# Peshawar

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /pɛˈʃəˌwɑːr/ · frequency rank #25,527

## Definitions
1. A city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu پشاور (piśāvar), a corruption of Classical Persian پَرَشَاوَر (parašāwar), ultimately from Sanskrit पुरुषपुर (puruṣapura).

## Common misspellings (12)
`epshawar`, `pehsawar`, `pesahwar`, `peshaawr`, `peshawarr`, `peshawra`, `peshawwar`, `peshhawar`, `peshwaar`, `pesshawar`, `ppeshawar`, `psehawar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/peshawar