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    Words unique to your dialect

    Pakhto is a very diverse language. Often when I look at a Pashto dictionary, I see words that i'd never heard of before.



    If you think there are any words that people only from your village, province or tribe use then share them.

    Would be interesting to see if other people use the same word or have heard of that word too.
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    To advise others is an easy matter, the difficulty is accepting advice -- since it is bitter for those who follow their
    own inclinations and desires    .

    -Imam al Ghazali
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  • #2
    Why don't we have a comprehensive Pashto dictionary and Pashto grammar.

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    • #3
      chorrkay for charra/knife.

      I am no bird, and no nest ensnares me.

      non commercial would cost less if he was in charge himself which he plans on doing. right now it's n herat but soon it will be in qanadahar.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by DaZahroJaam. View Post
        chorrkay for charra/knife.
        We use chorrakay. Might not be so unique, but Kwar for grapes. I mostly hear people use angoor.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by tor_khan View Post
          We use chorrakay. Might not be so unique, but Kwar for grapes. I mostly hear people use angoor.
          Yeah we use chorrkay and kwar. Where are you from Tor Khan ?

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          • #6
            Da Swat yam.

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            • #7
              Painda

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              • #8
                Originally posted by tor_khan View Post
                Da Swat yam.
                wa pa khair kaliwala.

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                • #9
                  Wardag has many unique words (or so i'm told). I would like to know just how unique they are.




                  'Paastai' in Wardag pakhto is used specifically for thin bread baked in a tunoor...like chapati.
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                  To advise others is an easy matter, the difficulty is accepting advice -- since it is bitter for those who follow their
                  own inclinations and desires                  .

                  -Imam al Ghazali

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                  • #10
                    There are so many:

                    zanrrkaye = halak
                    mazhakayi = spozhmayi
                    chig = to lift, high
                    marrayi = doddayi
                    lishki = lazh
                    alay = here
                    ooray = there
                    pass = up
                    chaila = goat
                    shooday = milk
                    "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be".

                    "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives".

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                    • #11
                      khwabadi -- it means the same as 'khafa' in other dialects.
                      Shlawal = to stretch(I've seen other dialects use other words)

                      "Za sta sa khwabadi yama".
                      "Sara wa me shlawey".
                      Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

                      A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

                      For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


                      The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

                      -Ferishta, 1560–1620

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Levanaye Zalmaye View Post
                        There are so many:

                        zanrrkaye = halak
                        mazhakayi = spozhmayi
                        chig = to lift, high
                        marrayi = doddayi
                        lishki = lazh
                        alay = here
                        ooray = there
                        pass = up
                        chaila = goat
                        shooday = milk
                        Lol never heard of these words except for chelay and shaoda means milk

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Admin Khan View Post
                          khwabadi -- it means the same as 'khafa' in other dialects.
                          Shlawal = to stretch(I've seen other dialects use other words)

                          "Za sta sa khwabadi yama".
                          "Sara wa me shlawey".
                          Shlawal or tsirawal means "to tear"

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Friend View Post
                            Shlawal or tsirawal means "to tear"
                            Tsirawal = to tear, not shlawal.

                            Shlawal is not the same as Tsiriwal in my dialect. I am also pretty confident that it's not the same in the Yusufzai dialect.

                            In fact, it's actually also commonly used for warnings "Sara wajhey wala shlawam kadey XYZ kaar prai nazhdi".
                            Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

                            A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

                            For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


                            The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

                            -Ferishta, 1560–1620

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                            • #15
                              Qandaharies also says "Garda sha yu.." instead of toll kha/sha yu".

                              Tor khan stole my thunder.

                              I am no bird, and no nest ensnares me.

                              non commercial would cost less if he was in charge himself which he plans on doing. right now it's n herat but soon it will be in qanadahar.

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