Hazara
Americannoun
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Hazara,
plural
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Hazaras
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Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Hazara
From Persian hazār “a thousand, a military unit of a thousand soldiers,” from Middle Persian
Example Sentences
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The city grabbed international attention in 2001, when the Sunni Pashtun Taliban authorities destroyed two large Buddha statues cherished by the predominantly Shia Hazara community in the region.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
"There is no doubt that within the last two decades, the Hazara people were supportive of the process," Fida Ali says of the government the Taliban unseated.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023
For example, I advocate on behalf of a group of Hazara women who previously worked in the security sector.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2023
At least 11 carriages of the train, the Hazara Express, with at least 950 passengers onboard, fell off the tracks near the town of Nawabshah, local news media reported.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
Ali told us she was a blue-eyed Hazara woman from Bamiyan, the city of the giant Buddha statues.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
"Yes, Hazaras face persecution in Pakistan but many feel that they are being brought back to the slaughter house if they return to Afghanistan," says Jalila Haider, a lawyer and human rights activist.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023
The morning explosion at the center took place in Kabul’s Dashti Barchi neighborhood, an area populated mostly by ethnic Hazaras, who belong to Afghanistan’s minority Shiite community.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
But few Hazaras expect the Taliban to find the perpetrators, or to stop more attacks.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2022
Mohammad and his family are Hazaras, an ethnic minority that is overwhelmingly Shi'ite Muslim.
From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2022
They were rumored later to have been fired by the Hazaras of Wahdat.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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