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Definition of Pashtun
1. Noun. A member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan. "Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan"
2. Noun. An ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan.
Definition of Pashtun
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the Pashtuns (a segmentary-lineage ethnic group currently numbering some 50 million people, which is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan), or to their culture. ¹
2. Noun. A Pashtun person: a member of the Pashtun ethnic group, or of a Pashtun tribe. ¹
3. Noun. A Pashto-speaking person. ¹
4. Proper noun. Pashto: the language of the Pashtun ethnic group. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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