How to Say "Princess" in Pashto

شهزادګۍ

šahzādgᶕyfeminine

The Pashto word for princess is شهزادګۍ (šahzādgᶕy). Wiktionary also lists شازادګۍ (šazādgǝ́y) and شازادۍ (šazādǝ́y).

Meaning: female member of royal family (noun)

Ways to say it

This noun is used to refer to a female member of a royal family.

The word شاهزادګۍ is composed of shah, meaning king and zad, meaning born or offspring, so it literally means 'born of the king'.

While شهزادګۍ refers specifically to a female royal, the masculine form shahzad is used for a prince.

The form ending in '-gai', written as شهزادګۍ, is the standard feminine form used to denote a princess.

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Because Pashto is an Indo-Iranian language, the root zad in شهزادګۍ is a distant relative of the English word 'seed'.
While shahzad is the masculine form, in some Pashto dialects, it is used as a poetic term of endearment for a beloved, regardless of their actual royal status.
The root of the word shah is actually Persian, not native to Pashto. Because of historical-cultural exchanges, Pashto has borrowed many royal titles from Persian to denote status.

Example sentences for Pashto are not verified yet.

Maryam and Khan are reading a children's book together.

مریم Maryam

دا شهزادګۍ څوک ده؟
Da shahzadgai tsok da?
Who is this princess?
خان Khan

هغه د دې ملک ملکه به شي.
Hagha da de malak malika ba she.
She will become the queen of this country.
مریم Maryam

شهزادګۍ ډیره مهربانه ښکاري.
Shahzadgai dera mehrabana khkari.
The princess seems very kind.
خان Khan

هو، هغه ډیره مهربانه ده.
Ho, hagha dera mehrabana da.
Yes, she is very kind.

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