Meanings
proper nounPashto (uncountable)
alternative Pashtu · alternative Poshto · alternative Pushto · alternative Pushtoo · alternative Pushtu · alternative Pakhto · alternative Pukhto
- uncountableThe native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Tariq clenched his teeth and muttered something to himself in Pashto that Laila didn’t catch.
2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 131
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
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Origin
- Pashtoپښتو
- EnglishPashto
Borrowed from Pashto پښتو (paẍto).
More words from Pashto
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Arabic بُشْتُوِيَّة
- بُشْتُوِيَّة (buštuwiyya)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Bengali পশতু
- পশতু (pośotu)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Bulgarian пущу́нски
- пущу́нски (puštúnski)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Catalan paixtu
- paixtuofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Chinese Mandarin 普什圖語 /普什图语
- 普什圖語 /普什图语 (pǔshítúyǔ)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Dutch Pasjtoe
- Pasjtoeofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Esperanto paŝtua, paŝtuna
- paŝtuaofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- paŝtunaofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Estonian puštu keel
- puštu keelofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Finnish paštu
- paštuofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
French pachto
- pachtoofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
German Paschtu, Paschto
- Paschtuofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Paschtoofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Puschtuofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Paschtunischofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Afghanischofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Hebrew פַּשְׁטוֹ
- פַּשְׁטוֹ (pashto)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Hindi पश्तो
- पश्तो (paśto)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Hungarian pastu
- pastuofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Icelandic pasjtó
- pasjtóofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Japanese パシュトー語
- パシュトー語 (pashutōgo)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Korean 파슈토어
- 파슈토어 (pasyuto'eo)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Latvian puštunu valoda, puštu
- puštunu valodaofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- puštuofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Malay Pashto
- Pashtoofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Persian پشتو
- پشتو (pašto)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Polish paszto
- pasztoofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Portuguese pastó, afegane
- pastóofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- afeganeofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- afegãoofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Romanian paștună, limba paștună
- paștunăofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- limba paștunăofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- paștuofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Russian пушту́, пашто́
- пушту́ (puštú)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- пашто́ (paštó)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- пушту́нский (puštúnskij)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Spanish pastún, pasto
- pastúnofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- pastoofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- pashtoofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Swedish pashto
- pashtoofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Tamil பாஷ்தூ
- பாஷ்தூ (pāṣtū)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Thai ปาทาน
- ปาทานofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Turkish Peştuca, Afganca
- Peştucaofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Afgancaofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Ukrainian пушту́
- пушту́ (puštú)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Urdu پشتو
- پشتو (paśto)official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Vietnamese tiếng Pashtun
- tiếng Pashtunofficial language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Cite this entry
APA
Pashto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pashto
MLA
“Pashto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pashto. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pashto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pashto.
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