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An English To Kabul Faris Word List
"able, to be" taunis-tan
"airport" maidauni taiaura
"almond" bodaum
"answer, to" juaub daudan
"any appliance" maushin
"apple" seu, seb
"apricot" Zardaulu
"ask" purson kadan
"ask for" xaustan
"asked the value" bai kadan
"bank" baung
"bath" amaum
"bathroom" tashnaub
"bazaar" bauzaur
"beans" lobiau
"be, to" budan
"become, to" shudan
"bed" bistara
"beef" goshtigau
"beet" lablabu
"blanket" kampal
"black" siau
"blue" auboz
"boil, to" josh dodan
"boiled" water awijoshdauda
"bolt" qulfak
"bottle" botal
"brass" birinj
"bread" naun
"breakfast" noshtau
"bridge" pul
"bring, to" auwurdan
"broom" jaru
"brown" naswaurz
"bulb" gurup
"bus" sarwez
"butter" maska
"button" tukma
"cabbage" karam
"cake" kek
"candle" sham
"candy" shirni
"car" motar
"carpet" qaulin
"carrot" zardak
"cauliflower" gulikaram
"chair" chauki
"charcoal" zogal
"cheese" paner
"cherry" gelaus
"chicken" murg
"church" kalisau
"city" shaur
"clothescloset" anwauri
"coal" sangizogaul
"coat hanger" kotband
"coffee" kaufi
"cold" yax
"color" rang
"comb" shauna
"come, to" aumadan
"cook, to" puxta kadan
"cook" aushpaz
"cookie" kulcha
"couch" kauch
"cream" gaimaug
"cup" piaula
"cupboard" anwauri
"cucumber" baudrang
"curtain" parda
"custom" audat
"customs" gumruk
"dam" band
"date" xurmo
"day" roz
Roughly two thirds of characters agree with a modern printed edition of the same text. Much of the disagreement is editorial, not misreading. Treat the transcription as a finding aid and read the page image before quoting. How this was measured.
