Etymograph

English

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa comes from Pashto خېبر پښتونخوا.

  1. Pashtomodernخېبر پښتونخواxēbar paẍtunxwâ
  2. EnglishtodayKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Pashtomodernخېبر پښتونخواxēbar paẍtunxwâ
  2. EnglishtodayKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

Equivalent to Khyber + Pakhtunkhwa ‘Land of the Pashtun’

Urdu خیبر‬

English Khyber

The story

Transliteration of Urdu خَیبَر پَخْتُونْخْوَا (xaibar paxtūnxvā), in turn an unadapted borrowing from Pashto خېبر پښتونخوا (xēbar paẍtunxwâ).

Today it means

name A province in northwestern Pakistan. Capital: Peshawar.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Pashto خېبر پښتونخوا / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa