Pashtun

Pashtun

See also: pashtún

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto پښتون‎ (paẍtun). 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.

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.
2. A Pashto-speaking person.

Synonyms

• Pathan (dated)

Translations

Pashtun person

Bengali: পাঠান (bn) (paṭhan), পশ্তুন (pôśtun), আফগান (bn) (aphôgan) Catalan: paixtu m or f, afgà (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: paŝtuno, paŝtunino (female) Finnish: pataani (fi), paštu (fi) French: Pachtoune (fr) m or f Galician: paxto (gl) m German: Paschtune m, Paschtunin 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