Hazara
noun
an Iranian ethnolinguistic group in central Afghanistan, north Pakistan, and Iran, most of whom are Shiʿite Muslims.
Hazaras
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pluralof Hazara.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Hazaras are of ethnically Mongolian and Central Asian descent; their features differentiate them from much of Pakistan and Afghanistan's populations.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023
But few Hazaras expect the Taliban to find the perpetrators, or to stop more attacks.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2022
The school was in a community dense with Hazaras, a Shiite minority, and the next day the bodies were brought up a steep hill at the foot of a mountain range.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
Mohammad and his family are Hazaras, an ethnic minority that is overwhelmingly Shi'ite Muslim.
From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2022
For years, that was all I knew about the Hazaras, that they were Mogul descendants, and that they looked a little like Chinese people.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
