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Pashtuns

Pashtuns is the plural of Pashtun.

Meaning of Pashtun

Noun

Pashtun (plural Pashtuns)

  1. A member of the Iranic ethnic group native to Pashtunistan.
    • “They bring shame on me as a Pashtun. They’ve disgraced the name of my people.”2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), pages 310–311
  2. (informal) A Pashto-speaking person.

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Phrases with Pashtuns

Questions about Pashtuns

What is Pashtuns the plural of?
Pashtuns is the plural of Pashtun.

Words near Pashtuns in the dictionary

  1. Pashtunist
  2. Pashtunistan
  3. Pashtunistani
  4. Pashtunistanis
  5. Pashtunists
  6. Pashtuns
  7. Pashtunwali
  8. pashy
  9. Pasifika
  10. Pasifikas
  11. Pasig

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