Let's compare our Pashto dialects!

[Da_Kunar_Ghro]

My pashto is the same as Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Kabul.

Let's compare these words:


tsanga (how)
mung (we)
cherta (where)
rasha (come)
shwal (to become)
zhwand (life)
zmaka (earth)
khaza (woman)
gira (beard)
jelkai / junai (girl)
astoga (living place)
andewal / malgarey (friend)
khpa (foot)

Write what you say for these words in your pashto.

[BLS_1919v2.0]

Same as Da kunar ghro, except I call the living place "kor".

[*Mahzala*]

astoga (living place)

Same as Da kunar ghro, except I call the living place "kor".

Kor is house. Astogna/Astoga is more commonly used as a 'place of residence'. For instance, if you were to ask me: Tase cherta astogna larey? My response would be: Mung pe Australia ke astogna laru/kawu. Whereas if you were asking about my exact house whereabouts, you would say something along the lines of: Tase cherta keney/wosegey? My point is not every living place is a house, and not every house is a living place - if that makes sense.

[Feroz Afridi]

tsanga (how)
mu(we)
cherta (where)
rasha (come)
shwal (to become)
jwand (life)
zmaka (earth)
khaza (woman)
gira (beard)
werkiay / junai (girl)
werkai /boy
kalai ( mu kor ta ham kalai weeyayoo) (living place)
andewal / malgarey (friend)
pakha(foot)
warchaney (outside)
wekh (awake)
weeda (sleep)

[Admin Khan]

Singa (how)
mozh(we)
cherey (where)
rasa (come)
Kawal (to become)
zhwand (life)
Minzaka (earth)
Shaza(woman)
Zhera (beard)
Injaley (girl)
andewal (friend)
Pesha(foot)

[Shehbaz Khan]

tsanga (how) = Sanga?
mung (we) = mung/monga
cherta (where) = charta?
rasha (come) = rasha
shwal (to become) = he is about to become a doctor = hagha ba doctor jor shi? shwal is like dagha kar osho .. done?
zhwand (life) = jwand
zmaka (earth) = zmaka
khaza (woman) = khaza
gira (beard) = gira
jelkai / junai (girl) = jenai
astoga (living place) = kom zay ki osegi? where you live
andewal / malgarey (friend) = malgaray
khpa (foot) = khpa

[Levanaye Zalmaye]

Lakki Marwat:

charanga (how)
muzh (we)
cherta (where)
rye-sa (come)
slal (to become)
zwandun (life)
mzaka (earth)
shaja (woman)
zheera (beard)
jinkaye (girl)
astoga (living place)
malgaraye (friend)
psha (foot)

[Wrayun]

Our dialect, only listing words that are totally different sounding then most:

sangay/sarangay (how) - within A sound at the end
cheta (where) - with no r sound
sa (go) Z is replaced with S most of the time
rasa (come)
orkay (boy)
orki (girl)
kena (sit)
tikala (bread/food)
oba (water)
oshu (happened / to become)
se (what)
sok (who)
dalay (here) - pronounced delta else where
zeway (son) - pronounced zoy else where
astonay (living place)
kor (house)
khpa (foot)
malgarai (friend)
zwand (life)
gera (beard)
mu (we)
taso (yours respectfully)
ta (you)
ao (yes)

Words in other Pukhto dialects that makes me lul:

munga and doday (food) lolllll

No offense, I'm sure you guys have some too. Share them!


Words in other Pukhto dialects that I love:

muz (we)
wo (yes)
jwand (life)
phegla (girl)
Pashtin (Waziri dialect)


I find the SH dilaects very romantic, but I love the KH dialects when pissed off.

There are many Pukhto dialects out there, they differ from region to region, tribe to tribe and village to village. You will find that within one tribe there are multiple dialects, and just across one village, the dialect changes remarkably. It is reported that generally every 3 miles language/dialect changes, this is in regions that has organized institutions and uniformed mediums. Imagine our Pukhtoon areas, where interaction and communication is limited not only with non-Pukhtoons but also other Pukhtoon regions/tribes etc. There can be so many unique dialects and words. We can literally have a word for everything!

[Laila]

My pashto is the same as Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Kabul.

Let's compare these words:


tsanga (how)
mung (we)
cherta (where)
rasha (come)
shwal (to become)
zhwand (life)
zmaka (earth)
khaza (woman)
gira (beard)
jelkai / junai (girl)
astoga (living place)
andewal / malgarey (friend)
khpa (foot)

Write what you say for these words in your pashto.

Same here


Wow, there are a lot more dialects than i thought. So basically every region/province have their own influence on Pashto. Thats pretty unique

[BLS_1919v2.0]

Kor is house. Astogna/Astoga is more commonly used as a 'place of residence'. For instance, if you were to ask me: Tase cherta astogna larey? My response would be: Mung pe Australia ke astogna laru/kawu. Whereas if you were asking about my exact house whereabouts, you would say something along the lines of: Tase cherta keney/wosegey? My point is not every living place is a house, and not every house is a living place - if that makes sense.

then I general just say "za ____ osaegamm" rather than asthoga. Quite frankly I have never used it.

[Feroza_Banu]

Singa (how)
mozh(we)
cherey (where)
rasa (come)
Kawal (to become)
zhwand (life)
Minzaka (earth)
Shaza(woman)
Zhera (beard)
Injaley (girl)
andewal (friend)
Pesha(foot)

like this.

[Amir al Ghaznavi]

this is why I love Pashto. I came on here assuming since I speak the KH dialect, and Ghazni is right next to Paktia, there would be similiarities but nooope!

i noticed some similiarities between my dialect and neighbouring ones, but I havent come across a post where it was 100% exact




tsanga (how)
mugh (we)
cherta (where)
rasa (come)
kawal (to become)
zwand (life)
anzaka (earth)
khaza (woman)
yira (beard)
injalay (girl)
astoga (living place)
andewal / malgarey (friend)
pkha (foot)

[Wrayun]

Where are you from?

Was that for me?

[Manzareh]

Ok we have a few different dialects here, id be interested in which of these is the purest form of pashto or infact is it pashto or pakhto! since modernization in the centuries and migrations its obvious some have become waterd down or adapted, such as some pashto in pakistan (or atleast spoken by a majority of people) has urdu words and some pashto in Afghanistan has alot of words from persia, id like to know which is the more "correct" dialect that the original pashtuns spoke....hmmm a hard one??

[Nokia_Apridy]

Changa (how)
MU (we)
chata (where)
rosha (come)
kawal (to become)
jwand (life)
Zmaka (earth)
khaza (woman)
Gera (beard)
Warkay (girl)
kalay (living place)
andewal / malgarey (friend)
pakha (foot)