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Afghani/Pashto words in English
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    Posted: 10-Nov-2006 at 21:28
Hello and peace be upon everyone,

I had a full list of over a 100 words of Pashto origin that are also used in English, i've lost it, i hope to find that soon, until that, i would like ny Pashtuns here to input more words into this list if they can.

PASHTO ----------------- ENGLISH

DEEP --------------------- Deep
OK ------------------------ Ok
YEAH --------------------- Yeah
SO ------------------------ SO
LARAY -------------------- Away
STHORAI ----------------- Star
SALOUR ------------------ Four
NORE ---------------------- More
PAR ------------------------ For
KOR -------------------------- [House] But the English word, CORE is believed to have been derieved from this word

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I don't think that any of those English words have really Pashto origins, it was better to say similar Pashto and English words.
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Maybe the do, maybe they don't, i haven't made any attempt at learning about that, but hopefully i will. 
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