English
Helmand
Helmand may come from Pashto هلمند.
- PashtomodernهلمندHelmanduncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1879Helmand
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- PashtomodernهلمندHelmanduncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1879Helmand
Earliest quotation: 1879, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature: “To the west the Afghan plateau undergoes a very…”
The story
Borrowed from Pashto هلمند (Helmand) or Persian هلمند (helmand), ultimately from Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬝 (haētumant̰, literally “with dams”).
Every English word from Pashto هلمند
Today it means
name A river in Afghanistan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Pashto هلمند / Helmand