Definition of Pashtu

1. Noun. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan.

Exact synonyms: Afghan, Afghani, Pashto, Paxto
Generic synonyms: Iranian, Iranian Language
Examples of category: Jirga
Derivative terms: Afghan, Afghani

Pashtu Pictures

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pashtu

pashalics
pashalik
pashaliks
pashas
pashed
pashes
pashim
pashims
pashing
pashm
pashmina
pashminas
pashms
Pashto
Pashtoon
Pashtu
Pashtun
pasigraphic
pasigraphical
pasigraphy
Pasigraphy
pasin
pasiniazide
Pasiphae
pasodoble
pasodobles
paso doble
paspalism
paspalum
paspalums

Literary usage of Pashtu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Physical Religion: The Gifford Lectures by Friedrich Max Müller (1891)
"... THE pashtu OK AFGHANS. There were several writers of the name of Sky lax, which, considering its meaning, is rather strange. ..."

2. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"Ghat palm, ENG., Caryota urens, Linn. Ghaz, pashtu, Tamarix orientalis, ... pashtu, Tamarix orientalis, ..."

3. Afghanistan's Two-Party Communism: Parcham and Khalq by Anthony Arnold (1983)
"Nor is it at all probable: given the obscurity of Dari and pashtu as languages, such a course of study would be most unlikely in Bombay or anywhere else ..."

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