Dari/Pashto: Kidnapper

[Benyameen]

Salaam,

Hoping I don't need to use this, but could someone give me the Dari and Pashtu words for "kidnapper?"

(Please, transliterated from the original Arabic script into Roman/English script?).

Kheylee mamnoonam.

Ben

 

[ali likes the stars]

The Iranian Persian word is pretty straight forward آدم دزد ādam dozd (man stealer). Maybe it's the same in Dari?

 

[PersoLatin]

There's also آدم ربا/âdamrobâ from ربودن-steal.

A kidnapped person often ends up being a hostage, maybe for Persian/Dari we can add گروگان گیر/gerogângir, although strictly speaking that's not the answer.

 

[ali likes the stars]

There's also آدم ربا/âdamrobâ from ربودن-steal.

I was just thinking about that. Is the verb ربودن used today? من می‌ربایم - I've never heard that.

گروگان گیر

Which is correct?
کسی را گروگان گرفتن or کسی را به گروگان گرفتن?

 

[PersoLatin]

I was just thinking about that. Is the verb ربودن used today? من می‌ربایم - I've never heard that.

As a verb, yes it is, mainly in literary works, in day-to-day-speech you have : آهنربا (magnet) دلربا(attractive) etc., you certainly hear it in song lyrics e.g. دلمو ربود/delamo robud-stole my heart (دلم را = دلمو)

Which is correct?
کسی را گروگان گرفتن or کسی را به گروگان گرفتن?

We are digressing here but..

کسی را گروگان گرفتن is correct - taking someone hostage
کسی را به گروگان گرفتن is also used but I'm not sure if it is grammatically correct - let's see what others think.

کسی را به گروگانی گرفتن - making someone hostage/taking someone into a captivity/hostage state (since there's no hostagedom or hostagity )

 

[Benyameen]

Mutashakeeram, ali likes the stars and PersoLatin.

Hopefully I won't need to use it! : )

Ben

 

[marrish]

Pashto: khalq takhtaawunke

 

[Benyameen]

Shukria, marrish. An Afghan friend was describing yesterday the kidnappings and kidnapping-related situations his family has endured. Not pleasant.

 

[Qureshpor]

Shukria, marrish. An Afghan friend was describing yesterday the kidnappings and kidnapping-related situations his family has endured. Not pleasant.

What word/words was he using for a "kidnapper"?

 

[marrish]

You’re welcome, I ‘d like to know tue words too as my information is also second hand