Panjshir

English

Alternative forms

• Panjsher, Panjsheer

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian پنجشیر (panjšir), from Classical Persian پنجشیر (panjšēr, literally “five lions”).

Proper noun

Panjshir

1. A place in Afghanistan.
   1. Ellipsis of Panjshir Valley: a region of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan.
      • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 108:

        The valley Mammy referred to was the Panjshir, the Farsi-speaking Tajik region one hundred kilometers northeast of Kabul.

   2. A river in Panjshir Valley, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan.
   3. (historical) A former district of Parwan, Afghanistan.
   4. A province of Afghanistan.

Derived terms

• Panjshiri
• Panjshir Valley

Translations

a province of Afghanistan

Marathi: पंजशीर m (pañjśīr) Pashto: پنجشېر (panjšer) Persian: Dari Persian: پنجشیر (fa) (panjšēr) Iranian Persian: پنجشیر (fa) (panjšir) Tajik: Панҷшер (Panjšer) Urdu: پنج شیر m (panj śer), پنجشیر m (panjśer)