Nuristani

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noun

Any member of an ethnic group found mostly in the Nuristan, Laghman and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan, now generally Muslim but having once had an Indo-Iranian polytheistic religion.

OriginPersian نورستانی →
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Meanings

nounNuristani (plural Nuristanis)

plural Nuristanis

  1. Any member of an ethnic group found mostly in the Nuristan, Laghman and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan, now generally Muslim but having once had an Indo-Iranian polytheistic religion.
proper noun
  1. One of the three groups within the Indo-Iranian language family, the other two being Indo-Aryan and Iranian groups.

Origin

  1. Persianنورستانی
  2. EnglishNuristani

From Persian نورستانی (nurestâni), from نورستان (nurestân) + ـی (-i, “of or pertaining to”), from نور (nur, “light”) + ـستان (-estân, “land of”).

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APA

Nuristani. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nuristani

MLA

“Nuristani.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nuristani. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nuristani,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nuristani.

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