My Pashto questions

[زده کوونکی]

In this thread I'll ask various questions I may have about Pashto language...

1. Regarding the word "zarghun" (green).

Most of the time, the word "sheen" is used for both green and blue (yes there are distinctions but mostly the same word is used), however, Pashto also has another word for green - it is "zarghun".

Why is this word not in common usage, to the point where many have never even heard of it?

Is it an original Pashto or a borrowing?

I think "Zarghuna" is also used as a feminine name.

Zarghun Shahr is a place in Paktika Province, I guess the name literally means "Green City".

Zarghun Ghar (Green Mountains) is a mountain range near Ziarat and Quetta.

Is this word only used in the "Soft" Southern Pashto dialect of Kandahar/Balochistan/Helmand/Zabul/Uruzgan/South Ghazni/Paktika, etc.?

[Ciray]

zarghun seems to be a loanword from Middle Persian zargon. (According to A New Etymological Dictionary of Pashto, by Morgenstierne)

So it is not a genuine Pashto word, but it is also older than most of the loanwords which came from Persian into Pashto.

[Akbar]

In this thread I'll ask various questions I may have about Pashto language...

1. Regarding the word "zarghun" (green).

Most of the time, the word "sheen" is used for both green and blue (yes there are distinctions but mostly the same word is used), however, Pashto also has another word for green - it is "zarghun".

Why is this word not in common usage, to the point where many have never even heard of it?

Is it an original Pashto or a borrowing?

I think "Zarghuna" is also used as a feminine name.

Zarghun Shahr is a place in Paktika Province, I guess the name literally means "Green City".

Zarghun Ghar (Green Mountains) is a mountain range near Ziarat and Quetta.

Is this word only used in the "Soft" Southern Pashto dialect of Kandahar/Balochistan/Helmand/Zabul/Uruzgan/South Ghazni/Paktika, etc.?

Zarghun means green.
Sheen means blue but it is wrongly used for green and abey(dari word) is used for blue.
Zarghun is not a loan word from Persian while abey is.

[salman47]

Zarghun does not just mean 'green' but more like 'colorfully green', it is 'elegant color', something 'vibrant'. Something when we see, we are at peace. It has a more deeper meaning.(according to me, i dont know if you guys agree here).

P.S. It is common in all dialects.

[Charsi Malang]

I’ve heard people use the phrase “asmaan sheen da”... to predict certain weather. It’s always confused me as I don’t ever recall seeing the sky as looking green.

There’s a kalay i’m also aware of called Zarghun khel so I gather the word must mean green with a bit more if you know what I mean.

I thought the Pakhto word for blue was “oodi”

[Kakar-Wardak]

Blue is also pronounced "Udi"

[Akbar]

Zarghun does not just mean 'green' but more like 'colorfully green', it is 'elegant color', something 'vibrant'. Something when we see, we are at peace. It has a more deeper meaning.(according to me, i dont know if you guys agree here).

P.S. It is common in all dialects.

It means green

[salman47]

It means green

To me it's a special word. Not just plain green but bright green.

[2jan]

We call sheen green and Udee blue