In compiling this Dictionary of the Pukkhto or Pukshto Language (Pukkhto-English and English-Pukkhto), I have experienced considerable difficulty in deciding upon the words of foreign origin—principally Arabic and Persian, but still of common use in the Pukkhto—that should find a place in these pages. As a rule, words of the Arabic and Persian that are used in an unlatered form in the Pukkhto have been omitted, excepting only those of very common or general ...
A Grammar of the Pukkhto or Pukshto Language on a New and Improved System Combining Brevity with Practical Utility
In submitting my Grammar of the Pukkhto or Pukshto language to the notice of the public, it is necessary that I should offer a few words of explanation as to the object of the work, and the reasons that have induced me to publish it. During ten years’ service, more or less continuously on the Trans-Indus Frontier of British India, it has often occurred to me as a notable fact, that comparatively very few of the Frontier officials possessed any knowledge of the ...
