Pashto similarities with Sanskrit

[Pashtunistan]

According to most linguists, Pashto is a member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages and therefore more closely related to Dari than to Sanskrit and the other members of the Indic branch of the Indo-European languages. As such, some of the words that quote as being derived or similar to Sanskrit are in fact more closely allied to their Dari counterparts. (in red is the Dari)


I am trying to find Pashto words that are closely assimilated with ancient Sanskrit, Aramaic, Avestan (Avesta) and Vedi languages.

So far, Pashto language has kept its original versions. Let me share some of these words with you and if there is anyone who can think of others, please share it. I am hoping to compile them in a booklet in the future. Anyone who wants to correct me is welcomed.


Sanskrit – Pashto – English

Baalaka = halaka = boy

Maatr = moor = mother ( maadar)
gRha = kore = house

pada = pasha/pakha = foot (paay)

zira = sar = head (sar)

nara = nar = male (man) (nar - male)

girih = ghar = mountain

siMha = zimaray = lion

mesa = posa = sheep

uSTra = ush/ukh = camel (ushtar)

khaada = khwara = food (khworaak or khwor)

roTai = dodi = bread

zaalaa = zaala/zalagai = place/nest

zaavaka = choghaka = bird

trayah = dreh = three

dvau/dve = dwa = two (doo)

sas = spas/shpaz = six (shash)

azva = ass = horse (male) (asb)
ghotikaa = ghatara = horse (female)

naasa = paza = nose

bhaya = vera/bera = fear

biiru = beran /berandoki = fearful

zura = zurawar = brave (zor - strength)

zuura = zrawar = braveman

kapota = kaftara = pigeon (kabootar)

bandhi = bandi = prisoner (banda)

[Pashtunistan]

Pashto Similarities With Sanskrit

According to most linguists, Pashto is a member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages and therefore more closely related to Dari than to Sanskrit and the other members of the Indic branch of the Indo-European languages. As such, some of the words that quote as being derived or similar to Sanskrit are in fact more closely allied to their Dari counterparts. (in red is the Dari)


I am trying to find Pashto words that are closely assimilated with ancient Sanskrit, Aramaic, Avestan (Avesta) and Vedi languages.

So far, Pashto language has kept its original versions. Let me share some of these words with you and if there is anyone who can think of others, please share it. I am hoping to compile them in a booklet in the future. Anyone who wants to correct me is welcomed.


Sanskrit – Pashto – English

Baalaka = halaka = boy

Maatr = moor = mother ( maadar)
gRha = kore = house

pada = pasha/pakha = foot (paay)

zira = sar = head (sar)

nara = nar = male (man) (nar - male)

girih = ghar = mountain

siMha = zimaray = lion

mesa = posa = sheep

uSTra = ush/ukh = camel (ushtar)

khaada = khwara = food (khworaak or khwor)

roTai = dodi = bread

zaalaa = zaala/zalagai = place/nest

zaavaka = choghaka = bird

trayah = dreh = three

dvau/dve = dwa = two (doo)

sas = spas/shpaz = six (shash)

azva = ass = horse (male) (asb)
ghotikaa = ghatara = horse (female)

naasa = paza = nose

bhaya = vera/bera = fear

biiru = beran /berandoki = fearful

zura = zurawar = brave (zor - strength)

zuura = zrawar = braveman

kapota = kaftara = pigeon (kabootar)

bandhi = bandi = prisoner (banda)[/QUOTE]

[amna.]

Shocking.

[Son of Mountains]

@ Pashtunistan
Dear, we have a less active but very knowledge-able peron about Pashto history, i.e., Emal Khan.
Please talk to him, he will be able to tell u amazing information

[BLS_1919v2.0]

Pashto is just as old as sanksript so I'm not surprised at all.

Samima Sanskrit predates pashto by a lot. Sanskrit is the sister language of Avestan (which pashto takes its roots from), so it makes sense as to why such similarities exist.

[eyeliner]

what is pashto a sister language to?

[Tjanaparh]

Dear Pashtunistan, I will add the Armenian versian where it sounds similar:
Sanskrit-Pshto-English-Armenian
Baalaka = halaka = boy=balik(child)
Maatr = moor = mother ( maadar)= mayr(genitive form or root form is Mor)
girih = ghar = mountain=qar(stone),sar(mountain)
uSTra = ush/ukh = camel (ushtar)=ught
khaada = khwara = food (khworaak or khwor)=kerel(eaten)
zaavaka = choghaka = bird=chahruk(buzzard)
azva = ass = horse (male) (asb)=asp
bhaya = vera/bera = fear=vay,vakh
zura = zurawar = brave (zor - strength)=zor, zoravor
zuura = zrawar = braveman=zoravar
bandhi = bandi = prisoner (banda)=band(prison)



Some other parallel words i found are:

Pashto-Armenian-English:

speen=spitak=white
anar=nur=pomegranate
Azadavèl=azatvel(in dialect azadvel)=to free

generaly our indefinite verbforms finish with el or al(in anciient also il) - as I undrstood yesterday from the dictionary in Pashto its a bit similar.

