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pushtun::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pashtoon, pashtun, pathan |
| Type of | afghan, afghanistani |
Examples of pushtun
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Pushtun touts, Nigerians slinging fake Rolexes and a flock of Indian prostitutes in garish saris congregate at its maw.
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Pushtun ranks have been swelled by tens of thousands of people fleeing the north-west, where troops are battling the Taliban.
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Pushtun tribes who feel passed over for government patronage, including the Noorzai and Achakzai, have hired out fighters to the Taliban in Panjwayi.
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- Pathan: a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan; "Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan"
- The Pashtuns /u02C8pu028Cu0283u02CCtu028Anz/ or /u02C8pu00E6u0283u02CCtuu02D0nz/ (Pashto: u067Eu069Au062Au0627u0646u0647u200E Paxu030Ctu0101nu0259; singular masculine: u067Eu069Au062Au0648u0646 Paxu030Ctu016Bn, feminine: u067Eu069Au062Au0646u0647 Paxu030Ctana; also Pukhtuns), historically known by the exonyms Afghans (Persian: u0627u0641u063Au0627u0646u200Eu200E, Afu011Fu0101n) and Pathans (Hindi-Urdu: u092Au0920u093Eu0928, u067Eu0679u06BEu0627u0646, Pau1E6Dhu0101n), are an ethnic group with populations in Afghanistan and Pakistan...
- Pashtunistan (Pashto: u067Eu069Au062Au0648u0646u0633u062Au0627u0646u200E, Paxu030Ctu016Bnistu0101n; also called Pukhtunistan, or Pathanistan, meaning the "land of Pashtuns") or Greater Pashtunistan is the geographic region inhabited by the indigenous Pashtun people of modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan...
- A speaker of Pashtu; a Pathan or Afghan.
