Pashto-English/English-Pashto Dictionary & Ph
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The essential Pashto language resource!
Pashto, also known as Pakhto, Pakhtu, or Pushto, is one of two official languages of Afghanistan and is also spoken in the neighboring Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. It is an Indo-Iranian language spoken by over 40 million people worldwide. Pashto is written in the Arabic Naskh script, but entries in this dictionary are Romanized with phonetic pronunciation for English speakers.
This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to Afghanistan and neighboring regions with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for everyday use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics. Ideal for businesspeople, travelers, students, and aid workers, this guide includes:
5,000 (Romanized) dictionary entries Essential phrases on subjects such as healthcare, time, dates, transportation, money, communication services and much morePractical cultural information Concise grammar and pronunciation sections A guide to the Pashto alphabetMaps
Publisher : Hippocrene Books; Bilingual edition (January 1, 2003)
Language : English
Paperback : 235 pages
ISBN-10 : 078180972X
ISBN-13 : 978-0781809726
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 3.75 x 0.5 x 7 inches
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Beardless Operator –
Great dictionary
My daughter asked for a Pashto – English dictionary for her birthday. I went to school to study Pashto while serving in the military and have taught my kids basic phrases. She refuses to learn a second language other than Pashto now.This is the same dictionary I used a decade ago. Still great quality. She loves it.
Michael Strand –
Fills a huge domestic U.S. void in intercultural communication.
Easy to use and quite useful but also very much reflects its military origins given the type of phrases and questions used in the example translations.
william scott –
Quick and Ready Pashto
This is a quick and ready phrase book to get one by in Pashto. It has about a hundred page dictionary which covers many common words. There are brief chapters on etiquette, introductions ( to people ), the airport, and others.The book measures 3.75 X 7 X 0.75 inches making it easy to put into a pocket or a purse.Not a book for the formal learning of Pashto, that could only be done in a class room.Overall I am well pleased with this book and will soon be using it as a Pashto guest is about to arrive!
Jessica –
Includes both Pakistani and Afghani dialects!
When shopping for a Pushtu dictionary/introduction, I was specifically looking for a reference that includes the Pakistani dialect of Pushtu, rather than just the Afghani dialect often found in other books. I’m happy to report that this dictionary includes the distinctions between the Pakistani and Afghani dialects within the definitions in which they differ. 5 stars
Sean –
Decent Phrasebook for anyone who needs it
This book has many of the necessary phrases covered. As you will find in Pashto speaking areas, the language differs greatly from one area or another. You may find that using a phrase in this book will work in one village, but in another you will only get blank stares. The best thing to do is use this book and cross-reference with a translator. You will find that you can get a good grasp on the phrases and then fine tune your ability to use them with correct local phrases.
Real Pilot –
Not very accurate.
I bought this book to go along with a military language training program. I am deploying to Afghanistan and was selected to learn pashto before the tour. Throughout my weeks of class we found that this book was highly inaccurate in translation and a large amount of this book is actually Dari not pashto.However there aren’t many pashto English dictionaries out there so you have to take what you can get.
kev –
good stuff
Has alot of words and phrases in here to help you get your point across. The alphabet is in here to, its a great reference for me and I carry it everyday here in Afghanistan . Would recommend this to anyone deployed or trying to learn normal phrases.
Shannon Capezzali –
As good as it gets
This is the only phonetic pashto to english book that I was able to find. It is easy to use and has alot of great terms, but is definitely lacking as it seems geared more towards english speakers traveling in pashto-speaking places. I needed it to help talk to pashto-speaking refugees who are here in the U.S. needing assistance, so there are alot of words and phrases that just arent found in the book. Oh well!
leutch –
単語は全てローマ字表記です。アラビア文字が使われいないので、パシュト語だけ話し、かつパシュト語のローマ字表記を知らないネイティブ相手の場合は使いずらいです。多言語を使用できる先生相手ならば、活用しやすいのかもしれませんが…。
Simi –
Very easy to read and learn from, thank you
Mah jabeen –
Good
Hameed –
This book provides basic tool for those who cannot read Pashto script as the Pashto words are written in English which do not provide actual Pashto script and exact pronunciation. It is good enough for initial/basic learners.
Ahbugger –
This is, as other reviewers have pointed out, not for linguists. At a lower level it is great. I teach low level Pashto using Romanised transliterations and this is great for my students to either learn additional phrases rote or to gain additional vocabulary with which to construct simple sentances. Sure it would benefit from having script or more grammatical information but it is a cheap and simple book which gives beginners extra words with which to cobble together more or less correct sentences. A title of ‘Phrasebook and Vocabulary List’ might have been a bit more honest since the word ‘Dictionary’ implies that not only will there be a pretty comprehensive list of words but also that each entry will have a bit more information than this book provides.