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Pashto
[ puhsh-toh ]
noun
- an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
Pashto
/ ˈpʌʃtəʊ /
noun
- a language of Afghanistan and NW Pakistan, belonging to the East Iranian branch of the Indo-European family: since 1936 the official language of Afghanistan
- -to-tos-tu-tus a speaker of the Pashto language; a Pathan
adjective
- denoting or relating to this language or a speaker of it
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Our Pashto interpreter explained how he had pretended to be a Pakistani policeman when interested crowds approached the compound.
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Over the course of these meetings, Zalwar Khan, whose name in Pashto means brave leader, becomes more relaxed.
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He is an articulate, gifted speaker in his native Pashto, and is fluent in Persian and Arabic.
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I remember speaking with Taliban mullahs: black beards, white turbans, Arabic inflection to their Pashto.
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On Thursday the Taliban website Al Emara posted a Pashto-language editorial headlined “Libertine Friend.”
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