Pakhto Vocabulary: Words and their Meanings

[Pukhtoon]

What is pashto word for "busy" ?

ٍEither "akhta" or "masroof" are used for "busy."

Although I believe "akhta" is a khaas Pukhto word while "masroof" originates from Arabic. Both are used interchangeably, though.

[tor_khan]

ٍEither "akhta" or "masroof" are used for "busy."

Although I believe "akhta" is a khaas Pukhto word while "masroof" originates from Arabic. Both are used interchangeably, though.

Thanks - so many of our words stem from Arabic or Farsi. I tend to use 'mashghool' in casual speech, though I also use 'masroof'. 'Akhta' / 'bukht' are khaas, whilst the root for the word 'khaas' itself is also Arabic . We can't escape it. Most conversations that begin with Salaam u Alaikum, begin with Arabic!

In response to the question about quick. I have a friend (from Khost) who uses chattak. I mostly use zar. I have also heard بیړه ، چاخ and تادي though they might be used more to say 'hurry'.
Spelling for chattak - چټک
Spelling for zar - زر

[Friend]

Thanks - so many of our words stem from Arabic or Farsi. I tend to use 'mashghool' in casual speech, though I also use 'masroof'. 'Akhta' / 'bukht' are khaas, whilst the root for the word 'khaas' itself is also Arabic . We can't escape it. Most conversations that begin with Salaam u Alaikum, begin with Arabic!

In response to the question about quick. I have a friend (from Khost) who uses chattak. I mostly use zar. I have also heard بیړه ، چاخ and تادي though they might be used more to say 'hurry'.
Spelling for chattak - چټک
Spelling for zar - زر

Tor khan we use "taadi" for example ..... hurry up ee say taadi okra. Or he very active or quick ... hagha der taadi granday dai.

[Pukhtoon]

Thanks - so many of our words stem from Arabic or Farsi. I tend to use 'mashghool' in casual speech, though I also use 'masroof'. 'Akhta' / 'bukht' are khaas, whilst the root for the word 'khaas' itself is also Arabic . We can't escape it. Most conversations that begin with Salaam u Alaikum, begin with Arabic!

In response to the question about quick. I have a friend (from Khost) who uses chattak. I mostly use zar. I have also heard بیړه ، چاخ and تادي though they might be used more to say 'hurry'.
Spelling for chattak - چټک
Spelling for zar - زر

Your more then welcome wrorah. You are definitely right about the Arabic and Farsi influence - they are two of the most developed languages ever in existence so it would only be natural to see some borrowing. What's more, when you factor in the influence of Islam and by association Arabic on the region and its subsequent influence on Farsi and then Farsi's influence on Pashto because of Farsi's seemingly unquantifiable amount of seminal works in literature its only natural to see so many Farsi/Arabic vocabulary in Pashto.

I do think its good to try to use our "khaas" (I understand the irony lol) Pukhto/Pashto words and supplement them as necessary.

[Pukhtoon]

Tor khan we use "taadi" for example ..... hurry up ee say taadi okra. Or he very active or quick ... hagha der taadi granday dai.

Hello and thank you for that post. Would you mind saying which dialect or region "taadi" is used? Is it used in Pakistan or in certain parts? I have spoken to people using this word and I never understood what it meant or where it came from.

Is this just slang or does it come from some root or combination of words? Interested to know. Daera manana.

[Friend]

Hello and thank you for that post. Would you mind saying which dialect or region "taadi" is used? Is it used in Pakistan or in certain parts? I have spoken to people using this word and I never understood what it meant or where it came from.

Is this just slang or does it come from some root or combination of words? Interested to know. Daera manana.

Well dont know much about the roots of this word but its spoken in swat and surroundung areas.

[Levanaye Zalmaye]

"Taadi" is a proper Pashto word which means "hurry". It's not inter-changable with "zar," which means to do something quickly.

"tsa taadi da" - "What's the hurry?"
"taadi kawal" - "to hurry".

Tor Khan can correct me if I'm wrong here.

[Pukhtoon]

"Taadi" is a proper Pashto word which means "hurry". It's not inter-changable with "zar," which means to do something quickly.

"tsa taadi da" - "What's the hurry?"
"taadi kawal" - "to hurry".

Tor Khan can correct me if I'm wrong here.

Thanks - is it only used in the Paksitan side or Swat? I never heard this word until I spoke to a Pashtoon from Swat and I don't think its used much on the Afghan side but maybe its a regional thing in Pakistan and Afghanistan as well.

Also, would "taadi" then be the equivalent of "masroof" or "akhta?" Since its being used as "busy?"

[Friend]

Thanks - is it only used in the Paksitan side or Swat? I never heard this word until I spoke to a Pashtoon from Swat and I don't think its used much on the Afghan side but maybe its a regional thing in Pakistan and Afghanistan as well.

Also, would "taadi" then be the equivalent of "masroof" or "akhta?" Since its being used as "busy?"

No dear... "taadi" never being used as busy... its used as hurry up... for example in imerative mood its like "taadi oka" means hurry up.
Also you can say "hagha der taadigrandai dai" means he is so impatience (in his activity).
If you understand urdu there is a proper word for it in urdu. That is " jaldi".
For example " jaldi karo"

[Pukhtoon]

No dear... "taadi" never being used as busy... its used as hurry up... for example in imerative mood its like "taadi oka" means hurry up.
Also you can say "hagha der taadigrandai dai" means he is so impatience (in his activity).
If you understand urdu there is a proper word for it in urdu. That is " jaldi".
For example " jaldi karo"

Thank you wrorah. I'm not really familiar at all with Urdu but you did mention a "proper" word for it in Urdu, should I assume then that "taadi" isn't proper Pashto and more of a slang term or something only used in speech but never in writing? Daera Manana.

[Friend]

Thank you wrorah. I'm not really familiar at all with Urdu but you did mention a "proper" word for it in Urdu, should I assume then that "taadi" isn't proper Pashto and more of a slang term or something only used in speech but never in writing? Daera Manana.

Thats true in writing i have never seen this but in our books we used to read the word "talwaar" for it. "Talwaar" is a proper word. For exp: we say "talwar oka" in books. So this word "taadi" is limited to specific area.

[Pukhtoon]

Thats true in writing i have never seen this but in our books we used to read the word "talwaar" for it. "Talwaar" is a proper word. For exp: we say "talwar oka" in books. So this word "taadi" is limited to specific area.

Ah thank you very much, appreciate it - very good to know.

[Friend]

Anyone knows ? Is waziri and khostai pukhto the same thing in dialect and vocabular or they are different ?

[Friend]

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[Haris]

My knowledge of other dialects is minimal but Khostai & Waziri dialects are mentioned in this thread: A Look at the Karlani Dialects of Paktia and Wardak - For Haris