ښځه

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *stríH-čī, derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH (“woman”).[1] Compare Sanskrit स्त्री (strī́).

Pronunciation

  • (Kandahar) IPA(key): /ʂəˈd͡za/
  • Audio:(file)
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /xəˈd͡za/
  • Audio (Northern):(file)
  • (Wardak) IPA(key): /ˈçəd͡za/

Noun

ښځه • (x̌əźa) f (plural ښځې (x̌əźe))

  1. woman

Declension

Declension of ښځه
singular plural
direct ښځه (x̌əźa) ښځې (x̌əźe)
oblique I ښځې (x̌əźe) ښځو (x̌əźo)
oblique II ښځې (x̌əźe) ښځو (x̌əźo)
vocative ښځې (x̌əźe) ښځو (x̌əźo)

References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2011) Selected Pashto Problems II. Historical Phonology 1: On Vocalism and Etyma (Iran and the Caucasus)‎[1], volume 15, numbers 1-2, Brill Academic Publishers, page 183
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.