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khyber pakhtunkhwa

/ˌkaɪbər pəkˈtuːŋkwə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
khy-ber -pakhtunkhwa
IPA
/ˌkaɪbər pəkˈtuːŋkwə/
48
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province in northwestern Pakistan. Capital: Peshawar.

Etymology

Transliteration of Urdu خَیبَر پَخْتُونْخْوَا (xaibar paxtūnxvā), in turn an unadapted borrowing from Pashto خېبر پښتونخوا (xēbar paẍtunxwâ). By surface analysis, Khyber + Pakhtunkhwa (“Land of the Pashtun”), literally “the Khyber side of the Pashtun heartland”.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌkaɪbər pəkˈtuːŋkwə/
  • British English: /ˌkaɪbər pəkˈtuːŋkwə/

Inflected Forms

KP (alternative, initialism) KPK (alternative, initialism) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (alternative)

Phrases

Bab-e-Khyber

Frequently Paired Words

Bab-e-Khyber

Synonyms

North-West Frontier Province Afghania Gandhara

Questions

How do you pronounce khyber pakhtunkhwa?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkaɪbər pəkˈtuːŋkwə/.
What does khyber pakhtunkhwa mean?
A province in northwestern Pakistan. Capital: Peshawar.
Where does khyber pakhtunkhwa come from?
Transliteration of Urdu خَیبَر پَخْتُونْخْوَا (xaibar paxtūnxvā), in turn an unadapted borrowing from Pashto خېبر پښتونخوا (xēbar paẍtunxwâ). By surface analysis, Khyber + Pakhtunkhwa (“Land of the Pashtun”), literally “the Khyber side of the Pashtun heartland”.

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