The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Pashto language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Pashto (Romanized) |
| I | zə |
| thou | tə |
| we | munʐ |
| this | da |
| who | tsok |
| what | tsə |
| not | nə |
| all | tol |
| many | der |
| one | yaw |
| two | dwa |
| big | luy |
| long | uzhd |
| woman | ʂədza |
| man (adult male) | saɽay |
| man (human being) | ʃaxs |
| bird | mərgə |
| dog | spay |
| tree | wəna |
| leaf | pana |
| skin | post |
| meat | ɣwəʂa |
| blood | vina |
| bone | haɖukaj |
| fat (n.) | gwari |
| fire | or |
| egg | hagəi |
| tail | lakəj |
| fish | kab mahi |
| hair | weʂtə |
| head | sar |
| fingernail | nuk |
| nose | pazə |
| mouth | xwlə |
| tooth | ɣɑʂ |
| tongue | ʒəba |
| hand | lɑs |
| heart | zɻə |
| eat | xwaɽal |
| know | peʒandal |
| die | məɽ kedal |
| kill | məɽ kawal |
| moon | spoʐməy |
| star | storay |
| water | obə |
| rain | bɑrɑn |
| stone | ɖabara |
| sand | reg |
| earth | zməka |
| cloud | ora, oryadz |
| ashes | irə |
| red | sur |
| yellow | zeɽ |
| white | spin, saped |
| night | ʃpa |
| new | naway |
| good | ʂə |
| name | num |