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Most Common Pashto Words
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Essential Pashto vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| کور | house | kor |
| اوبه | water | o-be |
| ډوډۍ | bread | do-dei |
| وخت | time | wakht |
| سړی | person | sa-rey |
| ورځ | day | wradz |
| لار | road / way | lar |
| کار | work | kar |
| پیسې | money | pei-se |
| ښار | city | shaar |
| ښوونځی | school | shoo-wun-dzai |
| کتاب | book | ki-tab |
| نوم | name | nom |
| ماشوم | child | ma-shum |
| ملګری | friend | mal-ga-rey |
| خواړه | food | khwa-re |
| ژبه | language | zha-ba |
| ځمکه | earth / land | dzam-ka |
| لاس | hand | las |
| سپی | dog | spai |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| وي | to be | wi |
| تلل | to go | tla-lul |
| راتلل | to come | ra-tla-lul |
| خبرې کول | to speak | kha-be-re ku-wul |
| خوړل | to eat | khwar-dul |
| څښل | to drink | tskhul |
| لیدل | to see | li-dul |
| پوهیدل | to know | po-hi-dul |
| غوښتل | to want | ghwash-tul |
| ورکول | to give | war-ku-wul |
| اخیستل | to take | a-khis-tul |
| کول | to do | ku-wul |
| فکر کول | to think | fi-kar ku-wul |
| ژوند کول | to live | zhwand ku-wul |
| لوستل | to read | lwas-tul |
| لیکل | to write | li-kul |
| کار کول | to work | kar ku-wul |
| مرسته کول | to help | mar-sa-ta ku-wul |
| موندل | to find | mun-dul |
| نیول | to hold | ni-wul |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| ښه | good | sha |
| بد | bad | bad |
| لوی | big | lo-yei |
| واړه | small | wa-re |
| نوی | new | no-yei |
| زوړ | old | zor |
| ښکلی | beautiful | shkha-lei |
| چټک | fast | cha-tak |
| وروسته | slow | wros-ta |
| اوږد | long / tall | oo-ghzd |
| لنډ | short | land |
| ګرم | warm | garm |
| سوړ | cold | sor |
| قوي | strong | qa-wi |
| اسان | easy | a-san |
| ستونزمن | difficult | stun-dz-man |
| مهم | important | mu-him |
| زړه راښکونکی | interesting | zar-ra shkun-kai |
| خوشاله | happy | kho-sha-la |
| ګران | expensive | gran |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| اوس | now | os |
| نن | today | nan |
| سبا | tomorrow | sa-ba |
| پرون | yesterday | pa-run |
| دلته | here | dal-ta |
| هلته | there | hal-ta |
| چټک | quickly | cha-tak |
| ورو ورو | slowly | wa-ro wa-ro |
| ښه | well | sha |
| ډیر | very / a lot | deer |
| هم | also / too | hum |
| نه | not / no | na |
| هو | yes | ho |
| لا دمخه | already | la da-mu-kha |
| لا هم | still / yet | la hum |
| یوازې | only / just | yo-wa-dze |
| واقعاً | really | wa-qi-an |
| ډیر | a lot | deer |
| لږ | a little | lug |
| سمدستي | immediately | sam-das-ti |