Pashtun

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Adjective

Pashtun

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.

Translations

• Russian: пушту́нский
• Spanish: pastún

Noun

Pashtun (plural Pashtuns)

1. A member of the Pashtun ethnic group, or of a Pashtun tribe.
2. A Pashto-speaking person.

Synonyms

• Pathan (dated)

Translations

• French: Pachtoune
• Russian: пушту́н
• Spanish: pastún

Proper noun

1. Pashto: the language of the Pashtun ethnic group.

Related terms

• Pashto
• Pashtunism, Pashtunist
• Pashtunistan
• Pashtunwali

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