Pashtun

See also: pashtún

English

Alternative forms

• Pushtun, Pashtoon, Pushtoon, Pushtun
• Pakhtun, Pukhtun, Pakhtoon, Pukhtoon

Etymology

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

Adjective

Pashtun (comparative more Pashtun, superlative most 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.
   • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 85:

     “What about Zalmai?” he said. “It’s a good Pashtun name.”

Translations

of or relating to the Pashtuns

• Catalan: paixtu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: pataanilainen, paštulainen
• Galician: paxto (gl) f
• German: paschtunisch
• Hindi: पठानी (hi) (paṭhānī), पश्तूनी (paśtūnī), पख़्तूनी (paxtūnī)
• Latvian: puštunu m
• Polish: pasztuński (pl)
• Russian: пушту́нский (ru) (puštúnskij)
• Spanish: pastún (es)
• Swedish: pashtunsk
• Urdu: پٹھان (paṭhān), پختون (paxtūn), پشتون (paśtūn)

Noun

Pashtun (plural Pashtuns)

1. A member of the Pashtun ethnic group, or of a Pashtun tribe.
   • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), pages 310–311:

     “They bring shame on me as a Pashtun. They’ve disgraced the name of my people.”

2. A Pashto-speaking person.

Synonyms

• Pathan (dated)

Translations

Pashtun person

• Bengali: পাঠান (bn) (paṭhan), পশ্তুন (pośtun), আফগান (bn) (aphogan)
• Catalan: paixtu m or f, afgà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: Paštun m, Paštunka f
• Esperanto: paŝtuno, paŝtunino (female)
• Finnish: pataani (fi), paštu (fi)
• French: Pachtoune (fr) m or f
• Galician: paxto (gl) m
• German: Paschtune (de) m, Paschtunin (de) f
• Hindi: पठान (hi) (paṭhān), पश्तून (paśtūn), पख़्तून (paxtūn)
• Kazakh: паштун (paştun), пуштун (puştun)
• Latvian: puštuns m
• Pashto: پښتون (ps) m (paẍtun)
• Persian: پشتون (paštun)
• Polish: Pasztun (pl) m, Pasztunka (pl) f
• Punjabi: پَٹھاݨ (paṭhāṇ)
• Russian: пушту́н (ru) m (puštún)
• Spanish: pastún (es) m

Pashto-speaking person

• Finnish: pataani (fi), paštu (fi)
• Galician: paxto (gl) m
• Hindi: पठान (hi) (paṭhān), पश्तून (paśtūn), पख़्तून (paxtūn)

Proper noun

Pashtun

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

Related terms

• Pashto
• Pashtunism, Pashtunist
• Pashtunistan
• Pashtunwali

Translations

Pashto — see Pashto