Pashto

//ˈpæʃtəʊ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. uncountable

    "Tariq clenched his teeth and muttered something to himself in Pashto that Laila didn’t catch."

  2. 2
    an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan wordnet

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afghanafghan languageafghaniafghani languageenglishlanguage

Example

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"Urdu and Punjabi are her native languages, but she speaks several others very well, including Tamil, Pashto, and Cantonese."

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto پښتو (paẍto).

Related phrases

dari persianindo iranian

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