خیبر پختونخوا

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Persian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? xaybar puxtūnxwā
Dari reading? xaybar puxtūnxā
Iranian reading? xeybar poxtunxâ
Tajik reading? xaybar puxtunxo

Proper noun[edit]

Dari خیبر پختونخوا
Iranian Persian
Tajik Хайбер-Пухтунхво

خیبر پختونخوا (xeyber poxtunxvâ)

  1. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (a province in northwestern Pakistan)

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From خیبر (xaibar, Khyber) +‎ پختونخوا (paxtūnxvā, Land of the Pashtun), literally the Khyber side of the Pashtun heartland. Compare Pashto خېبر پښتونخوا (xēbar paẍtunxwâ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɛː.bəɾ‿pəx.t̪uːn.xwɑː/, /xɛː.bəɾ‿pəx.t̪uːŋ.xwɑː/
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Proper noun[edit]

خَیْبَر پَخْتُونخْوا (xaibar-paxtūnxvām (Hindi spelling ख़ैबर पख़्तूनख़्वा)

  1. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (a province of Pakistan).

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

See also[edit]