Etymology

Peshawar

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Today it means: A city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Full definition →

Urdu پشاور ← Classical Persian پَرَشَاوَر ← Sanskrit पुरुषपुर
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromपुरुषपुर
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromپَرَشَاوَر
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromپشاور
  4. English todayPeshawar

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

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