Pashto

[ puhsh-toh ]

noun

1. an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.

Pashto

/ ˈpʌʃtəʊ /

noun

1. a language of Afghanistan and NW Pakistan, belonging to the East Iranian branch of the Indo-European family: since 1936 the official language of Afghanistan
2. -to-tos-tu-tus a speaker of the Pashto language; a Pathan

adjective

1. denoting or relating to this language or a speaker of it

Example Sentences

The Students, as their name translates to in their native Pashto, achieved what decades of foreign occupation could not, uprooting poppy fields with tractors and rounding up opioid users into jail-like detox.

From Salon

Syed, who speaks Pashto and required the help of translators throughout the trial, has remained in custody without bond since his arrest in August 2022.

From Seattle Times

Syed, who speaks Pashto and no English, has remained in custody without bond since his arrest.

From Seattle Times

The report said the team of investigators “collected and analyzed over 78,000 posts” written in Dari and Pashto — two local Afghan languages — directed at “almost 100 accounts of politically active Afghan women.”

From Seattle Times

A Pakistani child who speaks Pashto, one of Afghanistan’s official languages, was detained and deported because his parents were unable register him in the national database, according to Kakar.

From Seattle Times