Let’s count in Pashto. (Northeastern Dialect) Learn these 10 basic numbers first: 0. sefar = صفر 1. yəw = یو 2. dwa = دوه 3. dre = درې 4. śalor = څلور 5. pinźə = 3.142 پينځهٔ 6. špaǵ = شپږ 7. owə = اووهٔ 8. atə = اتهٔ 9. naha = نهه Now the tens: […]
Did you know the arabic word زوج – zawj, the Sanskrit word Yoga, the English word yoke and the Pashto word jagh, yagh or jogh, all come from the same root word yewg meaning to unite in an ancient language called Proto-Indo-European that was spoken as far back as some 7000 thousand years ago. Now […]
A discussion on the true etymology of the Pashto word for wolf that is lewə́-لېوه and a refutatation of its incorrect assignment and descension from from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas on Wiktionary I see this image making rounds on the linguistics part of the internet. Sadly, it has too many problems. Let’s start with the Indo-Aryan(Indic) words. We rarely […]
