Etymology

Pashtun

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Pashto پښتون
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  1. Pashto · borrowed fromپښتون
  2. English todayPashtun

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.