Definitions for pashtun
pʌʃˈtunpash·tun

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pathan, Pashtun, Pushtun, Pashtoonnoun

   a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan

   "Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan"

2. Pathan, Pashtunnoun

   an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan

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1. Pashtunnoun

   A Pashtun person: a member of the Pashtun ethnic group, or of a Pashtun tribe.

2. Pashtunnoun

   A Pashto-speaking person.

3. Pashtunadjective

   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.

4. Pashtunnoun

   Pashto: the language of the Pashtun ethnic group.

5. Etymology: From پښتون

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1. Pashtun

   Pashtuns (, , ; Pashto: پښتانه, Pəx̌tānə́), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Eastern Iranian ethnic group historically native to the Pashtunistan region of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were also referred to as Afghans until the 1970s, after the term's meaning had become a demonym for members of all ethnic groups in Afghanistan.The group's native language is Pashto, an Iranian language in the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. Additionally, Dari serves as the second language of Pashtuns in Afghanistan, while those in the Indian subcontinent speak Urdu and Hindi as their second language.Pashtuns are the 26th-largest ethnic group in the world, and the largest segmentary lineage society; there are an estimated 350–400 Pashtun tribes and clans with a variety of origin theories. The total population of the Pashtun people worldwide is estimated to be around 49 million, although this figure is disputed due to the lack of an official census in Afghanistan since 1979. They are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second-largest ethnic group in Pakistan, constituting around 48 percent of the total Afghan population and around 18.24 percent of the total Pakistani population. In India, significant and historical communities of the Pashtun diaspora exist in the northern region of Rohilkhand as well as in major Indian cities such as Delhi and Mumbai. A more recent Pashtun diaspora has formed in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf (primarily in the United Arab Emirates) as part of the larger Afghan and Pakistani diaspora in that region.

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1. pashtun

   The Pashtuns, also known as Pathans, are a Iranic ethnic group who live primarily in the region straddling between Pakistan and Afghanistan, adhering to Pashtunwali (their traditional code of conduct and honor). They speak the Pashto language and are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, making up over 40% of the country's population. They have a rich cultural history with significant influence in the military, political, and social spheres in the regions they inhabit.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pashtun in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pashtun in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of pashtun in a Sentence

1. Ahmad Jawad:

   I have no interest and don't know anything about cricket, it's a Pashtun game with Pashtun players, so let them enjoy their game.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pashtun
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pashtun
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtun
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