Associations to the word «Pashtun»
Noun
- Hassan
- Insurgency
- Province
- Islam
- Incursion
- Colonization
- Sub
- Sufi
- Refugee
- Quran
- Delhi
- Persia
- Dominance
- Lal
- Homeland
- Modern
- Majority
- Stronghold
- Cuisine
- Ancestor
- Arabic
- Descendant
- Ahmed
- Bihar
- Emir
- Genealogy
- Arab
- Ruler
- Resentment
- Peoples
- Ali
- Gujarat
- Mortimer
- Pradesh
- India
- Gandhi
- Origin
- British
- Empire
- Frontier
- Alliance
- Ibrahim
- Unrest
- Bonn
- Raj
- Domination
- Local
- Faction
- Militia
- Confederation
- Regime
- Militant
- Revolt
- Region
- Intellectual
- Autonomy
- Rivalry
- Leader
- Turk
- Ideology
- Community
- Border
- Sur
- Poet
Adjective
Wiktionary
PASHTUN, adjective. 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.
PASHTUN, noun. A member of the Pashtun ethnic group, or of a Pashtun tribe.
PASHTUN, noun. A Pashto-speaking person.
PASHTUN, proper noun. Pashto: the language of the Pashtun ethnic group.
Dictionary definition
PASHTUN, noun. A member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan; "Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan".
PASHTUN, noun. An ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan.
Wise words
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