Rerun Ep 17 Words From the Pashto Language: Gharzai and Sabar

About this episode

Maggie and Emily explore the meanings of the Pashto words gharzai and sabar with guest Sanjar Qiam and learn about the term 'contemplocean' from Norm Millstein.

Maggie and Emily discuss the Pashto words gharzai and sabar with native speaker Sanjar Qiam from Afghanistan and learn the word "contemplocean" from the author of The Cosmic Dictionary, Norm Millstein. Poem by Emily: Gharzai.

People in this episode

Hosts: Maggie Rowe, Emily Garces

Guest: Sanjar Qiam

Topics covered

• Pashto language
• words
• cultural discussion
• poetry
• language learning

Keywords

• Pashto
• gharzai
• sabar
• language
• poetry
• Norm Millstein
• cultural exchange
• Afghanistan

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Cosmic Dictionary, Gharzai

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