Subject: Re: [lojban] kisto

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:05:31 -0500 (EST)

Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) scripsit:

> Etymologically Pakistan and Pashto come from the same word, by my 
> understanding.

Not. "Pakistan" began as an acronym for the five provinces of British
India that it was intended to contain: Punjab, Afghan (Northwest Frontier),
Kashmir, Sindh, BaluchiSTAN. The "i" was for euphony. It can also be
interpreted in Urdu as "land of the pure", but that was discovered
after the fact.

The etymology of "Pashto" (can be pacto or paxto depending on dialect)
is obscure, but may be connected with the Farsi word for "border".

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