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Some Pashtun women specially that in eastern Afghanistan and Pashtunkhwa refer to their husbands as "Khawend" which means owner but have never heard the term Malak or Malik.
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Millatpal Noorzai:
Oh great, I'm so glad you never heard of Malik. I just cant stand the condescending manner in which the journalist/self-styled 'expert' reported this and other supposed facts about the Pashtun life. I think he mixed it up with the title.
So, you guys, Khawend is a term that the wife uses when speaking directly to her husband, like an endearment? Would she say that in a teasing way to him, it sounds like?
Or she would say "My Khawend" when chatting to a friend about her spouse?
Jasmine, absolutely, yes, almost unimaginable that the person would have done that - I am afraid to even look up the program on google!Comment
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khawand doesn't only mean owner. it also means protector.
I am no bird, and no nest ensnares me.
non commercial would cost less if he was in charge himself which he plans on doing. right now it's n herat but soon it will be in qanadahar.
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Defender: great, even more precise than protector. Thanks, both of you -
This is really valuable for me.
But the wife uses the term when calling to him: "Khawend! Breakfast is ready"
Or, if let's say someone is asking her where is her husband today, she says to the outsider, "My khawend has gone to bazaar"Comment
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She would use it at times when speaking to someone else about him. I have never in my life witnessed a Pashtana telling her husband "khawanda breakfast is ready" she would have an adorable nick name for him instead.Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.
A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai
For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."
The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!
-Ferishta, 1560–1620Comment
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That's so heart-warming to hear!
It shows that real affection is always there but which of course the outside analysts either don't know or don't want to bring in to their reports.
Are there some examples of nicknames the Pashtanas would use, just out of curiosity?Comment
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