26984 words

pashtun

2 definitions • 4 examples
1
a member of a group of people who speak Pashto, a language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan:

Examples:

His family, descended from Pashtuns , hasn't spoken their language for generations.
Hekmatyar is an ethnic Pashtun born in the northern province of Kunduz.
2
belonging to a group of people who speak Pashto, a language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan, or relating to these people:

Examples:

He married a Pashtun woman.
Karzai is from the heavily Pashtun south of the country.

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