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  • Indo-European languages and Pashto

    Pukhto ! English ! Other IE Lang !!! Pukhto ! English !
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    aputa = Opposite ------ agay = egg
    brid = bord ------ kaak,kakorrey=cake
    bangrrey= Bangle ------ dap =deafened
    brekhnaa = bright ------ Lar= lower
    weekh =awake; wakh(Germ.) ------ bar= upper
    alwat,alwatal = aloft , luft(Germ.) ------ Tarara, tarha= terror
    khoval = show ----- kangal=congealed
    thriyal = throw ----- ghund= round
    ghaakh = cog (Norse) ----- doob = deep
    rebal = reap ----- tyak = thick
    wrost = rust(ed) ----- nore = more
    watra = watered ---- rasedal = reach
    bokhta = bog
    bagatay = bagatelle ---- ghreeu = grief
    ghach = grudge ---- ghatt= great
    kat == cot ---- mech = measure
    sholey = shol (Fars.) ---- rujey, rijey = rice
    post = soft --- rikhtyaa = right
    khel = clan
    Ghvaa = cow ---- gho = coitus
    narey = narrow ---- wraan = wrong

    lug = lack ---- ghamey = gem
    rrung = ruined ---- vraan = ruined
    juq = jerk ---- levaney= loony, lunatic
    jinay = Gyne- (Greek)
    jinay =Ingenue (French), Kanhayya (Sanskrit, Sighalese)
    ubah = Eau (French)
    tore = zwart, schwartz (Germ.)
    meena = minna (Old High German)
    marghalara == margarita (Latin), marvaarid (Persian)
    zwag(noise) == zweig (Old English)
    Nizhdey == neighde (Old English)
    Toon(place) == town , tun (Old English )
    oya (agay)= ova levar (husband's brother)= levar (Latin)هڅه = Essay
    Last edited by Toramana; 07-19-2015, 11:29 AM.

  • #2
    Very very interesting
    Thanks a lot for sharing. It seems Pashto has a lot of similarities with English etc at least etymologically.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Badlun View Post
      Very very interesting
      Thanks a lot for sharing. It seems Pashto has a lot of similarities with English etc at least etymologically.
      I was myself astonished by so many similar Pashto and English words. The similarity cannot be coincidental and one is tempted to believe the IE languages theory that postulates an ancient origin for Indo-European languages.
      Last edited by Toramana; 07-19-2015, 02:50 PM.

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      • #4
        tore = zwart, schwartz (Germ.)

        the right form in german is schwarz without t
        faye's chauffeur

        Pashton's girlfriend

        I'm a Pashtun Princes


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        • #5
          Great. I love languages and Linguistics.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Toramana View Post
            I was myself astonished by so many similar Pashto and English words. The similarity cannot be coincidental and one is tempted to believe the IE languages theory that postulates an ancient origin for Indo-European languages.
            yeah pashto is the origin of all languages
            faye's chauffeur

            Pashton's girlfriend

            I'm a Pashtun Princes


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