English Explanatory Dictionary

Peshawar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Pronunciation

/pɛˈʃəˌwɑːr/ En-Peshawar.ogg

Word forms

Peshawar Parashawar Peshour Pershawer Peshawur Purshawar

Etymology

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

Derived words

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