paštu — meaning in English

English meaning

• Afghan adj Relating to Afghanistan or its people and culture.
• Pashto proper noun A language spoken by the Pashtun people, and an official language of Afghanistan and part of Pakistan.
• pashtun adj 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.

Senses

paštu is used for these senses in English:

• Afghan Pashto, a language primarily spoken by Pashtun people in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. [from 1811]
• Pashto The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Afghan — full definition

1. adj Relating to Afghanistan or its people and culture.
2. noun A knitted or crocheted blanket.

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