Panjshir
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Iranian Persian پنجشیر (panjšir), from Classical Persian پنجشیر (panjšēr, literally “five lions”).
Proper noun[edit]
Panjshir
- A place in Afghanistan
- Ellipsis of Panjshir Valley.; A region of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan
- 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 108:
- The valley Mammy referred to was the Panjshir, the Farsi-speaking Tajik region one hundred kilometers northeast of Kabul.
- Ellipsis of Panjshir River.; A river in Panjshir Valley, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan
- (historical) Ellipsis of Panjshir District.; A former district of Parwan Province, Afghanistan; Former name of Panjshir Province.
- Ellipsis of Panjshir Province.; A province of Afghanistan
- Ellipsis of Panjshir Valley.; A region of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan
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- en:Places in Afghanistan
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- en:Rivers in Afghanistan
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- en:Historical political subdivisions
- en:Provinces of Afghanistan