پوهنتون

Pashto
FWOTD – 12 January 2016

Etymology

From پوهنه (pohëna, “knowledge, science”, noun) +‎ تون (tún, “place of”, suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /po.hanˈt̪un/
  • Audio (Jalalabad)(file)

Noun

پوهنتون • (pohantún) m

  1. university

Declension
declension of پوهنتون
singular plural
direct پوهنتون
(pohantun)		 پوهنتانۀ
(pohantânë)
oblique پوهنتانۀ
(pohantânë)		 پوهنتنو
(pohantëno)
vocative پوهنتونه
(pohantuna)		 پوهنتنو
(pohantëno)
  • پوهاند (pohãnd, “professor”)
  • پوهندوی (pohanduy, “lecturer”)
  • پوهنمل (“assistant professor”)
  • پوهنپال (pohanpãl, “university student”)
  • پوهنځی (pohandzē, “college”)
  • پوهنیار (pohanyãr, “assistant professor”)

Persian

Etymology

From Pashto پوهنتون (pohantún).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰoː.ɦän̪.t̪ʰúːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰoː.wän̪.t̪ʰúːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰʊː.wän̪.t̪ʰún]

Readings
Dari reading? pōhantūn

Noun
Dari پوهنتون / دانشگاه
Iranian Persian دانشگاه
Tajik донишгоҳ

پوهنتون • (pōhantūn)

  1. (Dari) university
    پوهنتون کابل (Dari) ― pōhantūn-i kābul ― Kabul University

Usage notes
  • The Pashto loan پوهنتون (pōhantūn, “university”) has become common in Afghanistan following the Pashtunization policies of successive Pashtun-dominated governments, although the native دانشگاه (dānišgāh) is also often used. The choice between پوهنتون (pōhantūn) and دانشگاه (dānišgāh) has been politically controversial, with the former sometimes being seen as a Pashtun imposition upon Persian speakers.
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