Kabul - vijtAzva - svayambhU

[Samar Abbas]

Perhaps Kabul is related to `Zabulstan', another name for the Kabul
region. If so, then since the -stan exists, it would be Iranian.
I once heard that Zabulstan was derived from Arabic, ie. Zab-ul stan
(zab of something), but I don't know what Zab would be in Arabic.
Hope this helps.

On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Erik Seldeslachts wrote:

> I have two questions:
>
> 1) What is the etymology of the name of Kabul (Afghanistan) ? Is it
> Iranian, or might it be Indo-Aryan ?
>
> 2) Does anybody know of a son or successor to
>  a) vijitAzva, son of king pRthu vainya (Padma P. e.a.);
>  b) the teacher svayambhU (MahAbhArata).
>
> Erik Seldeslachts
> University of Ghent
> Ghent, Belgium
>