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noun
Synonym of Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of today’s north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, India, South-Asia
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Synonyms: Pashtun
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Pashtun
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ethnic minority
noun
a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: Pashtun, Pushtun, Pashtoon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Afghan, Afghanistani
History
Borrowed from Hindustani پٹھان / पठान (paṭhān). Doublet of Pashtun.
