Kushi (mountains)

Kushi
(Persian: کشى)
Kushi

Location in the Hindu Kush

Highest point
Elevation 2,349 m (7,707 ft)
Parent peak Hindu Kush
Coordinates 28°50′32.4″N 66°34′26.8″E / 28.842333°N 66.574111°E / 28.842333; 66.574111Coordinates: 28°50′32.4″N 66°34′26.8″E / 28.842333°N 66.574111°E / 28.842333; 66.574111[1]
Geography
Location Balochistan, Pakistan
Parent range Hindu Kush

Kushi (Persian: کشى, Balochi also Urdu, Pashto, Kurdi and Hindi Devanagari: کشى, happiness or marriage) is a mountain near Shaki Ram about 23 km from Qalat(Persian: قلات) Kalat, Pakistan Balochistan. The two mountains are removed by a unifying about 5 km. It seems that the two mountains belong together and is a mountain ridge. The mountain is located below the Durand Line between Afghanistan and India (now Pakistan) in the field of Baloch people. It is located not far from the similarly-named Kush mountain. The Balochi language is one of the four major Iranian languages (Paschto, Balochi, Kurdi and Persian).

Kush, Kash, Kesh, Kosh

The terms such as Kush, Kash, Kosh and Kesh have been used in context with the mountains in the different countries, especially in Iranian plateau (Kurdish regions, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan), but also even in Ukraine and Poland, especially Kash means in Kurdi (Sorjani), an Iranian language also, mountain ridges and high mountains.[2]

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References

  1. "Kush - Mountain Near Thok". MBendi Information Services. Retrieved February 21, 2014. External link in |work= (help)
  2. Abdul Rahman Sharafkondi Hazhar (1st ed. 1990) Farhang Kurdi-Farsi, Tehran, 4th ed. 2005, P. 601
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