English Explanatory Dictionary

Pashtun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the Pashtuns (a segmentary-lineage ethnic group currently numbering some 50 million people, which is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan), or to their culture.
noun
  1. A member of the Pashtun ethnic group, or of a Pashtun tribe.
  2. A Pashto-speaking person.
name
  1. Pashto: the language of the Pashtun ethnic group.

Word forms

Pashtun more Pashtun most Pashtun Pushtun Pashtoon Pushtoon Pakhtun Pukhtun Pakhtoon Pukhtoon Pashtuns

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto پښتون (pax̌tūn). Doublet of Pathan.

Synonyms

Pathan Afghan Afghanistani

Related words

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pashto Pashtunism Pashtunist Pashtunistan Pashtunwali
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