English
Pashtun
Pashtun comes from Pashto پښتون.
- Pashtomodernپښتونpax̌tūn
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Pashtun
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Pashtomodernپښتونpax̌tūn
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Pashtun
Earliest quotation: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns: “What about Zalmai?” he said. “It’s a good Pashtun…”
Every English word from Pashto پښتون
Today it means
adj 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.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Pashto پښتون / Pashtun