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.

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British Dictionary definitions for Pashto

Pashto

Pushto Pushtu

/ (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. plural -to, -tos, -tu or -tus a speaker of the Pashto language; a Pathan

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

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