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Where does “Pashtun” come from?

Pashtun comes from Pashto پښتون, a term for a member of a Pashto-speaking ethnic group in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Pashtun (English): Of or relating to the Pashtuns , or to their...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the Pashtuns , or to their...

Ancestry of “Pashtun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PashtoپښتونPashtun

Words derived from “Pashtun”

  • Pashtunism
  • Pashtunist
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