Speakur

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peshawar

/pɛˈʃəˌwɑːr/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
pe-shawar
IPA
/pɛˈʃəˌwɑːr/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: پَرَشَاوَر, पुरुषपुर

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɛˈʃəˌwɑːr/

Inflected Forms

Parashawar (alternative, archaic) Peshour (alternative, archaic) Pershawer (alternative, archaic) Peshawur (alternative, archaic) Purshawar (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

Pollywood

Questions

How do you pronounce peshawar?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɛˈʃəˌwɑːr/.
What does peshawar mean?
A city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Where does peshawar come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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