Conversational Pashto Phrasebook

💡 Standard universal Islamic greeting used at all times of day.

💡 SW (Kandahar): "ṣ̌ə rāğlāst"; NE (Peshawar): "x̌ə rāğlāst".

💡 Friendly inquiry into health and state of being.

💡 Standard polite response.

💡 Literally: "May your morning be blessed with goodness."

💡 Used after sunset prayers.

💡 Spoken before retiring to sleep.

💡 Literally: "Under God's protection."

💡 Most frequent gratitude phrase in modern spoken and written Pashto.

💡 Equivalent to "No problem" or "My pleasure".

💡 Used when asking for assistance or passing items.

💡 Used to get someone's attention or apologize for a mistake.

💡 "Ho" is formal standard; "āo" is common in regional conversation.

💡 Direct negative marker.

💡 Polite plural/formal pronoun "stāso" conveys deep respect.

💡 Insert your name before "day" (is).

💡 For masculine locations (e.g. "bāzār čērta day?").

💡 Essential phrase for bazaar shopping.

💡 Direct inquiry for cross-language communication.

💡 SW dialect: "zə na pohēǵam"; NE dialect: "zə na pohēgam".

💡 "Mrasta" is pure Pashto; "komak" is common loanword.

💡 Urgent imperative verb formation.

💡 "Roğtūn" is official standard terminology.