[gadoonwal]

Dear Pashtunistan, I will add the Armenian versian where it sounds similar:
Sanskrit-Pshto-English-Armenian
Baalaka = halaka = boy=balik(child)
Maatr = moor = mother ( maadar)= mayr(genitive form or root form is Mor)
girih = ghar = mountain=qar(stone),sar(mountain)
uSTra = ush/ukh = camel (ushtar)=ught
khaada = khwara = food (khworaak or khwor)=kerel(eaten)
zaavaka = choghaka = bird=chahruk(buzzard)
azva = ass = horse (male) (asb)=asp
bhaya = vera/bera = fear=vay,vakh
zura = zurawar = brave (zor - strength)=zor, zoravor
zuura = zrawar = braveman=zoravar
bandhi = bandi = prisoner (banda)=band(prison)



Some other parallel words i found are:

Pashto-Armenian-English:

speen=spitak=white
anar=nur=pomegranate
Azadavèl=azatvel(in dialect azadvel)=to free

generaly our indefinite verbforms finish with el or al(in anciient also il) - as I undrstood yesterday from the dictionary in Pashto its a bit similar.

thank you very much friend for this interesting info,,,,,
these words are mathcing

what you call a person sleeping?
the pashtun man,s armenian wife speak fluent pashtu cus the husband teach her,,,,,,,,,,the last he visited back home in pashtunkhwa everyone was surprised when his armenian wife talk in pashtu,,,,,,
learning another language is always good thing,,,,,,
there is place called ,,abkazai,,near georgie now under russain influence some people speak similar language as pashtu but still searching for more info.

[Leonine]

though not at the scale of dari,alas, pashto has still been arabized to a great extent...ie khalaq is not a pashto word(arabic) but is used as if it is native!!

i sometimes wish that an Afghan government would set up an institution of some sort that replaces arabic words with their extant but unspoken counterparts in both dari and pashto. i believe much of the damage can be reconstructed if we replace arabic, turkish and other foreign words with words from avestan, old/middle persian and parthian. etc etc

[Tjanaparh]

thank you very much friend for this interesting info,,,,,
these words are mathcing

what you call a person sleeping?
the pashtun man,s armenian wife speak fluent pashtu cus the husband teach her,,,,,,,,,,the last he visited back home in pashtunkhwa everyone was surprised when his armenian wife talk in pashtu,,,,,,
learning another language is always good thing,,,,,,
there is place called ,,abkazai,,near georgie now under russain influence some people speak similar language as pashtu but still searching for more info.

A sleeping person? "Qnats mard"
Its like it should be in a couple - he did very well to teach her his language.
Yeah i know Abkhazia, they call themselves Apsny.
Their language is similar to Cherkez, but is it really similar to Pashto? Thats interesting! Abkhaz is very difficult and has arround 60 sounds. Its considerd northcaucasian(non-indoeuropean). We should invite some Abkhaz - that is really interesting if there is a connection.

[Tjanaparh]

though not at the scale of dari,alas, pashto has still been arabized to a great extent...ie khalaq is not a pashto word(arabic) but is used as if it is native!!

i sometimes wish that an Afghan government would set up an institution of some sort that replaces arabic words with their extant but unspoken counterparts in both dari and pashto. i believe much of the damage can be reconstructed if we replace arabic, turkish and other foreign words with words from avestan, old/middle persian and parthian. etc etc

That is really difficult to do, specially now. Our governmet tried it too, but they faild somehow. But You are right - it is important at least to keep the official language pure.

[Bengal_Tiger]

Gadoonwala, I think you are talking about Ossetian.

Ossetian and Pashto are the closest languages, and descended from, Avestani.

Ossetian Language - YouTube

[Bengal_Tiger]

Ossetian is the spoken and literary language of the Ossetes, a people living in the central part of the Caucasus and constituting the basic population of the republic of North Ossetia-Alania, which belongs to the Russian Federation, and of the South Ossetia, which is de facto independent (belongs to the Georgian Republic according to most other states). Ossetian belongs to the Northern subgroup of the Eastern-Iranian group of the Indo-European family of languages. Thus, it is genetically related to the other Eastern-Iranian languages, e.g. Pashto and Yaghnobi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetic_language

Read this: http://www.allempires.com/forum/foru...?TID=603&PN=10

Also from Khyberwatch, I mentioned Yaghnobi: http://www.khyberwatch.com/forums/sh...9227#post89227

[graveyardofempires]

Dear Pashtunistan, I will add the Armenian versian where it sounds similar:
Sanskrit-Pshto-English-Armenian
Baalaka = halaka = boy=balik(child)
Maatr = moor = mother ( maadar)= mayr(genitive form or root form is Mor)
girih = ghar = mountain=qar(stone),sar(mountain)
uSTra = ush/ukh = camel (ushtar)=ught
khaada = khwara = food (khworaak or khwor)=kerel(eaten)
zaavaka = choghaka = bird=chahruk(buzzard)
azva = ass = horse (male) (asb)=asp
bhaya = vera/bera = fear=vay,vakh
zura = zurawar = brave (zor - strength)=zor, zoravor
zuura = zrawar = braveman=zoravar
bandhi = bandi = prisoner (banda)=band(prison)



Some other parallel words i found are:

Pashto-Armenian-English:

speen=spitak=white
anar=nur=pomegranate
Azadavèl=azatvel(in dialect azadvel)=to free

generaly our indefinite verbforms finish with el or al(in anciient also il) - as I undrstood yesterday from the dictionary in Pashto its a bit similar.

Dear friend

people in khost ,paktia,wazriristan call mother Mayr

[Lemar]

Great thread! Keep it coming guys