Ahmad Shah Durrani unified the Pashtun tribes and founded Afghanistan in 1747.
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Pashtun
Synonyms for "pashtun" (7 found)
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58 translations across 23 languages.
Bengali
3 entries- আফগান noun (Pashtun person)
- পশ্তুন noun (Pashtun person)
- পাঠান noun (Pashtun person)
Catalan
3 entries- paixtu adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- afgà noun (Pashtun person)
- paixtu noun (Pashtun person)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 普什圖人 /普什图人 noun (Pashtun person)
Czech
2 entries- Paštun noun (Pashtun person)
- Paštunka noun (Pashtun person)
Esperanto
2 entries- paŝtunino noun (Pashtun person)
- paŝtuno noun (Pashtun person)
Finnish
4 entries- pataanilainen adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- paštulainen adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- pataani noun (Pashtun person)
- pataani noun (Pashto-speaking person)
French
1 entries- Pachtoune noun (Pashtun person)
Galician
3 entries- paxto adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- paxto noun (Pashtun person)
- paxto noun (Pashto-speaking person)
German
3 entries- paschtunisch adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- Paschtune noun (Pashtun person)
- Paschtunin noun (Pashtun person)
Gujarati
2 entries- પઠાણ noun (Pashtun person)
- પઠાણી noun (Pashtun person)
Hindi
4 entries- पख़्तूनी adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- पठानी adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- पश्तूनी adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- पख़्तून noun (Pashtun person)
Kazakh
2 entries- паштун noun (Pashtun person)
- пуштун noun (Pashtun person)
Latvian
2 entries- puštunu adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- puštuns noun (Pashtun person)
Pashto
1 entries- پښتون noun (Pashtun person)
Persian
1 entries- پشتون noun (Pashtun person)
Polish
3 entries- pasztuński adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- Pasztun noun (Pashtun person)
- Pasztunka noun (Pashtun person)
Portuguese
2 entries- pastó adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- pastó noun (Pashtun person)
Punjabi
1 entries- پَٹھاݨ noun (Pashtun person)
Russian
2 entries- пушту́нский adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- пушту́н noun (Pashtun person)
Spanish
4 entries- pashtún adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- pastún adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- pashtún noun (Pashtun person)
- pastún noun (Pashtun person)
Swedish
1 entries- pashtunsk adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
Thai
1 entries- ปาทาน noun (Pashtun person)
Urdu
3 entries- پختون adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- پشتون adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
- پٹھان adj (of or relating to the Pashtuns)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The Pashtun people have very deep roots.
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“What about Zalmai?” he said. “It’s a good Pashtun name.”
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“They bring shame on me as a Pashtun. They’ve disgraced the name of my people.”
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