Editing Pashto (section)

==Literature==
{{Main|Pashto literature and poetry}}

Pashto-speakers have long had a tradition of [[oral literature]], including [[Afghan proverbs|proverbs]], stories, and poems. Written Pashto literature saw a rise in development in the 17th century mostly due to poets like [[Khushal Khan Khattak]] (1613–1689), who, along with [[Rahman Baba]] (1650–1715), is widely regarded as among the greatest Pashto poets. From the time of [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] (1722–1772), Pashto has been the language of the court. The first Pashto teaching text was written during the period of Ahmad Shah Durrani by Pir Mohammad Kakar with the title of ''Maʿrifat al-Afghānī'' ("The Knowledge of Afghani [Pashto]"). After that, the first grammar book of Pashto [[verb]]s was written in 1805 under the title of ''Riyāż al-Maḥabbah'' ("Training in Affection") through the patronage of Nawab Mahabat Khan, son of [[Hafiz Rahmat Khan]], chief of the [[Barech]]. Nawabullah Yar Khan, another son of Hafiz Rahmat Khan, in 1808 wrote a book of Pashto words entitled ''ʿAjāyib al-Lughāt'' ("Wonders of Languages").

===Poetry example===
An excerpt from the ''Kalām'' of [[Rahman Baba]]:

{{nq|{{lang|ps|2=
زۀ رحمٰن پۀ خپله ګرم يم  چې مين يم<br />
چې دا نور ټوپن مې بولي ګرم په څۀ
}}}}

'''Pronunciation''': {{ipa|[zə raˈmɑn pə ˈxpəl.a ɡram jəm t͡ʃe maˈjan jəm<br />
t͡ʃe dɑ nor ʈoˈpən me boˈli ɡram pə t͡sə]}}

'''Transliteration:''' {{Transliteration|ps|Zə Rahmā́n pə xpə́la gram yəm če mayán yəm<br />
Če dā nor ṭopə́n me bolí gram pə tsə}}

'''Translation:''' "I Rahman, myself am guilty that I am a lover,<br />
On what does this other universe call me guilty."

===Proverbs===
{{See also|Pashto literature and poetry#Proverbs}}

Pashto also has a rich heritage of proverbs (Pashto ''matalúna'', sg. ''matál'').<ref>{{cite book |last=Zellem |first=Edward |author-link=Edward Zellem |year=2014 |title=Mataluna: 151 Afghan Pashto Proverbs |publisher=Cultures Direct Press |isbn=978-0692215180}}</ref><ref>Bartlotti, Leonard and Raj Wali Shah Khattak, eds. (2006). ''Rohi Mataluna: Pashto Proverbs'', (revised and expanded edition). First edition by Mohammad Nawaz Tair and Thomas C. Edwards, eds. Peshawar, Pakistan: Interlit and Pashto Academy, Peshawar University.</ref> An example of a proverb:

{{nq|{{lang|ps|2=اوبه په ډانګ نه بېلېږي}}}}

'''Transliteration:''' O''bә́ pə ḍāng nə beléẓ̌i''

'''Translation:''' "One cannot divide water by [hitting it with] a pole."