ښکلی

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَکْل (šakl), from Arabic شَكْل (šakl, “likeness, form”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (southern) IPA(key): /ˈʂkwə.lai/
  • (northern) IPA(key): /ˈxkwə.lai/

Adjective

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ښکلی • (x̌kúlay, x̌kwë́lay)

  1. beautiful
  2. pretty

Declension

Declension of ښکلی
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct ښکلی
(x̌kwëlay) 		ښکلي
(x̌kwëli) 		ښکلې
(x̌kwële) 		ښکلې
(x̌kwële)
oblique ښکلي
(x̌kwëli) 		ښکلو
(x̌kwëlo) 		ښکلې
(x̌kwële) 		ښکلو
(x̌kwëlo)
vocative ښکليه
ښکليې
(x̌kwëlya
x̌kwëlye) 		ښکلو
(x̌kwëlo) 		ښکلې
(x̌kwële) 		ښکلو
(x̌kwëlo)
  • ښکلا (x̌kulā́, x̌kwëlā́, “beauty”)

References

  1. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (2003), “x̌kulay”, in J. Elfenbein, David Neil MacKenzie, Nicholas Sims-Williams, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 98: “x̌kulay 'beautiful'. — Prob. to Ar/Prs šakl 'likeness, form', semantically through 'lovely form', etc.”
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