Peshawar

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Peshawar

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Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu پشاور (piśāvar), a corruption of Classical Persian پَرَشَاوَر (parašāwar), ultimately from Sanskrit पुरूषपुर (purūṣapura).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɛˈʃəˌwɑːr/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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Proper noun

Peshawar

2. A city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Alternative forms

• Parashawar, Peshour, Pershawer, Peshawur, Purshawar (all archaic)

Translations

capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Arabic: بِيشَاوَر m (bišāwar) Bengali: পেশওয়ার (peśōẇar), পেশাওয়ার (peśaōẇar) Bulgarian: Пешава́р m (Pešavár) Chinese: Mandarin: 白沙瓦 (zh) (Báishāwǎ) Czech: Péšávar m Finnish: Peshawar French: Peshawar (fr) m Georgian: პეშავარი (ṗešavari) German: Peschawar (de) n Greek: Πεσαβάρ (el) (Pesavár) Hindi: पेशावर (hi) (peśāvar) Hungarian: Pesavar (hu) Japanese: ペシャーワル (Peshāwaru) Korean: 페샤와르 (ko) (Pesyawareu) Macedonian: Пешавар m (Pešavar) Marathi: पेशावर (peśāvar) Pashto: پېښور (ps) (pex̌awar) Persian: Dari: پیشَاوَر (pēšāwar) Iranian Persian: پیشاور (pišâvar) Polish: Peszawar (pl) m Portuguese: Peshawar f Punjabi: پِشَور (piśaur) Russian: Пешава́р (ru) m (Pešavár) Serbo-Croatian: Пешавар m, Pešavar m Southern Hindko: پشور (pišaur) Tajik: Пешовар (Pešovar) Turkish: Peşaver Urdu: پشاور (piśāvar)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Peshawar f

1. Peshawar (a city, the provincial capital of North West Frontier, Pakistan)