pashtun

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. 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.

noun

1. a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan

Similar word(s): pathan

Definition categories: person, afghan, afghanistani

2. an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan

Similar word(s): pathan

Definition categories: group