# کشور
## Mazanderani
### Noun

کشور (transliteration needed)
* country

## Pashto
### Noun

کشور • (kišwár) m
* land, region, territory, country

#### Declension
### References

* “کشور”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
* Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “کشور”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* کشکر (keškar) (dialectical, obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭪𐭱𐭥𐭥 (kišvar), from Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬀 (karšvar, “realm, region; one of the seven realms of the world”), from the root 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬀 (karš-, “to plough”) (the same root as کشیدن (kašidan, “to pull, draw, stretch”), hence "a tract of land bordered by a ploughed line".
The term, a Middle Persian ecclesiastical borrowing from Avestan, originally referred to the "seven realms of the (known) world" to the ancient Iranic people, which was virtually only the ancient Indo-Iranian world of Inner Asia. With the expansion of knowledge of the world during the Middle Iranian era, the term expanded to refer to more broader regions. With the secularization of the term following the rise of Islam in Persia, it came to refer to realms, countries, or territories more generally.
Compare Central Kurdish کیشوه‌ر (kîşwer, “continent”), Sogdian 𐫐𐫏𐫢𐫛 (kyšp /⁠kišp⁠/, “country”), and Parthian [script needed] (kišfar).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [kiʃ.ˈwaɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰɪʃ.wǽɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰɪʃ.wǽɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [kʰɪʃ.wǽɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [kʰiʃ.wǽɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [kʰʲeʃ.vǽɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [kʰiʃ.vǽɾ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

| Dari | کشور |
| Iranian Persian | کشور |
| Tajik | кишвар |
کِشْوَر • (kešvar) (plural کشورها (kešvar-hâ))
* country
* realm, region; land, soil
* kingdom; territory
* homeland, fatherland, motherland

#### Derived terms

* هفت کشور (haft-kešvar, “the seven realms”)

## Urdu
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian کشور (kišwar, “realm, region; country; kingdom, territory; clime”).
Cognate Pashto کشور (kišwár), Central Kurdish کیشوه‌ر (kîşwer, “continent”), and Sogdian [script needed] (kyšp /⁠kišp⁠/, “country”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /kɪʃ.ʋəɾ/

#### Noun

کِشْوَر • (kiśvar) m (Hindi spelling किशवर)
* country
* realm, region
* climate, clime

##### Declension

Declension of کشور :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | کشور (kiśvar) | کشور (kiśvar) |
| oblique | کشور (kiśvar) | کشوروں (kiśvarō̃) |
| vocative | کشور (kiśvar) | کشورو (kiśvarō) |

##### Derived terms

* ہَفت کِشوَر (haft-kišvar, “the seven realms; the world”)
* کِشْوَر آرا (kiśvar ārā)
* کِشْوَر سِتاں (kišvar-sitā)
* کِشْوَر سِتانی (kišvar-sitānī)
* کِشْوَر کُشا (kišvar-kušā, “conqueor”)
* کِشْوَر کُشائی (kišvar-kušā'ī, “conquest”)
* کِشْوَر گِیر (kišvar-gīr)

### Etymology 2

From Sanskrit किशोर (kiśora).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /kɪ.ʃoːɾ/

#### Noun

کِشور • (kiśor) m (Hindi spelling किशोर)
* boy
* lad
* a youth
* (law) minor

##### Declension

Declension of کشور :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | کشور (kiśor) | کشور (kiśor) |
| oblique | کشور (kiśor) | کشوروں (kiśorō̃) |
| vocative | کشور (kiśor) | کشورو (kiśorō) |

##### Related terms

* کشورا

### Etymology 3

From Sanskrit क्षौर (kṣaura).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /kʃɔːɾ/

#### Noun

کْشور • (kśor) m (Hindi spelling क्षौर)
* shaving
* barbershop

##### Related terms

* کشورک
* کشوری