Algazel
01-25-2006, 08:41 AM
Pashto
According to the researchers, Pashto is one of the oldest languages of Ariana, which is much similar to Sansicrate, Pahlawid and Dari. When the first arian tribes moved towards India, there they created the Sansicrate language and the tribes who moved to the west (Iran), they created the Pahlawi language, and tribes in the central Ariana created the Sughdi, Dari and Pashto lanugages.
Dari and Pashto, both, are the old languages of Afghanistan.
James Darmister, a french ancient scholar, writes: "Pashto is the remnant (remaining lanugage) of Zoroasterian (Avista) lanugage and the book of zoraoster was written in that language."
Dr. Brown writes in his book of "The history of Litterature": Pashto is a word which comes from the Pashtoon/ Pakhtoon, an arian tribe. And it has much similarity with the Sansicrate and Avistian lanugages.
The first pashto poem, that we have found, is the Amir Koror's in the 154 lunar hijri or 780 c. This poem is reported in "Putta Khazana", a work of Mohammad Hotak, and Abdul-Hai Habibi has also written it about the History of Soorides.
The ancience of the Pashto language goes up to 3000 b.c. and we can find many works of Sasanians in this lanugage. The word "Pashto" has a relation with the name of a tribe called "Pasht" or "Pakht". In the book of Vida, Pakht was one of the ten major tribes of Ariana.
Hirodet, a greek historian, calls the pashto as "Pakti" and "Paktioos" and says that their territory was "Pakia" or "Paktikhab".
Pashto and Afghan in the inscriptions of Alchaemenide:
In the Alchaemenidian (Hakhamunshian) inscription, written during the rule of the Great Daryosh or Daris, which was written on the stones of "Beeston" mountain, the following words were found that were written in the Cuneiform calligraphy (called Mekhee in dari):
نه اریکه وم، نه دوره ژن وم، نه زور کروتی وم
نه اریکه وم: نه سرسخته حاکم یم
نه دوره ژن یم: نه درواغجن یم
نه زورکروتی وم: نه زورگو یم
So these verses in the Cuneiform are very much similar to Pashto which goes to 500 years before the christ.
The word "Afghan"
Some people say that the word Afghan or Afghanistan was used for the first time during the rule of Ahmad Shah Abdali, that is completely incorrect.
Infact, the word "Afghan", which means Lion and Personality, was the Surname of Shahpoor, the second Sasanian ruler. Some Chinese travellers have also used the Afghan word during their trip to Ariana. So in this case, "Afghan" is more than 2000 years old.
The institute of Eastern Archeologists of Chicago found some phrases in the Zoraoserian inscriptions which were written in Pahlawi Parti and Greek languages. These phrases were all about the personality of Shahpoor, the second ruler of Sasanians. There, the following phrase was written:
وینده فرن اپگان رزمه ود
For the first time, Sprengling, an american researcher, succeded to read those writings and he said the the second word which is "Apghan" is definitely the word "Afghan". Moreover, he wrote that the surname of the Shahpoor was "Apgan" which meant Brave and Lion.
Therefor, the words "Pashto" and "Afghan" might have more than 2000 years. And we, as an Afghan, should be proud of it.
According to the researchers, Pashto is one of the oldest languages of Ariana, which is much similar to Sansicrate, Pahlawid and Dari. When the first arian tribes moved towards India, there they created the Sansicrate language and the tribes who moved to the west (Iran), they created the Pahlawi language, and tribes in the central Ariana created the Sughdi, Dari and Pashto lanugages.
Dari and Pashto, both, are the old languages of Afghanistan.
James Darmister, a french ancient scholar, writes: "Pashto is the remnant (remaining lanugage) of Zoroasterian (Avista) lanugage and the book of zoraoster was written in that language."
Dr. Brown writes in his book of "The history of Litterature": Pashto is a word which comes from the Pashtoon/ Pakhtoon, an arian tribe. And it has much similarity with the Sansicrate and Avistian lanugages.
The first pashto poem, that we have found, is the Amir Koror's in the 154 lunar hijri or 780 c. This poem is reported in "Putta Khazana", a work of Mohammad Hotak, and Abdul-Hai Habibi has also written it about the History of Soorides.
The ancience of the Pashto language goes up to 3000 b.c. and we can find many works of Sasanians in this lanugage. The word "Pashto" has a relation with the name of a tribe called "Pasht" or "Pakht". In the book of Vida, Pakht was one of the ten major tribes of Ariana.
Hirodet, a greek historian, calls the pashto as "Pakti" and "Paktioos" and says that their territory was "Pakia" or "Paktikhab".
Pashto and Afghan in the inscriptions of Alchaemenide:
In the Alchaemenidian (Hakhamunshian) inscription, written during the rule of the Great Daryosh or Daris, which was written on the stones of "Beeston" mountain, the following words were found that were written in the Cuneiform calligraphy (called Mekhee in dari):
نه اریکه وم، نه دوره ژن وم، نه زور کروتی وم
نه اریکه وم: نه سرسخته حاکم یم
نه دوره ژن یم: نه درواغجن یم
نه زورکروتی وم: نه زورگو یم
So these verses in the Cuneiform are very much similar to Pashto which goes to 500 years before the christ.
The word "Afghan"
Some people say that the word Afghan or Afghanistan was used for the first time during the rule of Ahmad Shah Abdali, that is completely incorrect.
Infact, the word "Afghan", which means Lion and Personality, was the Surname of Shahpoor, the second Sasanian ruler. Some Chinese travellers have also used the Afghan word during their trip to Ariana. So in this case, "Afghan" is more than 2000 years old.
The institute of Eastern Archeologists of Chicago found some phrases in the Zoraoserian inscriptions which were written in Pahlawi Parti and Greek languages. These phrases were all about the personality of Shahpoor, the second ruler of Sasanians. There, the following phrase was written:
وینده فرن اپگان رزمه ود
For the first time, Sprengling, an american researcher, succeded to read those writings and he said the the second word which is "Apghan" is definitely the word "Afghan". Moreover, he wrote that the surname of the Shahpoor was "Apgan" which meant Brave and Lion.
Therefor, the words "Pashto" and "Afghan" might have more than 2000 years. And we, as an Afghan, should be proud of it.