Pashtun

Meaning

Adj

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

Pashto: the language of the Pashtun ethnic group.

Synonyms

Pathan

Pashtoon

Pushtun

Pashtu

Translations

paixtu

pachtoune

Pachtoun

البشتون

pashtun

بشتوي

Pachtoune

Etymology

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