Arabic names pronounced differently in Pashto

[Sarbani]

Ignoring the fact that ذ/ث/ح/ع/ف/ق/ص/ض/ط/ظ are not pronounced in Pashto, what are some pronunciation differences in names between Pashto and Arabic?

I can only think of these:

Arabic (عربي)| Pashto (پښتو)
Muhammad (محمد) | Maxmed (مخمد)
Yusaf (یوسف) | Isep (ایسپ)
Isma'il (اسماعیل) | Smēl (سمیل)
Junaid (جنيد) | Junēt (جونیت)
Faisal (فيصل ) | Pīsel (پېسل)

I don't think there are much more but I was just curious as to what Pashtunized forms of Arabic names would look like after seeing the same thing in Turkish: Behind the Name: Turkish Names

[maneatinglizard]

Any name with an 'f' will obviously be pronounce differently by people who can't pronounce the sound.

'H' sounds (both ه and ح) are occasionally pronounced like a 'kh'.

A lot of this also depends on education. Educated/urban people will generally pronounce Arabic names similarly to how they're pronounced in Arabic. Uneducated/villager Pashtuns have a tendency to remove vowels and vowel-like sounds, like the Muhammad->Makhmad example you gave. Another I've heard is Hashim->Shum.

I haven't ever heard anyone pronounce "Junaid" like "Junet."

[salman47]

Any name with an 'f' will obviously be pronounce differently by people who can't pronounce the sound.

'H' sounds (both ه and ح) are occasionally pronounced like a 'kh'.

A lot of this also depends on education. Educated/urban people will generally pronounce Arabic names similarly to how they're pronounced in Arabic. Uneducated/villager Pashtuns have a tendency to remove vowels and vowel-like sounds, like the Muhammad->Makhmad example you gave. Another I've heard is Hashim->Shum.

I haven't ever heard anyone pronounce "Junaid" like "Junet."

The soft 'h'/'ه' usually disappears(becomes silent, at least for me), and the heavy/throaty 'H'/'ح' becomes either a simple 'h' or a 'kh'.
So for a normal Pashtun the following have the same sound:
ث ص س: All are 's'
ت ط: Both a soft 't'
ض ذ ز ظ: All are soft 'z'
ض د: Both are soft 'd'
ع ا: Both are 'a'
ک ق: Both are simple 'k'

In conclusion, the following are completely useless and unnecessary sounds/consonants:ذ خ* ع ف ق ث ص ض ط ظ

[Pakthun345]

Assalamu alaykum and hello,

"Muhammad" is also pronounced "Mamad" in Afghanistan.

Manana

[Sarbani]

ع ا: Both are 'a'

The ع is often pronounced as a غ too. For example, the name معاذ is often pronounced مغاز.

[Traveller]

I've never heard anyone say Makhmad for Muhammad

[salman47]

I've never heard anyone say Makhmad for Muhammad

It is a Pukhto thing i think!!

*need Pashto speakers to confirm*

[Sarbani]

I've never heard anyone say Makhmad for Muhammad

It's a thing in northern KPK at least.

[Pakthun345]

Assalamu alaykum and hello,

"Muhammed" in Arabic is pronounced as "Mamad". We also pronounce "Mohammed" as "Mamad".

There is the place "Mamad kala" or "Mohammed kala" in Khost province.
There is the place "Mamad" in Paktika province.
There is "Mamad khel" in north Waziristan.
There is the "Muhammedzai" tribe which is pronounced as "Mamadzai".

In Turkish "Mohammed" being pronounced as "Mehmet".

Manana

[salman47]

Assalamu alaykum and hello,

"Muhammed" in Arabic is pronounced as "Mamad". We also pronounce "Mohammed" as "Mamad".

There is the place "Mamad kala" or "Mohammed kala" in Khost province.
There is the place "Mamad" in Paktika province.
There is "Mamad khel" in north Waziristan.
There is the "Muhammedzai" tribe which is pronounced as "Mamadzai".

In Turkish "Mohammed" being pronounced as "Mehmet".

Manana

You do know that you are with that 'Arabs pronounce..' part?

[Pakthun345]

Assalamu alaykum

Assalamu alaykum and hello,

Brother all languages are related.

Manana

[Pakthun345]

Yousef and Esap

Assalamu alaykum and hello,

The Arabic name "Yousef" is not equivalent to "Esap".
When Pashtuns/Pakthuns became Muslim they changed their names to Arabic/Semitic names. "Yousef" in Arabic is derived from Hebrew.
"Aspa" is a "mare in Pashto.
"Aas" is a horse in Pashto.

"Esap" is related to "aspa". Also, "aspa" is a horse in Avestan.
"Aspi"/"aspahe" is a mare in Avestan.

Pashto/Paktho is an Iranic or Irano-Aryan language and has terms from Avestan.
"Ashva" is the Rig veda term for "horse".

Manana

[Pakthun345]

Hashmat Ali

Assalamu alaykum and hello,

"Hashmat" Ali is pronounced "Sham-tali" by some Pakthuns.

Manana

[Sikandar.]

Mispronunciations are not part of a language. These names are not written the way they are pronounced by some illiterates and are not meant to be pronounced that way so there is nothing Pashto about it.

[Sarbani]

I think Hišām (هشام) is Šām (شام).