Pashtun

See also: pashtún

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Pashto پښتون (paẍtun).

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.

Translations

of or relating to the Pashtuns

• Catalan: paixtu
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: pataanilainen, paštulainen
• Galician: paxto (gl) f
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• Latvian: puštunu m
• Polish: pasztuński (pl)
• Russian: пушту́нский (ru) (puštúnskij)
• Spanish: pastún m
• Swedish: pashtunsk

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

Pashtun person

• Catalan: paixtu m or f, afgà (ca) m
• Chinese:

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• Esperanto: paŝtuno (man or woman), paŝtunino (woman)
• Finnish: pataani (fi), paštu (fi)
• French: Pachtoune (fr) m or f
• Galician: paxto (gl) m
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• Hindi: पठान (hi) (paṭhān)
• Latvian: puštuns m
• Pashto: پښتون (ps) m (paẍtun)
• Persian: پشتون (paštun)
• Polish: Pasztun (pl) m
• Russian: пушту́н (ru) m (puštún)
• Spanish: pastún m

Pashto-speaking person

• Finnish: pataani (fi), paštu (fi)
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• Galician: paxto (gl) m

Proper noun

Pashtun

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

Translations

Pashto — see Pashto

Related terms

• Pashto
• Pashtunism, Pashtunist
• Pashtunistan
• Pashtunwali