I read a story that Bangash are derived from Qazalbash Preachers who settled in Pashtun areas, any story on that?

[khushal]

I always got confused as a kid between gungata and tsingaha.
One is a ladybird, the other is a frog.

ladybug= no-wa
for frog we use = cher-mokh-kai
ladybird=Ive never seen one