पेशावर

Hindi

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit पुरुषपुर (puruṣapura), from पुरुष (puruṣa) + पुर (pura) through Classical Persian پرشاور (parašāwar) and پشاور (pašāwar).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /peː.ʃɑː.ʋəɾ/, [peː.ʃäː.ʋəɾ]

Proper noun

पेशावर (peśāvar) m (Urdu spelling پشاور)

  1. Peshawar (a city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
  2. Peshawar (a city in Nuristan, Afghanistan)

Declension

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