English
Safed Koh
Safed Koh comes from Dari سفیدکوه.
- Darimodernسفیدکوهsafēd kōhliterally ‘white mountain’
- EnglishtodaySafed Koh
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Darimodernسفیدکوهsafēd kōhliterally ‘white mountain’
- EnglishtodaySafed Koh
The story
Borrowed from Dari سفیدکوه (safēd kōh, literally “white mountain”); see سفید (safēd /safid) and کوه (kōh /kuh).
Every English word from Dari سفیدکوه
Today it means
name A mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south of the Hindu Kush.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dari سفیدکوه / Safed Koh